| There are many schools today that are labeled, | | | | local school environment. They will be surrounded by |
| "boarding schools for troubled teens." They all have a | | | | trained specialists who will truly be able to help them |
| little different twist on helping a teen that may be | | | | resolve their issues in an open and friendly manner. |
| defiant, skipping school, or just failing in school due to a | | | | Boarding schools for at risk adolescents build on this |
| lack of effort or concern. Some are long term | | | | basic boarding school structure to encompass a wide |
| programs and some just 2 week programs. The | | | | variety of drug treatment programs and behavioral |
| shorter programs do not usually have an academic | | | | therapies as well. As you work with your therapist or |
| component to them. | | | | counselor to determine what menu of programs best |
| Some of these are punitive in nature and punish the | | | | addresses your troubled teens needs, you can narrow |
| child for not making an appropriate choice and some | | | | your boarding school search to those that employ the |
| are very lenient. There are many in the middle with | | | | therapeutic programs and therapies that are |
| enough structure and discipline to accomplish the goal | | | | compatible with your troubled teens personality and |
| of getting the teen back on the right track. | | | | their particular set of issues. |
| Boarding schools are environments where teenagers | | | | If you happen to be a parent with and out of control |
| can feel uninhibited to express their true emotions. This | | | | teen, there is help just around the corner. |
| is a freedom they might not have in an unforgiving | | | | |