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Outback Therapeutic Expeditions is a behavior modification program using the concept of wilderness therapy. The areas around
Sheeprock and Simpson mountain ranges is used to detain the teenagers. The target group is teenagers between 13 and 17. The
program was founded in 2001 [1]. However they used to operate under the name Walkabout in the past. It remains unclear if
that occurred before 2001 and why they decided to change the name.
Presently the program is owned by Aspen Education Group.
Program structure
The stay claims to be between 4 and 8 weeks but it is the staff together with the parents, who decide when the teenager
can be released. Each teenager is placed in single gender groups.
In the news
14 year old Blake was banished to Outback, when his father on a Dr. Phil entertainment show admitted that he had some problems
being a father after spending 8 1/2 years in prison.
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