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The primary purpose of NATWC is to support the establishment and continuation of therapeutic wilderness camping organizations; with the attendant responsibility to educate the public as to the existence of such organizations and their success in helping troubled young people change their lives for the better.

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NATWC Annual Conference 2009 Presents Dr. Elizabeth Kohlstaedt

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Dr. Elizabeth Kohlstaedt, Intermountain, Helena, Montana will be one of the key note speakers at this years’ NATWC Annual Conference in Jekyll Island. Dr. Kohlstaedt will bring her message of “When All You Have is a Hammer Everything Looks Like a Nail” to the opening session. Her interactive presentation is comprised of behavioral case studies [...]

NATWC Presents at American Society for Environmental History

Friday, February 20th, 2009

The National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping will be represented in Growing Up Green: A Practitioner’s Roundtable on Environmental Education for Children, at the American Society forEnvironmental History Conference ,  on February 28th at 3:00. The Round table will include invited guests from the University of Central Florida, The National Environmental Education Foundation, The Arkansas [...]

NATWC Conference 2009

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

The National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping is busy planning another NATWC Training Conference! We will hold the conference on September 20, 21, 22, 2009, on Beautiful Jekyll Island (Georgia) at the Villas by the Sea. Many folks were really excited by last year’s conference, but HEY! When did NATWC “NOT” have a spectacular event! Last year’s “symposium [...]

Collaborative Efforts

Monday, November 10th, 2008

The 15th Annual NATWC Training Conference has created a buzz. Held in Jekyll Island, Georgia, at the end of Summer 2008, the conference took a new and exciting focus. Not only did NATWC conduct the usual training sessions designed for front line outdoor staff, but a Symposium regarding industry issues pertinent to outdoor programming was [...]

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