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Empirical Evidence of the Impact of Adventure Education
There is significant empirical evidence of the positive impact adventure education can have on the outlook and personality development of its participants. Perhaps the best-known organization practicing adventure education is Outward Bound. A meta-analysis of 96 studies published between 1968 and 1994 concludes that adventure education programs stimulate the development of interpersonal competencies, enhances leadership skills, and has a positive effect on adolescents' sense of empowerment, self-control, independence, self-understanding, assertiveness and decision-making skills.
Quantitative Measurements of Project Extreme's Impact
In a follow-up study of all teens who have completed the PROJECT EXTREME ADVENTURE EDUCATION PROGRAM, 80% have been successfully placed in schools and educational facilities and have made positive adjustments in school and with their families.
Our staff continues to have contact with the participants throughout the year to reinforce the participants' connection to the staff. The staff gathers information about their participants and assesses their progress by measuring objective behaviors, such as the following:
- Attendance in school or studies programs
- Participation in social groups
- Participation in community activities
- Academic performance
- Connection to family
- Non-involvement in destructive behaviors
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