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‘Therapy in Disguise’: How Mountain Biking is Improving the Health of At-Risk Israeli Youth

Geerz is a therapeutic, mountain-biking program in Israel with a curriculum designed to help kids struggling with behavior problems, ADD/ADHD, anger management, family dysfunction, adolescent eating disorders, and other psychological and physical issues. Credit: Courtesy.

Geerz is a therapeutic, mountain-biking program in Israel with a curriculum designed to help kids struggling with behavior problems, ADD/ADHD, anger management, family dysfunction, adolescent eating disorders, and other psychological and physical issues. Credit: Courtesy.

The Geerz program works with 350 teens in nine cities and one youth village throughout the country, using the bicycle as a tool used to teach life skills, and to get kids outside and away from their immediate environments.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate