Many teens in wilderness programs report the experience as being positive, beneficial, and enjoyable.

And there are wilderness programs run by avid outdoorsmen or former marines.

During the wilderness program, students travel to the canyons of Utah and the mountains of Colorado.

Talk with a health professional, and ask him or her questions if you are considering sending your teen to a wilderness program.

Filming did take place during the summer of 2008 at a wilderness program called Monarch Center in Colorado.

A six-week wilderness program in Idaho can cost $16,000 or more.

Matisyahu's parents enrolled him in a wilderness program in Oregon for at-risk teenagers.

He finished high school at a wilderness program in Bend, Oregon.

Some may do better with field work and wilderness programs.

As part of one course, he worked in a wilderness program and became interested in camping as spiritual and religious therapy.