Craig Rogers
Parent Coach
Craig has been a leader in the behavioral health industry for more than two decades. Craig Rogers is an outstanding author, having written and published over 2,000 articles related to the "effective treatment of troubled teens." As a parent coach and substance abuse counselor, Craig has faithfully served 5,000 troubled teens and their families.
Starting in 1993 Craig served as the Outreach Pastor to the Church of the Nazarene in Sacramento, California. Craig's passion was to counsel and love those struggling with addiction. Craig started up and managed a successful inner city outreach program known as "Recovery in Christ" (RIC). RIC was based on the12 Steps of Alcoholic Anonymous.
After graduating from California State University at Sacramento in 1994 Craig took a case management/substance abuse counselor position with Rite of Passage. Rite of Passage is a premier boarding school for troubled teens. It is at ROP that Craig received outstanding training in Positive Peer Culture and student-led leadership development.
In 1996 Craig took a management position with Koinonia Foster Homes where he was the Program Director for a group home for troubled teens. While with Koinonia Craig started up and managed the therapeutic foster care office for Koinonia in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 1997 Craig and several partners started up a psychiatric-based residential treatment center for troubled teens known as Positive Impact. Craig was Positive Impact's Program Director.
In 1999 Craig and his wife Wendy struck out on their own and started a Christian therapeutic boarding school for troubled boys and girls. Craig and Wendy managed and operated Abundant Life Academy into September 2011.
Craig's professional training over the last 20 years is too vast to list. However, the most cherished training Craig holds didn't come from a college or university, it came from the important experience he gained from the privilege of working with teenagers and their families.
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