Released on = July 24, 2007, 4:58 pm

Press Release Author = Dore E. Frances,M.A., Founder of Horizon Family Solutions, LLC

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = BEND, OREGON, JULY 24, 2007: Horizon Family Solutions, a
Child Rights Advocacy and Educational Consulting firm for struggling teens, is
expanding their innovative service of assisting parents who have a child in a
program, school or wilderness program, and need to take next steps: Student
Assessment Services. The informative services which have been offered locally in
Oregon are now expanding to outside of the state. \"Our intention is to give parents
another option when needing guidance about next steps for their child,\" says Dore
Frances, M.A., executive director of Horizon Family Solutions, LLC.

Press Release Body = \"We assist parents with a comprehensive evaluation that covers
education as well as psychological overviews and may include recommendations to a
clinical boarding school, emotional growth program, step down program or at home
program, serving as a resource as parents continue their decision making journey
toward establishing goals for their child. This service is especially beneficial for
those families that do not have, need or want the full services of an educational
consultant, but need to make a life-changing decision about their child\'s next
step.\"

Horizon Family Solutions emphasizes professional, quality services, hard work,
integrity and honesty when assisting each and every child and their family.

Student Assessment Services create a little breathing room for a family who needs to
assess next steps.

The assessment guides the family towards insight into what may be the best option
for long term success. The assessment accentuates the benefit of their current
program and how it benefits in them also knowing what the child\'s next steps will
be.

The assessment is face-to-face with the student in their current environment, and
allows solutions to be discussed with the family that is facing a next step
struggling decision.

Located on Bend, Oregon, Dore Frances, M.A. has been accepted and recognized by the
Circuit Court for the State of Oregon as a court approved Parent Coordinator, and is
an active member of the American Bar Association, and the American School Counselor
Association. Her professional affiliations are with the Court Appointed Special
Advocates (CASA) in which she is a volunteer in Deschutes County, Oregon, Education
Industry Association National Association of Parents with Children in Special
Education, the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs and The
Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health.

For more information about Horizon Family Solutions, LLC, visit www.guidingteens.com
or call
(541) 312-4422. For more information about the Student Assessment services, visit
www.guidingteens.com/About-Us_Student-Assessment-Services.html.

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Web Site = http://www.guidingteens.com

Contact Details = 1145 NW Knoxville Blvd
Bend, Oregon 97701
Phone (541) 312-4422
Fax (541) 312-4420
Dore@dorefrances.com