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Dore E. Frances, M.A.
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Not take a deep breath as well. The journey has just begun. Many parents fail to get this far because of too much anxiety about what this may all mean, concerns over news reports that programs are unsafe, depression, loss of energy, frustration with the amount of time it has taken to get this far. Please visit TroubledTeenHelp.com. I am sorry that you needed to seek us out. By the same token, I am grateful that you are at TroubledTeenHelp.com. The intention here is to continue to offer the thousands of parents who visit our site the troubled teen resources that they can utilize in guiding them through the maze of programs and schools that parents must review in detail. So much information can be both a blessing and a curse. Our site hopefully is a blessing by offering the latest and best information that can assist the parents of troubled teens. Just a few mere decades ago, parents of out-of-control teenagers who fell into self-destructive behavior had few places to turn. TroubledTeenHelp.com lists programs that are committed to bringing harmony and laughter back into the homes of families by offering help for today and hope for tomorrow. With the information provided you can view boys only programs, Christian based programs, holistic treatment centers and much, much more.

TroubledTeenHelp.com is proud to join with today's parents in the fight for our children's future.

TroubledTeenHelp.com provides articles of interest, breaking news, local resources, press releases, visit reports to programs and schools, conference calendar, financial information for parents who need funding for a residential placement and much, much more. What we want to bring to parents and professionals is based only on accurate and up to date information!

Published by Horizon Family Solutions, LLC. Last Updated February 22, 2009.

FREE, LOW TUITION, SLIDING SCALE, AND NO TUITION PROGRAMS FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS These programs went through an initial screening process in order to be accepted on this non-advertising list. The list is updated throughout the year. This list is for parents who are not using the services of an Educational Consultant. $26.00 - Click here to order.

How do you determine the most appropriate adolescent residential treatment center for your child?

You can trust Dore Frances, M.A., educational consultant to assist your child and your family.

Dore Frances helps families and their students choose and apply to addiction treatment centers, aftercare/next step transition programs, Christian based schools, clinically based programs, college preparatory boarding schools, eating disorder programs, emotional growth boarding schools as well as boarding schools for students who learn differently and for students who have behavioral and emotional needs. She has been empowering students and helping them make good decisions since 1987.

Adolescent residential treatment programs - Results 216,000 for adolescent residential treatment programs

Eating disorder treatment centers - Results 5,360,000 for eating disorder treatment centers

Mental Health Treatment Centers - Results 30,700,000 for Mental Health Treatment Centers

Residential Treatment Centers for Teens - Results 351,000 for Residential Treatment Centers for Teens

Teens who struggle - Results 3,120,000 for teens who struggle

Therapeutic boarding schools - Results 114,000 for therapeutic boarding schools

Addiction Treatment Centers - Results 61,300,000 for Addiction Treatment Centers

In 2001 Dore Frances, M.A. founded Horizon Family Solutions, LLC, an educational consulting firm.

She travels extensively many times a year, visiting outdoor adventure programs, pre-teen schools, residential treatment centers and therapeutic facilities to ensure that she knows the campuses and their staff in order to help families make appropriate choices. In the past four years alone, Dore has toured over 125 therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, young adult transition programs and addiction treatment facilities.

Dore E. Frances, M.A.

Founder, Horizon Family Solutions, LLC

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Horizon Family Solutions Announces an Innovative New Website Targeting Parents and Professionals

Horizon Family Solutions Announces an Innovative New Website Targeting Parents and Professionals Searching For Residential Treatment and Wilderness Program Information and Services

(Bend, Oregon) February 2, 2009 - Dore Frances, M.A. today unveiled TroubledTeenHelp.com, an innovative new website targeting parents and professionals searching for residential treatment and wilderness program information and services.

“ TroubledTeenHelp.com provides articles of interest, breaking news, local resources, press releases, visit reports to programs and schools, conference calendar, financial information for parents who need funding for a residential placement and much, much more.”

“In order for many residential treatment centers and wilderness programs to remain competitive, cost-effective, and current in their online marketing endeavors, they must consider as a vital tool for meeting their evolving needs. “

“The focal point of our site is to simplify the Internet search for parents and professionals by providing a cost-effective one-stop solution for program search as well as articles of interest. “

Residential treatment and wilderness program business owners and professionals can attest first hand to the mind-boggling evolution that has taken shape in the Internet Marketing Landscape since the late 90s. The shift from cool looking but highly ineffective banner ads to such emerging technologies as Social Search, Blog Marketing and Mobile Media has provided diversely creative opportunities for delivering targeted marketing messages to the right audience. These are exciting times for those working in the Residential Treatment and Wilderness Treatment industry and it is a time that is presenting some daunting challenges when striving to keep pace with the present light-speed movement of this high paced industry. Many programs and schools are experiencing continual skill and service gaps in their Internet Marketing efforts. The challenges and expense of hiring diversely skilled Internet Marketing Specialists in-house has many businesses exploring other options to meet their growing needs.

Dore Frances, M.A., founder of Horizon Family Solutions, reported "Outsourcing has become a practical necessity for many new and existing residential and wilderness programs attempting to operate in this competitive industry.”

She added, "In order for many residential and wilderness programs to remain competitive, cost-effective, and current in their online marketing endeavors, they must consider outsourcing as a vital tool for meeting their evolving needs."

At TroubledTeenHelp.com, programs and schools can post breaking news, conferences, articles, press releases, as well as advertise.

TroubledTeenHelp.com also suggests that all advertisers on her site or any other site use the Google Analytics tool to effectively gain rich insights into their website traffic with Advanced Segmentation, Custom Reporting, Motion Charts, and more.

Frances also sees an increasing number of Internet Marketing sites emerging to address the growing demand for the advertising of residential treatment centers and wilderness programs.

She pointed out, "There are many Internet Marketing sites that are free and then there are those that charge hundreds of dollars per month for each individual advertisement. You need to know who you are doing business with and what results you are receiving for your precious dollars at work. Some of these sites are very outdated and a parent could spend many hours searching and then receive incorrect information. Other sites advertise anyone who is willing to pay and may add Boot Camps or other programs to their site that they would themselves not even entrust their own child to attend. This is not in the best interest of a child. You need to know that these are “safe search” sites for parents when needing to make a choice about their child. This is critical.”

Frances emphasized that TroubledTeenHelp.com is committed to watching the emerging Internet Marketing Trends of this industry and continuing to update in new areas. Also, the advertisers they accept must meet certain criteria and not all advertisers will be accepted.

“The focal point of our site is to simplify the safe Internet search for parents and professionals by providing a cost-effective one-stop solution for program and school searches that are in the best interest of the child and the family.”

This new site launched January 26, 2009. For more information about advertising, please visit TroubledTeenHelp.com

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Educational Consultants supporting parents and professionals assisting troubled teens and young adults

TroubledTeenHelp.com is a resource of information and places for struggling and troubled teens and young adults.

For nearly 17 years, Dore Frances,M.A., Child Advocate and Independent Educational Consultant and Founder of Horizon Family Solutions, has assisted families and helped professionals find appropriate and best matched programs and schools for their at-risk preteen, teen and young adult.

TroubledTeenHelp.com also provides a thorough place for parents and professionals to learn more about the industry of addiction treatment centers, aftercare / transitional programs, Christian based programs, clinically based programs, distance learning options, and more. Just check out the Breaking News area.

TroubledTeenHelp.com provides articles of interest, breaking news, local resources, press releases, visit reports to programs and schools, conference calendar, financial information for parents who need funding for a residential placement and much, much more.

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Meeting the Needs Of Young Adults

As they mature and become sexually active, more young adults face serious health risks.

Most face these risks with too little factual information, too little guidance about sexual responsibility, and too little access to health care.

Meeting young adults' diverse needs challenges parents, communities, health care providers, and educators. Despite urgent needs, program efforts have been slight and slowed by controversy.

One-fifth of world population is between ages 10 and 19. Young people today marry later, and more start sex before marriage. Thus they face more risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

In developing countries 20% to 60% of young women's pregnancies and births are unintended, most coming sooner than planned. Pregnancy puts young women's health at risk, through childbearing or unsafe abortion.

Increasingly, early parenthood means lost education as well, with lifelong loss of earnings. Half of those infected with AIDS-causing HIV are under age 25. The help that young adults need to avoid these risks varies.

Some young people are not yet sexually active. They need support and skills to postpone starting sex.

Some suffer from sexual abuse. They need protection and care. Some start sex before marriage, and some change sexual partners several times before they marry. They need help to abstain from sex or use condoms to prevent pregnancy and STDs. Many others are married and need much the same health and family planning services as other married couples. Sex education and reproductive health programs for young adults often face opposition, but research shows that these programs do not lead to more frequent or earlier sex, as opponents fear. To win public support, programs must work with parents and within community norms.

At the same time, programs must advocate new social norms that protect the health of young adults.

Current norms reward boys but punish girls for having sex; they glamorize irresponsible sex in the mass media but reject young people's natural interest in sexuality. Until these values change, programs for young adults will fight an uphill battle to encourage responsible behavior and provide adequate care.

For family planning services, STD treatment, and prenatal care, most young adults must go to the same clinics available to older people. Only a few hospitals and nongovernmental organizations have set up special clinics or service hours for young people. Many different outreach programs have been tried, often employing young adults to talk with their peers and sometimes to distribute condoms. In a few US schools, clinics offer some reproductive health services along with other care; a few schools provide condoms.

Young adults need programs that are compassionate, learn their needs, earn their trust, go where they are, and speak their language.

Horizon Family Solutions
Dore E. Frances, M.A.
Educational Consultant
(866) 833-6911
(541) 312-4422

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"I have been teaching middle school for thirty years and I get asked so many questions by parents all the time that I just do not have the time to research. Also, things change so much I just cannot keep up. I started referring parents to Dore and they have said it has been a great time saver for them in finding out some basic information and getting help on where to go for things like psychological testing. This is a well needed and very inexpensive service!" ~ Jon Aslan, Arizona

"I was feeling very apprehensive about the residential therapy program I choose for my daughter. I needed to know that I had made a safe choice. I asked Dore to help me specifically research this school to make sure they had no complaints against them. Just getting her genuine feedback gave me peace of mind. I have a feeling I will be using her again." ~ Rob Beare, California

I needed to locate an advocate and attorney in my state that would be able to assist me with my son and his IEP. I had been on the Internet and found all kinds of sites but did not know whom I could trust. I gave Dore the specific information and she emailed me a thorough list with names, addresses, contact numbers and their websites. I felt much better knowing these were people who would be able to assist me with my son's specific needs. I have already referred this low cost service to another parent. " ~ Robbi R., Washington

Okay, I admit it. I was freaking out. As a single parent I had a situation going on at home, it was evening time, and I just needed some quick advice. Having a 15 minute call with Dore (she actually gave me 25), was just the shot in the arm I needed to get through the little mini crisis. I think my child and I could have ended up in a big fight had I not had this time out time with Dore. She helped me get calm, centered and really see what was happening. It is great to know she is there if I ever need her again." ~ David B., Bend, Oregon

Dore E. Frances, M.A.

Drowsy Teen Driving

In this season of snow, long road trips and excessive parties drowsy young people driving automobiles can lead to some minor and even serious accidents.

Overtired teens are a threat to themselves – and others – as they too often climb behind the wheel having had too little sleep. For example, 36 percent of teen drivers say they frequently drive while tired in the morning.

Perhaps more significant, they report getting an average of only 7.2 hours of sleep on school nights.

And that can have costly outcomes. Young people who get less than eight hours of sleep per night on average are twice as likely to say they have fallen asleep at the wheel (20 percent) than are teens who report getting an average of eight or more hours of sleep per night (10 percent).

Drowsy driving causes more than 10,000 crashes each year, leading to 40,000 injuries and 1,550 deaths, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Make no mistake about it, the combination of sleepiness, inexperience, and a tendency to drive at night and in the early morning hours puts young adults at risk for drowsy driving crashes. Just as frightening are some of the strategies teens say they employ to try to stay awake.

Ø Playing loud music (49 percent)

Ø Talking on a cell phone (22 percent)

Ø Speeding (11 percent)

Ø Text messaging (11 percent)

Other concerns about sleepy teens include the relationship between insufficient rest and obesity, depression, drug abuse, and future cardiovascular disease, according to Byron J. Richards, a board-certified clinical nutritionist. Sleep problems in children and teens have reached a crisis level in America. So, what's the remedy? More sleep. Teens should be getting between 8.5 and 9.5 hours of sleep to be fully rested. It sounds like a simple solution. In truth, it may be hard to achieve. Teens need more sleep than adults do.

During adolescence, teens are hard-wired to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. Still we torment them with early school starts and, often, morning commitments on weekends. Thank goodness for the holidays!

Even though they may have more chance to rest, teens' holiday schedules remain cramped.

And research suggests that holiday periods are particularly dangerous times of year on roads and highways.

What's a busy teen to do? Here are a couple of tips:

Use the buddy system – ask your passenger to stay awake during the drive, to help keep you awake, and to share the driving responsibilities.

Ø If sleepiness sets in while driving, prevent a crash by pulling over to find a safe place to take a nap.

Of course, Mom and Dad have a role to play, too. Parents are the most influential voices in their teens' driving behaviors. Young people tend to drive more safely when they are presented with family driving rules that are enforced, such as:

Ø Minimum sleep requirements in order to drive;

Ø No driving after 10 p.m.; and

Ø No cell phone use, including text messaging.

Unfortunately, "early to bed, early to rise" doesn't synch well with suddenly nocturnal teens who are balancing late nights, early mornings, and jam-packed schedules. They want to do it all.

As parents the job is to help them regulate competing demands in a way that keeps them safe behind the wheel. Especially when they have miles to go before they sleep.

Dore E. Frances, M.A.