Open Sky Research

Open Sky Research Director Cited in Industry Association White Paper

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

The National Association of Therapeutic Schools & Programs (NATSAP) Research Committee produced a white paper entitled NATSAP White Paper: Evidence Base for residential programs, wilderness therapy The paper outlines the five major research initiatives that “provide a growing base of research support for private therapeutic programs. These research initiatives are particularly ambitious: many [...]


Learn About What Makes Open Sky Effective

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Research Director Discusses Effectiveness of Wilderness Therapy and the Successful Treatment of Adolescents & Young Adults at Open Sky

Aired on LA Talk on Monday, March 1st, 11am PST.

Listen to Archive here.  Suggestion: Fast forward to the 4-minute mark to pick up where the interview starts.

Open Sky’s Research Director, Joanna Bettmann, PhD, LCSW was [...]


Dr. Bettmann’s Research Shows Open Sky to be Effective Treatment for Adolescents and Young Adults

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Open Sky’s Research Director, Joanna Bettmann, PhD, 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 [...]