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		<title>DXM: The Life Suppressant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Help for Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News & Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Substance Use Inpatient]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DXM is a dangerous new drug that teenagers are abusing found in common household cold medicines. Below is an interview with Kelliegh Kinst BA, CDP, Assistant Program Supervisor at Ryther’s Inpatient Substance Abuse program for teen boys. Parents and school administrators may be surprised about what they learn. Where does DXM come from and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What we say when asked, “Does Ryther work?”</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/does-ryther-work#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Program Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sub-Acute Inpatient]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ryther’s Sub-Acute Residential Treatment Program provides a safe living arrangement for children ages 6-13 struggling to overcome the effects of trauma, violence and mental illness. Ryther’s three cottages, located on our ten-acre campus, each treat twelve children at any given time, employ psychiatry, psychology, evidence-based and experiential therapies as well as parent coaching and shadowing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Drugs &amp; Social Anxiety: Matson&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/beyond-drugs-social-anxiety#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Substance Use Inpatient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Successes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecstasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inpatient substance use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ropes course]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[15-year-old “Matson” came to Cottage B, Ryther’s Substance Abuse Inpatient Program, addicted to marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol, as well as suffering from depression and anxiety. Despite being a very bright sophomore in high school, Matson had poor attendance and was already behind on credits for graduation. He really had difficulty relating to his peers because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child Abuse and Neglect: What are the signs? When to report?</title>
		<link>http://www.ryther.org/blog/child-abuse-neglect?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=child-abuse-neglect</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/child-abuse-neglect#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foster Care Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News & Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sub-Acute Inpatient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child neglect]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Ryther Therapist Lindsey Beaky MA, LMHCA offers some insights on how you can do your part to protect children. She explains the often daunting and ambiguous task of when and how to involve Child Protective Services. Who should report child abuse and neglect? Professionals who work with children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Spotlight: Learning to Breathe</title>
		<link>http://www.ryther.org/blog/meditation?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=meditation</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/meditation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Substance Use Inpatient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inpatient substance use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of National Volunteer Week April 16-20, here is an interview with volunteer Virginia Hassinger who teaches meditation to the teenage boys in Ryther’s Substance Abuse Inpatient program. She and several other members of the community at Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism are part of the broader spirituality program at Ryther.   How does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Spotlight: Building a Positive Relationship with &#8220;Kingston&#8221;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/building-positive-relationships#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sub-Acute Inpatient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 16-20, 2012 is National Volunteer Week. In appreciation of our wonderful volunteers and to honor their hard work in helping our kids and teens, we are featuring a few of their stories. From John, a Best Buddy volunteer for a twelve-year-old boy in Cottage D: “Kingston” and I meet once a week and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Celebration Necessary</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/no-celebration-necessary#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Executive Director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News & Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning the local news is reporting that the State Senate passed a budget bill and sent it to the Governor for signature in the wee hours of the morning. For organizations like Ryther that serve the State&#8217;s Child Welfare System, this news may come as some relief in that catastrophic cuts were not made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Research Really Says</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/what-the-research-really-says#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foster Care Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the Executive Director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foster parent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ryther.org/voices/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day I happened across a broadcast of a presentation by Dee Wilson, one of the field&#8217;s best minds. During the Q&#38;A, an audience member asked the question as to why would the system continue to place children in foster care when the research shows that kids coming out of foster care fare so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UW’s Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Visits Ryther’s Cottage B</title>
		<link>http://www.ryther.org/blog/uw%e2%80%99s-beta-theta-pi-fraternity-visits-ryther%e2%80%99s-cottage-b?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=uw%25e2%2580%2599s-beta-theta-pi-fraternity-visits-ryther%25e2%2580%2599s-cottage-b</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/uw%e2%80%99s-beta-theta-pi-fraternity-visits-ryther%e2%80%99s-cottage-b#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryther League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Substance Use Inpatient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basketball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beta Theta Pi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inpatient substance use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Beta Theta Pi Philanthropy Chair Danny Chandler and fraternity members James Coatsworth and Kyle Ahrens after a few of the fraternity brothers spent some time with the teen boys in Cottage B who are receiving inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol addiction. Beta Theta Pi is a unit of the Ryther League [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;First of its Kind&#8221;: How Lillian Johnson Molded Ryther</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ryther.org/blog/first-of-its-kind-how-lillian-johnson-molded-ryther#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ryther History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryther League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sub-Acute Inpatient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lillian johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother Ryther]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ryther history]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lillian Johnson, MSW was hired as Ryther’s Executive Director in 1935 after the Ryther Home closed for a year following Mother Ryther’s passing. Over the next 40 years, she would turn Ryther Child Center into a world-renowned treatment facility with a focus on serving children with emotional or behavioral disturbance. Lillian became the technical and [...]]]></description>
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