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Therapeutic boarding schools can for children dealing with emotional and behavioral problems that may stem from adoption and being adopted. Through a structured, emotional growth boarding school environment, students are provided with physical, spiritual, and academic guidance.

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• Therapeutic Boarding Schools

  This informative website offers help for parents considering boarding school for their child. It explains how to choose a boarding school, what questions to ask, and how to deal with feelings of guilt and homesickness.

• Academy at Swift River

  Students at The Academy at Swift River therapeutic boarding school in Mass have a great deal in common. They tend to be very bright, creative, powerful and loving young men and women. Many of our students have been adopted or gone through a family divorce. It is also not uncommon for our students to have experienced a death or other tragic event in their life.

• COPPER CANYON ACADEMY

  COPPER CANYON ACADEMY helps teenage girls who are experiencing behavioral and emotional programs. COPPER CANYON ACADEMY offers a comprehensive therapeutic program, a fully accredited academic program, and a nurturing residential environment. COPPER CANYON ACADEMY helps girls with low self-esteem and poor body image learn to make healthy decisions and to take better care of themselves emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

• New Leaf Academy

  New Leaf is a therapeutic boarding school that offers a safe, nurturing environment for struggling middle school age girls. At the time of admission, our students are over 10 and under 14 years of age. Our 18-21 month program teaches positive self-expression, responsibility and helps troubled young girls and their families transition to a better place.

• Oakley School

  At the Oakley School, those who struggled will get direction and support. Those who are ready for bigger challenges and wider horizons will find them. Students of diverse backgrounds benefit from multi-talented staff members. Emotional well-being is reinforced through a firm structure of educational, social, and recreational programs designed to teach young people to enjoy full membership in the school community.

• SunHawk Adolescent Recovery Center

  SunHawk Academy's long-term residential program combines an intense clinical intervention with an accredited academic program. SunHawk treats struggling teens 13-17 with behavioral and substance abuse problems. During our program, students progress through levels as they achieve specific academic and behavioral goals. Personal growth of students is encouraged through extensive therapeutic activities, which are under the direction of qualified clinical staff. The "Life Skills Training" component of the program gives each child extensive exposure to real life experiences that are necessary to succeed in today's society.