Are you searching for a quality therapeutic boarding school in the Northwest for a troubled boy or girl? Turning Winds Academic Institute (TWAI) is an internationally-accredited, family-run boarding school for troubled teens ages 13-18.
We serve struggling youth and their families across the U.S. seeking the benefits of a therapeutic boarding school, a wilderness program, and/or a residential treatment center (RTC) in the Pacific Northwest region (including Washington State, Idaho and Montana).
TWAI is also authorized to issue 1-20's for international students.
Located on a beautiful 150 acre campus in northwestern Montana, TWAI provides an exceptional serene, safe and healing environment. We are only 4 hours by car from Spokane WA.
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.
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 (boys & girls) ages 13-18
- Middle School Program
- High School Program
- College Preparation/ AP Classes
- Accelerated Learning
- SAT/ACT Testing Center
- Credit Recovery
- Anti-Bullying Program
- GED Program
- College-level 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.
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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 Oregon 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 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
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We offer college preparatory education for elementary through high school students. Boarding students are accepted from the age of 10 through 18, and day students from the age of 5 through 18. We also offer summer programs, and a highly regarded ESL program for international students.
Boarding at Delphian School is always an international experience. Students attend our boarding and summer programs each year from all across the United States and other countries including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan & Turkey.
Delphian School is an accredited Member of the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), the Western Boarding Schools Association (WBSA), and an accredited member school of the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC).
Parent Testimonial: Our daughter has flourished academically as well as personally from the nurturing and positive environment that is evident in the Delphi community. We would encourage anyone to learn more about Delphi." - S.T., Delphian Parent
Cherry Gulch is an accredited therapeutic boarding school for boys ages 10 to 14 with various difficulties including ADHD, learning differences, oppositional-defiance, depression, low self-esteem, poor motivation, anger, anxiety, family conflict, and other behavioral and emotional problems.
Located beneath the western slope of the Rocky Mountains near Boise, Idaho, in the North West Pacific region of the United States (east of Washington State), we are equipped to handle very difficult students as well as "softer" students with more internalizing behaviors. We are an ADHD boarding school that knows how to cater to your troubled child.
We are also prepared academically to work with students with learning difficulties and those that are brilliant academically. Our goal is to provide early intervention and prevention to help these boys reach their full potential and to become well-rounded pro social young men.
We are licensed by the State of Idaho, our school is accredited by Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, and we have been selected by Woodbury Reports for their "Excellence in Education" award two years in a row.
- Individual, group, and family psychotherapy with experienced doctorate and masters level therapists.
- Individualized treatment plans
- Creative approaches to empirically based treatments
- Active experiential learning and therapeutics
- Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
- Individualized education plans
- A wide variety of activities and learning experiences
- Family involvement and a strong parenting program
- High staff to student ratio
- Highly skilled and compassionate staff
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