On AIR with Elk River Selina Mason

​In this episode, we interview Amy Moor, Clinical Coordinator at Elk River Treatment program. Amy discusses several of the pitfalls associated with discharge from a long-term residential treatment, as well as strategies that can help families move forward after residential treatment is over. Among these strategies are boundaries, natural and logical consequences, positive peer connections, and structure.

In this episode we interview Amy Moor, the Clinical Coordinator at Elk River Treatment Program. Amy answers frequently asked questions about residential treatment for teens, and introduces the Courage Circle - a clinical tool that helps kids (and adults too!) identify the core issues in their lives that drive destructive and maladaptive behaviors. We hope you'll join us "On Air!"

This podcast, which was pre-recorded at a conference, features Kathy Marino, Penny Baker, and Holly Hunter, who discuss the ways that parental guilt can interfere with the treatment process for children, and what can be done to change parental guilt into confidence and clarity. Other topics of the podcast include the role of transport companies in residential treatment and manipulation tactics employed by teens to leverage parental guilt.

This podcast was recorded at a conference, and features Penny Baker from Elk River Treatment Program and Aletha Howie from Restorative Advocacy. In this episode, Penny and Aletha discuss the many ways that parents of a child with special educational needs can enter into IEP and 504 meetings prepared to advocate for the help and accommodations that their child needs to succeed.

In this episode, we interview Educational Consultant Aletha Howie about the ways that parents can advocate for children in the school system to ensure that they receive the educational accommodations that they need to succeed. Aletha explains the ins and outs of the IEP and 504 plan processes and provides crucial tips about navigating the meetings associated with these plans.

Parental relationships play a key role in helping children to address and work through painful events. In this episode, Penny Baker discusses three parenting styles that have long-term impacts on children's behavior. She reveals important ways that establishing appropriate boundaries with children can be foundational to helping them overcome trauma and adverse events in their lives as well as the everyday challenges that families face.