Resources

Project PATCH offers parents, teens and industry professionals resources that can help. By including them here, it does not mean that we endorse them. We welcome your suggestions and experiences.  If you would like to share them, please contact us by sending an email to patch@projectpatch.org.

Helpful Resources for Parents

  • Strugglingteens.com offers a rich listing of Pacific Northwest resources for parents and their teens.
  • Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch is a very large Christian residential treatment center in Montana.
  • Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Program is an excellent 21-day program for drug and alcohol issues.  Freer also offers other programs. 
  • SUWS is a good 21-day program for primary drug and alcohol issues.

Local Community Resources

  • NorthWest Behavioral Center will do free drug testing and is also a great primary placement for drug and alcohol issues, as well as short-term mental health stays.
  • Morrison Center offers services for children and families.  This is an outstanding resource in the Portland area for troubled teens which offers different types of services, including family therapy.

Parenting Tools, Books and Other Resources

  • Insync Lifestyles DISC personality survey will help you and your teenager learn how to understand yourself and how your behavior affects others, how to maximize on what you do well, keep a positive attitude about yourself and adapt your behavior. This personality survey has 30 years of proven reliability with over 40 million users.
  • Ministry Insights learn how to develop outstanding and lasting relationships with your family and teenager by using the same online Behavior and Communication Style Assessment Tool that is at the heart of the PATCH Ranch Therapy. 
  • The Explosive Child Ross W. Greene, PhD
  • Boundaries Cloud & Townsend 
  • Five Love Languages of Teenagers Chapman & Campbell 
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World,  Stephen R. Covey
  • Parents Under Siege: Why You Are the Solution, Not the Problem, in Your Child's Life, James Garbarino, Claire Bedard
  • Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned, Jack Canfield, Kimberly Kirberger, Mark Victor Hansen

Offline or Online Support Groups

Get Involved

  • Young Life provides healthy, creative fun and aims to keep high school-aged kids safe.  From weekly clubs to seasonal camping experiences to daily outings with leaders, Young Life is known around the world as the organization that knows how to have fun. 
  • The National Network for Youth is a 30-year-old national non-profit membership and advocacy organization whose mission is to champion the needs of runaway, homeless, and other disconnected youth through advocacy, innovation and services - one community at a time. 
  • College Crime Watch created a crime-free and drug-free campus environment that allows for safe learning and living.
  • National SAVE is a student-driven organization. Students learn about alternatives to violence and practice what they learn through school and community service projects.

School Success

  • Mapping Your Future, Planning tool for middle and high school students, parents and educators. On this tour, you'll be able to find out more about planning for your future.