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Are you searching for a top-quality therapeutic boarding school for your troubled teen son or daughter?
Situated in Montana, Turning Winds Academic Institute (TWAI) is an accredited, family-run boarding school for troubled teen boys and girls ages 13-18 from Alaska and across the U.S.
Housed on a beautiful, peaceful, and safe 150 acre campus, we combine the benefits of a residential treatment center (RTC), a wilderness program, and a therapeutic boarding school.
Established in 2002, TWAI provides an extremely high standard of therapeutic treatment to struggling teens and their families with an exceptional degree of success.
We offer help for the following presenting issues: behavioral problems, poor academic performance, addictions, low self-worth, ADD/ADHD, spectrum disorders, and attachment disorders among others.
We are a small program (40 students) which allows us to provide a truly unique and customized approach for every student.
We accept insurance which ultimately allows parents the affordability of treatment.
Truly passionate about helping young people in crisis, our clinical, educational, and operations staff are among the best in the United States.
Our on site student to staff ratio is 5:1. We require a 3-month commitment from our students. The average stay at our residential treatment center is 12 months.
Parent Testimonial: "I feel that her life path has been corrected and that is a relief. I can’t thank you enough for the love you have shown to my family."
- Mike
Academic Programs for troubled teens We create a customized program for each student that requires a minimum of 3 months.
However, best results for lasting success are realized through 6+ months of treatment.
- Middle School Program
- High School Program
- Credit Recovery
- Accelerated Learning
- College Preparation/ AP Classes
- SAT/ACT Testing Center
- Anti-Bullying Program
We also provide a GED program, and college courses.
TWAI graduates average a 3.5 GPA. It is common for a student to complete 1.5 years of course work in 1 year.
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Located just south of Bend, Oregon at the base of the Three Sisters Mountains, The Academy at Sisters is a small and exclusive therapeutic boarding school for at risk young women ages 13-18.
We provide treatment and academic services for girls who have put themselves in dangerous situations such as playing truant, drug and alcohol abuse, and are beyond parental control.
The length of stay is one year to 18 months. Our academic program is an integral part of our treatment program, varied and challenging, making us the leading Oregon Boarding School for at-risk girls. We teach students to learn from the past, plan for the future, and live responsibly in the present.
The Academy at Sisters Oregon boarding school operates on two campuses. Our Lodge Campus is the setting for the first phase of the girls´ placement and offers a therapeutic environment.
We are accredited by the the National Institute of Health, Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and Oregon Department of Education.
Boarding Programs with treatment and academics for at-risk girls aged 13-18:
- Due to drugs, alcohol, poor peer relationships, truancy
- Academy Personal Growth Treatment Program
- Academic Program for High School Diploma
- Equine Assisted Therapy Program
Learning Support Services including:
- SAT exam preparation
- Accelerated reading
- Accelerated math
- Authentic assessment
- Career planning
- Independent study
Located in northwestern Montana, Turning Winds Academic Institute (TWAI) is an accredited, family-run, therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens (boys and girls) ages 13-18 from North Carolina and across the United States.
In our beautiful, peaceful, and safe location, we combine the benefits of a therapeutic boarding school, a wilderness program, and a residential treatment center (RTC).
TWAI has been serving struggling teens and their families since 2002, with an exceptional degree of success.
We provide an extremely high standard of therapeutic treatment to our students, and offer help for the following presenting issues: poor academic performance, behavioral problems, addictions, low self-worth, spectrum disorders, ADD/ADHD, and attachment disorders among others.
With a passion for helping young people in crisis, our clinical, educational, and operations staff are among the best in the country.
We are a small program (40 students) which means that we are able to provide a truly unique and customized approach for every student.
Typically our on site student to staff ratio is 5:1. The average stay at our residential treatment center is 12 months.
Parent Testimonial: "We feel reassured that our son Chad is in good hands being guided onto the right track...We are really beginning to get our son back again! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
Therapeutic Boarding School For troubled teens ages 13-18
- Middle School Program
- High School Program
- Credit Recovery
- Accelerated Learning
- College Preparation/ AP Classes
- SAT/ACT Testing Center
- Anti-Bullying Program
We also provide a GED program, and college courses.
We create a customized program for each student that requires a minimum of 3 months. However, best results for lasting success are realized through 6+ months of treatment.
TWAI graduates average a 3.5 GPA. It is common for a student to complete 1.5 years of course work in 1 year.
Located in Bend, Oregon, New Leaf Academy is an all-girls therapeutic boarding school for troubled 10-14 year olds.
We serve young girls who have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD Behavior), Asperger's Syndrome, Tourette's Syndrome/non-verbal type, mood, bi-polar or conduct disorder, depression anxiety, and more. Our program is tailored to the developmental, social, emotional and academic needs of a pre-adolescent and young adolescent girl.
At New Leaf Academy, our goal is to help your daughter gain the skills she needs to be successful in the home, at school and with friends. We want to help you create a working relationship with your daughter that will enable you and your daughter to navigate the challenges of adolescence successfully.
In addition to implementing best practices, we abide by a strict set of safety standards to enhance the care that your child will receive. In addition, you can feel confident that all our programs are appropriately licensed or regulated by state or local agencies and adhere to established standards of care.
The academic program of New Leaf Academy in Oregon is accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.
• Located in Verneuil sur Seine, just 38km north-west of Paris, Notre Dame International High School (NDIHS) is a private American High School offering day and boarding (5 and 7 day) programs to students from around the world in Grades 9-12.
• NDIHS provides an exciting opportunity to learn the French language and culture while attending an American curriculum (taught in English) that leads to an American high school diploma.
• NDIHS follows the Nacel Interntional School System (NISS). We offer supervised and modern boarding facilities. In addition, we can organize French homestays for further French cultural immersion.
• Students may enroll in a full course of study or participate in a dual diploma program, in which they take their standard country courses and supplement that course of study with key subjects from the American core curriculum.
• The US High School curriculum (ESL, Math, English, Social Studies and Science) is taught by American teachers. Arts, Music and Physical Education are taught by French teachers. The special French curriculum is provided by our French sister school, Notre Dame Les Oiseaux.
• Notre Dame International High School is also a candidate school to teach the IB Diploma programme in Grade 11 and 12 from September 2018.
• NDIHS is located on the campus of Notre Dame Les Oiseaux, in the town of Verneuil sur Seine, only 35 minutes north-west of Paris city center by train.
• The Academy of the Holy Family (AHF) is an accredited Catholic day and boarding high school for American and international young women in Grades 9-12.
• Our school is located in Baltic, a town in the state of Connecticut in the New England region of north-eastern USA (approximately 2 hours from Boston and 2,5 hours from NYC).
• Our mission is to provide young women with a strong sense of Christian values and a challenging academic program empowering each individual to reach her spiritual, intellectual, moral and social potential. We welcome new students throughout the year.
• Owned and operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church, we have a rich tradition of educating young women in excellence for over 130 years.
• Young women have opportunities to thrive in this nurturing atmosphere, allowing them to reach their full spiritual, intellectual, moral and social potential. Our graduates attend a wide range of colleges and universities across the country.
• College Preparation, Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available.
• Students attend small, family like classes taught by dedicated religious and lay staff.
• Subjects include: Religion; English; Mathematics; Science; Foreign Language; Social Studies; Fine Arts; Computer; Family Studies; Physical Education. ESL English is offered for our international students.
• We provide boarding for both American and international students.
Montana Academy is a private therapeutic boarding school for young people ages 14 to 17 at crisis points in their lives.
Many of our students have endured traumas, struggled with learning difficulties or school or social failure. Many have emotional symptoms such as depression, tantrums or anxiety that have disrupted their ability to function on a day-to-day basis.
We are located in Marion, in the northwestern area of Montana, 40 miles southwest of Kalispell on US Highway 2.
As a therapeutic boarding school, we emphasize both treatment and education. We endeavor to provide sophisticated clinical expertise in a simple environment.
On a remote Montana ranch, the school combines an emotional growth curriculum designed for psychologically troubled youth with a dual academic program—grounded in practical tasks to suit students disenchanted with and disengaged from conventional classrooms.
Therapeutic Boarding School Program for Troubled Teens (Ages 14-17)
- We offer a broad range of classes in English, history, mathematics, science, art and foreign language. Honors and Advance Placement are available in many classes.
- Students take three classes and earn 5 credits per subject passed in a 12-week block curriculum.
- The Academy also offers the PSAT, SAT and assistance with college applications.