Boarding Schools
Boarding schools are well known for their academic excellence.
With small class sizes, diverse curricula, and individual
attention from teachers and advisors, the boarding school
experience gives students many distinct advantages. Boarding
school students acquire the abilities that help ensure success
in college and in life.
During the academic year, boarding schools become extended families where teachers and students live and learn together. The 24-hour community of a boarding school environment allows the faculty to seize every teachable moment whether in the classroom, on the playing field, or in the dormitory.
Boarding schools are independent, college preparatory schools that provide housing facilities for students and faculty. Boarding schools are sometimes referred to as "intentional communities" because the faculty and staff at boarding schools work very hard to create an environment for students that is safe, academically challenging, active, and fun.
While boarding schools differ among these broad types, they also differ in their philosophy and mission. Because no two boarding schools are alike, matching a student with an appropriate boarding school is a big step toward ensuring future success. Troubled Teen Resources can help guide you through this difficult process.
Boarding Schools for Troubled Teens
There are many schools today that are
labeled, "boarding schools for troubled teens."
They all have a little different twist on helping a teen
that may be defiant, skipping school, or just failing in
school due to a lack of effort or concern. Some are long
term programs and some just 2 week programs. The shorter
programs do not usually have an academic component to them.
Some of these are punitive in nature and punish the child
for not making an appropriate choice and some are very lenient.
There are many in the middle with enough structure and discipline
to accomplish the goal of getting the teen back on the right
track. We have a Boarding School Directory of programs that
we have found to be effective.
Christian Boarding Schools
Some schools are sponsored by or backed
by a particular religious organization. Many of these schools
will not take a teen if they are diagnosed with Oppositional
Defiant Disorder, or if the child is destructive, or angry.
Many parents looking for placements have teens that are
out of control and not fitting into a regular classroom.
This being the case a school that won't take defiant children,
is probably not going to work. There are some Christian
Boarding Schools that will take defiant teens however. We
do work with a few that will. We do work with a Christian
all girls boarding school, and it is very reasonably priced.
They will take girls that don't want to be there, or that
are defiant. The curriculum is usually accredited, and acceptable
when the teen returns home.
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