Academy at Cedar Mountain
A boarding school, with an emphasis on the development of self-esteem, for youths ages 12 to 18. Located in Cedar City, Utah.
Academy at Ivy Ridge
A specialty school for adolescents ages 12 through 18 that are headed for some serious problems. Based in Ogdensburg, NY.
Academy at Swift River
Co-educational boarding school for students, ages thirteen through eighteen in Cummington, Massachusetts. Includes student profile, details on academics and admissions, and application.
Accendo Christian Academy
Christian boys home for troubled youths.
Aspen Ranch
A Boarding school and treatment center for boys and girls ages thirteen to seventeen.
Auldern Academy
College preparatory boarding school, for girls in grades 9-12, located in North Carolina.
Blue Hills Academy
Boarding school focusing on emotional growth, for boys ages twelve through seventeen.
Bridges Academy
School for at-risk teen age boys from ages 13-17. A school for temperamentally challenged teens based on three specific components; small population size, individually-paced education, and family involvement.
Bromley Brook School
A boarding school, promoting leadership qualities, for teenage girls who are underacheiving. Located Manchester Center, Vermont.
Building Bridges, Inc.
A long-term residential program for 14-18 year old males in Thompson Falls, Montana.
Carlbrook School
Small coeducational boarding school in southern Virginia for underachieving students aged fifteen to eighteen.
Carolina Springs Academy
Co-educational boarding school that specializes in students who are underachieving due to their own environmental and behavioral choices. Based in Due West, SC.
Copper Canyon Academy
A boarding school for girls ages 13 - 17 with emotional and behavioral problems.
Cross Creek Programs
Find out about residential schools and programs for junior high and high school boys and girls at risk; located in Utah.
Diamond Ranch Academy
Life transition program for teens and their families, teaching life skills, emotional growth, and responsibility.
Discover Academy
Customized therapeutic-educational opportunities to stop the "downward spiral." Grades 9 through 12. Utah.
Discovery Academy Forum
A forum based on the boarding school, Discovery Academy, with views from ex-students and parents.
Discovery School of Virginia
Serves teenage boys with emotional, behavioral, and learning problems. Located in Virginia, the residential school uses group therapy and the outdoors to promote a student's overall positive development.
Dundee Ranch Academy
Formerly a co-educational boarding school for teens in need of intervention, located in Costa Rica. School closed in 2003, but school website is still online.
Eagle Pines Academy
Emotional growth boarding school for boys 10-14 in Smithville, Texas.
Edgewood Children's Ranch
A non-profit Christian facility in Central Florida, providing residential, educational and counseling services for troubled children, ages 6-17, and their families.
Elan School
Coeducational boarding school for adolescents in grades 7 -12. Located in Lewiston, Maine.
Excel Academy
Boarding school with residential treatment programs for troubled teens. Conroe, Texas.
Excell Center
Offers residential treatment and educational services for at-risk youth ages 10-17 in Turlock, CA. Description, photos, and case studies.
Fulshear Ranch Academy
A boarding school, to develop life skills in a ranch environment, for women 18-26. Located in Fulshear, Texas.
Glenholme School
Boarding school for children with special needs. Teaches varying levels of academic, social and emotional development in a highly structured learning environment. Grades 3-12, located in Washington, Connecticut.
Godolphin School
Boarding school for girls, with a current enrollment of four hundred girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen. Located in the United Kingdom.
Grace Boys Ranch
A boarding school for troubled boys ages 6 to 16 in central Missouri.
Grace Christian Home for Girls
Christian group home and boarding school for teenaged girls experiencing severe behavioral problms.
Grove School
A boarding school for adolescent boys and girls in grade 6-12. Located in Madison, Connecticut.
Hidden Lake Academy
Filling the gaps between services provided by residential treatment centers, group homes and traditional boarding schools. Located in Dahlonega, Georgia.
Hillside School
An independent boarding school for boys in grades five through nine.
Hope Ranch
Christian boarding school providing a structured home environment for girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen on a working ranch in Whitefish, Montana.
In Balance Ranch Academy
Boarding school for substance-abusing teen boys 13-17.5 years of age in a ranch setting in Arizona.
Island View Residential Treatment Center
Facility for adolescents with drug, alcohol, or behavioral problems, located in Syracuse, Utah.
Kanner Academy
Coeducational residential programs featuring the Gestalt approach to therapy in St. Petersburg & Sarasota Florida.
King George School
Year-round coeducational boarding school for students in grades 9 through 12 needing a college preparatory curriculum and an emotional growth program. Sutton, Vermont.
Kolburne School
For students with psychiatric, educational, and social challenges to develop. Highlights of services, facilities, and programs.
Montana Academy
Offers a residential therapeutic boarding school in a ranch environment with emphasis on both treatment and education. Located in Marion, Montana.
Montcalm School
Residential treatment program offering therapeutic treatment of troubled youth. Based in Albion, MI.
Mount Bachelor Academy
Boarding school for children and teens with emotional and learning differences or disorders, located in Prineville, Oregon.
Northwoods of Idaho
Residential program for boys, with middle/high school component. In Idaho, with a Costa Rica travel component.
Oakley School
Therapeutic college preparatory boarding school with a recreational and outdoor sports program. Oakley, Utah.
Perkiomen Valley Academy
A year round, educational and therapeutic alternative school located in Frederick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Pine Ridge Academy
Residential treatment center and boarding school for at risk students who are experiencing emotional, behavioral or academic difficulties. Located in suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Positive Impact
Therapeutic boarding school for young men, located at Bahia de Kino, Mexico.
Pressley Ridge Schools
Dervices for children and families including alternative family care, community and family support, and educational and residential services.
Provo Canyon School
Especially for 7th to 12th graders with emotional or academic difficulties. Enrollment criteria, program overview, and other helpful information.
Rite of Passage
A boarding school for youths who have been influenced negatively by peers.
Rocklyn Academy
Boarding school (grades 9-12) for girls experiencing difficulties in the traditional school setting or at home, blending emotional growth and therapeutic programming with advanced academics. Ontario, Canada.
Safe Harbor Boys Home
Offers a program that uses the waterfront as a residential facility and school for troubled youth.
Sarasota Community School
Private boarding school in Florida for boys and girls.
Shepherd's Hill Farm
Outdoor residential therapeutic program (New Creation) and junior and senior high school (Shepherd's Hill Academy) in Georgia for teens with emotional or behavioral problems, learning disabilities, or other special needs; based on Christian principles.
Spring Creek Lodge Academy
Behavioral modification school based in Thompson Falls, MT.
Steppin' Stone Farm
Christian residential boarding school for at-risk teenage girls experiencing problems with drug or alcohol abuse, sexual impropriety, poor decision-making, or general rebellion. Florida.
Stone Mountain School
Residential school for boys, grades six though twelve, with learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and emotional issues. Located in North Carolina.
SunHawk Academy
Residential treatment program and school for adolescent boys and girls ages 13 - 17. St. George, Utah.
The Academy
Boarding school for adolescents 12 to 18, who are struggling in their school, home or community. Campuses in rural Oregon and the Fiji Islands.
The Better Fight
Views from ex-students and parents of Tranquility Bay and other World Wide Association of Specialty Program Schools.
The Brown Schools
Residential and wilderness treatment programs, therapeutic foster care, and psychiatric hospitals offering services related to mental illness, brain injury, and emotional and behavioral issues.
The Cleveland Home
Residential treatment program/school for teenage girls, offering equine-assisted therapy for a variety of behavioral issues. Versailles, Kentucky.
The Family Foundation School
An accredited emotional growth boarding school for struggling teens. New York.
The John Dewey Academy
College preparatory high school for gifted, self-destructive adolescents (ages 15-21). Describes the program, student characteristics, faculty qualifications, costs, and achievements of alumni. Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
The National Association of Therapeutic Schools an
A resource for programs and professionals assisting young people with behavioral difficulties.
The Ranch House, LLC
Therapeutic structured family based program for adolescent boys. Sisters, Oregon.
The Stable Ranch for Boys
Provides boys 13-18 an education and a structured life environment within a ranch.
Turn About Ranch
Residential school and treatment program for troubled boys and girls from twelve to eighteen years of age. Located in southern Utah.
Utah Boys Ranch
Residential school and program for boys that focuses on home atmosphere, education, spiritual and moral values, and clinical therapy.
Valley View School
A private residential guidance school providing a therapeutic educational environment for boys, ages 11-16. Massachusetts.
Wears Valley Ranch
Christian school and home in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee for children needing special nurture and love.
White River Adventure
Behavioral modification camp based in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School
Structured academic and life skills training, based in West Columbia, South Carolina.
YouthCare, Inc.
Coed residential school for adolescents between the ages eleven and eighteen. Located in Draper, Utah.