Open Sky's holistic wilderness therapy program is the most comprehensive and clinically sophisticated wilderness therapy program in the industry, and the only one that is supported by continuous outcome-based research. 

Open Sky sets the standard in the industry and employs the widest range of empirically supported interventions for young adults and adolescents in crisis.

Open Sky's Research Director, Joanna Bettmann, Ph.D., LCSW presented an educational session on Open Sky's research results at the 2009 Fall conference of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) on Nov. 13th in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The session was entitled "What is the Evidence for Effectiveness of Wilderness Therapy Programs?" and included Open Sky's three year research results. Dr. Bettmann's presentation explored the evidence for wilderness therapy programs' effectiveness and intended to provide participants with a solid understanding of the research base that underlies wilderness therapy programs and also which programs and for which types of children and young adults such programs are most effective. 

Participants in this session also learned how we effectively evaluate Open Sky's outcomes and what the industry still needs to learn about wilderness treatment's effectiveness.