By Stephen C. Schultz Over the last year I have received about one call per month from different allied health professionals trying to get a student admitted to Oxbow Academy that is 18 yrs old or about to turn 18 in a few weeks. This is a problem because once a student is 18 yrs old, Oxbow cannot admit them because they are technically an "Adult". This last weekend I was communicating with a family that has a boy turning 18 in two weeks. He has some cognitive functioning deficits and functions at the level of a 13 yr old. He has a history of previously attending a wilderness therapy program where they addressed some substance abuse and depression . There was knowledge and a history of sexual concerns , but they were not addressed in the wilderness program . This family was set to bring him to Oxbow next week…he ran away. Should he end up in the adult legal system it will not be a good outcome for this boy or his family. We recently had a student come to Oxbow A
By Stephen C. Schultz With the holidays just around the corner, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations are finding their way into stores and on-line sites ready for the joyful holiday shopper! There is no shortage of creative commercial content/advertising being generated in the form of printed material, on-line company websites, landing pages and the ever present social media sites. Content is being created in the form of reviews, third party endorsements and advertising on podcasts. And, that historical medium called "TV" has morphed its formats over the years from film to video to digital recording, editing and playback. Streaming "Live" commercial as well as personal video and audio content is also very common in todays world. Having been raised in the Pacific Northwest, I was very familiar with the term "Evergreen" due to the lush trees and foliage that grow in the temperate rain forest of western Oregon. In the world of blogging and social media, e