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Main Conference: Tuesday, September 30 - Thursday, October 2, 2025

Preconference: Monday September 29 - Tuesday, September 30, 2025

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Strength-Based Risk Engagement & You Can Too
Wednesday October 1, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
Connecticut / Rhode Island
Our attitudes towards risk in this field are evolving. By now, many of us would likely identify risk as a fundamental aspect of our outdoor pursuits. It contributes profoundly to the value and meaning of our experiences. How can this perspective shift inform our practices and relationship to risk? Is risk something for us to manage, as we might manage a waterway with a dam? Or is it something we might be able to engage and cultivate relationship with? Perhaps both....
An overview of multi-level risk engagement strategies that support an environment of empowerment and improved outcomes, described in the context of a community-based outdoor behavioral health nonprofit.
Speakers
avatar for Misty Blakesley

Misty Blakesley

Emergence and Therapeutic Adventure Program Manager, The Mountain Center
Misty Blakesley works at the Mountain Center in Tewa Territories with Native American communities, survivors of violence, folks in recovery, people in the juvenile justice system and others. She encourages healing and growth through connection with the natural world. She is a mentor... Read More →
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Tony Dixon

Executive Director, The Mountain Center
Juan Antonio (Tony) Dixon, MBA, has been working in the field of Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Adventure for twenty years and serves as the Executive Director for The Mountain Center (TMC) located in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he oversees and supports leadership, risk management... Read More →
avatar for Ellie Mullin

Ellie Mullin

Course Manager, The Mountain Center
Ellie Mullin has been a Therapeutic Adventure Coordinator for four years with The Mountain Center. Ellie is passionate about learning and providing opportunities for others to learn both about themselves and the natural world around them. In her free time Ellie enjoys running and... Read More →
avatar for Christian Sommer

Christian Sommer

Therapeutic Adventure Program Manager, The Mountain Center
Christian has worked in The Mountain Center’s Therapeutic Adventure Program for over 12 years. His role includes program oversight, staff training and development, coordinating the organization’s Risk Management Committee, and advising in policy development. He is deeply invested... Read More →
Wednesday October 1, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
Connecticut / Rhode Island Holiday Inn By the Bay:88 Spring St, Portland, ME 04119
  Field Practices Staff Training Decision Making, Breakout Session

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