A 1-day conference and a study weekend brought together adventure and youth social work practitioners from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and Canada. Workshops and presentations focused on five themes: (1) integration of adventure-based interventions with the work of other youth agencies and the needs of communities; (2) program design; (3) targeting of individual needs within the generalization "at-risk"; (4) staffing issues; and (5) program evaluation. Part 1 of the proceedings contains six keynote speeches or summaries examining the context for adventure-based work with young people in trouble or at risk, using adventure as part of diversion programs or therapeutic programs, funding issues, leadership competencies for outdoor adventure, and evaluation issues. Part 2 describes 12 programs working with delinquent youth, at-risk girls and young women, drug addicts, or emotionally disturbed or abused youth, and using such interventions as outdoor education activities, Outward Bound activities, expeditions abroad, residential therapeutic programs, sports counseling, and wilderness experiences. Part 3 summarizes workshops covering such areas as relevance of adventure programs to the community, informal outdoor education, facilitation skills, confronting conflict, trust building, and experiential learning. Part 4 reports on group discussions of the five conference/weekend themes. Part 5 consists of a reading list of 140 relevant items. Appendices list delegates and organizations represented. (SV)