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Published August 23, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Touring Amberwing


The living room/children’s gathering area near the entrance to Amberwing. The building, built for youth with mental illness, emotional, or behavioral problems, has a Northwoods lodge theme to help make it feel welcoming. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

  • The living room/children’s gathering area near the entrance to Amberwing. The building, built for youth with mental illness, emotional, or behavioral problems, has a Northwoods lodge theme to help make it feel welcoming. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Amberwing’s family resource center. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Ken Belanger of Lake Superior Painting finishes up in one of Amberwing’s playrooms Tuesday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Pillows gathered in a circle for group sessions in one of Amberwood’s rooms. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A behavioral poster in one a classroom for middle-school aged children at Amberwing. Such posters are a common sight in the facility. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • An “away space” room for middle-school aged youth at Amberwing. The space allows youth feeling overwhelmed to have some alone time. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Amberwing has four wings, each named for an animal and identified by artwork at their entrance. This is the entrance to the Eagle Wing. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Pat Burns, president of the Miller-Dwan Foundation, talks about Amberwing in the building’s teaching and intern area. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • The chemical dependency gathering area is decorated in part with sayings designed to help people overcome their addictions. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Decorations in Amberwing’s art room gives the space a whimsical feel. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A painting of an amberwing dragonfly decorates one wall of Amberwing’s music and drama room. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Pat Burns, president of the Miller-Dwan Foundation, explains to a visitor how Amberwing’s parent-child interactive therapy room works. Therapists sitting on one side of the one-way mirrors will observe and videotape how parents and children interact. A therapist can offer suggestions to the parents via an ear bud. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Behavioral posters lean against a wall in Amberwing, waiting to be hung. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • The Amberwing building, located at 615 Pecan Avenue. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)