• Experienced and mature staff.
• Team approach to working with your child includes overall clinical supervision from one of our Master Level Counselors.
• Our remote wilderness settings minimize runaways, physically challenge clients, build self reliance.
• Flexible individualized treatment planning.
• More instruction provided than other wilderness treatment programs, most residential programs, and, many hospitals.
• We use the wilderness to increase self-reliance and self-esteem, and to actively disrupt negative peer influence.
• Many health insurance plans may pay part of the cost of this program because of its therapeutic emphasis.
• We offer insightful assessment, excellent intensive short-term treatment, and preparation for further treatment and schooling. Alaska Island Community Services is a recognized Community Mental Health Center by the State of Alaska and as such we are an authorized Medicaid provider. We can assist you in working with your provider.