Kairos Adventure Wilderness Program - Is It Right For You?

Young Adults:  ages 18 - 30

Kairos operates year-round and application for admission may take place at any time.

Acceptance is based on a review of the student's current and past history of behavior, consultation with parents and professionals and psycho-educational testing when appropriate

Appropriate candidates are young adult males and females with a history of soft to moderate emotional and behavioral problems, low self-esteem, academic underachievement, substance abuse and family conflict.  Students who attend Kairos have engaged in behaviors or peer influences that have slowed down their normal developmental progress. 

The clinical team understands that there are young adults whose problems require forms of treatment different than that provided by Kairos, either due to the nature or severity of the students' problems, their resistance to seeking help with those problems, or because they present a danger to themselves or others.

For this reason Kairos’ application process requires that detailed information regarding the applicant be reviewed by the clinical team.

Warning Signs & Typical Symptoms

Although manifestations can be different, most often the underlying issues are quite similar. The following is a list of the things our typical students struggle with:

• Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD)
• Anger Management difficulties
• Defiance and opposition to authority
• Beyond parental control
• Bi-polar disorder
• Bright and unmotivated to achieve
• Poor peer relations
• Depressed or emotionally troubled
• Experiencing low self-esteem
• Experimenting or Abusing alcohol and drugs
• Lack of respect or responsibility to others
• Impulsive or hyperactive
• Lack of confidence
• Lying, stealing, truancy
• Major changes in image and personality
• Poor academic achievement
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Post traumatic stress disorders (PTSD)
• Self destructive behaviors
• Struggling with attachment disorders
• Suspended or expelled from school
• Parent child conflict problems
• Verbal aggression
• Withdrawal or sullenness

When you have questions regarding the appropriateness of our program, please give us a call at 801-349-2740.  

We welcome the opportunity to speak with you and to discuss your specific situation.