Mount Bachelor Academy - Prineville, Oregon Located outside of Bend, Oregon, just east of the majestic Cascade Mountains, MBA offers a 14-16 month therapeutic boarding school program. The college prep curriculum is designed for adolescents 14-17.5 who may have behavioral, emotional, motivational problems or learning disabilities. MBA has been providing a well-rounded curriculum integrating therapeutic counseling with intellectual, social and physical growth in a boarding school environment since 1988.
	Excel Academy - Conroe, Texas Excel Academy, a fully accredited co-educational boarding school for teens, combines college preparatory academics with a strong culture of recovery from substance abuse to serve troubled and underachieving teenagers. Located one hour north of Houston, Excel is situated on 35 acres in a rural, ranch style setting and follows an Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step philosophy. The school provides an environment where students in grades 9-12 can safely distance themselves from the distractions of their home environment, negative peer relationships, and other detractors from living a positive life. Right Choices, Healthy Relationships, and Recovery - Excel Academy of Texas!
	Academy at Swift River - Cummington, Massachusetts Located in Western Massachusetts, surrounded by the scenic Berkshire Mountains, the Academy at Swift River is a college preparatory therapeutic boarding school that specializes in working with adolescents ages 14-17.5 (Grades 9-12) having social, academic and familial difficulties. The Academy at Swift River combines cognitive and emotive approaches in order to allow children time for natural growth within the classroom, the family, the environment and themselves. The 15 month program also provides experiential and community service experiences as part of the curriculum.
	Copper Canyon Academy - Rimrock, Arizona Copper Canyon, in Rimrock, Arizona, is a boarding school for girls ages 13-17 that are in need of a structured therapeutic environment. The program offers a warm, nurturing environment that promotes emotional and academic growth for every student. The staff at Copper Canyon Academy is comprised of well-trained professionals working with adolescents. Copper Canyon Academy boarding school for girls assists families and gives them the reassurance that there is a wonderful future ahead for their child and family. We truly believe combining a warm, caring, structured environment allows students to progress to their fullest potential.
	Aspen Ranch - Loa, Utah A licensed residential treatment center located in Loa, Utah the Aspen Ranch utilizes its nationally renown equine therapy program as one of its tools to help young people. The Ranch combines an academic structure with intensive therapeutic milieu to create positive change emotionally, as well as academically. The strong work ethic inherent on the Ranch is fundamental to adolescents 13-17.6 cultivating the characteristics of responsibility, discipline, respect and teamwork. Minimum length of stay is nine months. NPS-certified in the state of California.
	SunHawk Academy - St. George, Utah SunHawk Academy's teen residential treatment program and boarding school 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.
	Turn About Ranch - Escalante, Utah Turn-About Ranch is a short-term, high-impact therapy program on a working ranch that emphasizes family values and relationships. This co-ed program is located on a cattle ranch in Escalante, Utah and accepts students between the ages of 12 to 18. Licensed as a residential treatment center, Turn-About Ranch has 30 students on campus and offers education and treatment with a Christian-based philosophy.
	Bromley Brook School - Manchester Center, Vermont Bromley Brook boarding school for girls ages 14-18 educates young women to be tomorrow's leaders. Our mission is to teach each girl to recognize her own individual needs and to use her self-awareness to achieve more than she thought possible. At Bromley Brook, our faculty is hand-selected for their professional expertise and their boundless enthusiasm for working with girls. Beginning with the admissions process, this faculty collaborates with the student, her family, and referring professionals to create an Assessment-Based Individualized Learning Plan. What makes Bromley Brook School different from other girls' boarding schools? Our emphasis on assessment. Our comprehensive, research-based assessment allows us to create a truly individualized approach to your daughter's education and personal growth.
	Oakley School - Oakley, Utah Oakley School is a top college preparatory therapeutic boarding school that leads the country in providing sophisticated clinical support and a rigorous education for students preparing for a four year college experience. Oakley focuses on a commitment to excellence and preparation for the future in four main areas of their lives: academic excellence, emotional well-being, experiential education, and a productive student life. A full curriculum includes Honors courses, and Advanced Placement classes. Clinical support, and the exploration of new passions and healthy coping skills are developed through experiential opportunities and in day to day dorm interactions. At the Oakley School, teenagers excel in academics, acquire positive emotional communication and responsibility, and discover new strengths in physical adventures and community service.

	Adirondack Leadership Expeditions - Upstate New York Adirondack Leadership Expeditions is a character development wilderness program for troubled teens that promotes personal growth through a focus on insight-oriented experiences. The forested, mountain setting removes urban distractions and simplifies options to help students gain insight into their core values and accept responsibility for their choices. Our program's nurturing approach helps participants address personal issues, achieve success in a safe environment, and develop their leadership potential. Set in the beautiful Adirondack mountains near Saranac Lake, New York, our leadership expeditions offer individualized growth plans, flexible lengths of stay, master's and doctorate level counselors, individual counseling, and a powerful family involvement component.
	Aspen Achievement Academy - Loa, Utah Located in Southern Utah, Aspen Achievement Academy is a flexible length of stay program for adolescents 13-17, emphasizing therapy, experiential learning and behavioral change. As one of the few licensed and accredited outdoor treatment programs, AAA has a decade of history in providing high impact professional staffed treatment to adolescents and their families. As a clinically based program , Aspen Achievement Academy is contracted with a number of insurance companies and EAP's to provide treatment for mental health and substance abuse.
	SUWS of the Carolinas - Old Fort, North Carolina SUWS of the Carolinas is a therapeutic wilderness program with a focus on clinical intervention and assessment. The program uses the outdoors as an alternative to conventional treatment environments, while engaging students using traditional therapeutic methods. The wilderness setting removes modern distractions, simplifies choices and teaches valuable lessons. As a result, students begin to accept responsibility for personal decisions, address individual and family issues, and become invested in their own personal growth. Since 1981, SUWS programs have provided essential guidance and support to thousands of misdirected and at-risk adolescents. SUWS of the Carolinas specializes in the assessment and treatment of students ages 13-17.
	SUWS Adolescent Program - Southern Idaho SUWS Adolescent specializes in helping struggling teens ages 14-17 with behavioral and emotional problems. Operating in southern Idaho since 1981, SUWS has assisted young people with identifying and working through internal conflicts and emotional obstacles that have kept them from responding to parental efforts, schools, and treatment. These are children who are inherently good and have the ability to be successful, but because of unhealthy misperceptions about themselves, they have limited access to their own abilities and strengths. SUWS wilderness programs provide families with a safe and immediate intervention by utilizing its search and rescue metaphor, individualized treatment plans, and flexible length of stay. The outdoor environment and experiential learning help students recognize and build upon their own sense of self-worth as they learn the value of helping others. For younger children, see SUWS YOUTH listing below. PBS Documentary|
	Lone Star Expeditions - Groveton, TX Lone Star Expeditions is the alternative to boot camps, licensed to offer students ages 13-17 outdoor experiential therapy. Students are under the care of doctorate and master's level licensed therapists. Based in the temperate climate of southeast Texas, Lone Star Expeditions is a therapeutic program designed by clinicians to provide a focus on assessment, intervention and aftercare. In a traditional camp setting free of modern distractions, students have the opportunity to simplify choices, gain insight into their values, and learn to accept responsibility for their decisions. As they progress through the program's level system, students experience success and develop healthy self-esteem. Program emphasis on keeping parents connected to facilitate overall family growth. Students can enroll any day of the week.
	SageWalk - The Wilderness School - Central Oregon SageWalk’s wilderness program offers a powerful and significant approach to help your teen overcome emotional and behavioral problems. Our mission is to resolve family conflict in order to reunite families that have been torn apart by the behavioral problems of a troubled child. By offering committed, professional services that challenge boys and girls ages 13-17 emotionally, academically, and physically we help troubled teens understand the causes of low self esteem, learn to overcome behavioral problems, and return home with respect and cooperation as the goal, instead of conflict and strife. We use our family conflict theory as the basis of reaching this goal. At SageWalk, we have developed a "cutting edge" set of courses designed to pace each student's progress through the program, while addressing prominent issues that impede normal adolescent development and emotional growth at school.
	Phoenix Outdoor - Asheville, North Carolina Phoenix Outdoor is a licensed wilderness-based substance abuse and chemical dependency treatment program located near Asheville, North Carolina for teenagers ages 13-17 . Wilderness therapy removes distractions, prevents the possibility of substance use during treatment, and offers a high impact intervention leading the adolescent to realize there is a need for change. Phoenix conducts an in-depth assessment to determine the severity of substance use, identifies and works through issues that lead to the behavior, offers a specialized therapeutic curriculum, and introduces the 12-Step process. At Phoenix Outdoor, a supportive peer group and trained instructors help the adolescent reflect and consider how life may be different without substances. Trained therapists help the client draw analogies between their wilderness experience and real life to give them insight and perspective. A certified addictions counselor offers substance abuse classes, group sessions, and counseling. Each week, families receive individual counseling, participate in teleconference support groups and are offered interactive psycho-educational seminars. Phoenix Outdoor offers the adolescent and their family hope, support, knowledge and a process to create a substance-free life.
	Four Circles Recovery Center - North Carolina Four Circles Recovery Center for older teens and young adults ages 18-28 is an innovative addictions, substance abuse and co-occuring mental health disorders treatment program that combines a traditional counseling setting with extensive wilderness experiences. Four Circles employs the most effective, cutting-edge clinical modalities with an underlying traditional 12-step philosophy to create the foundation for sustained recovery. We are located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, just 15 minutes from Asheville, NC. The pristine wilderness of the Carolinas serves as a dramatic and beautiful backdrop for your recovery.
	SUWS Youth Programs - Southern Idaho Working with the distinctive needs of 11-13 year olds, the minimum 28-day SUWS Youth Wilderness Program offers a highly structured environment that provides each child with a positive and rewarding learning experience. The concrete thinking inherent in this age group requires tangible learning experiences from which to build. Our base camp model provides safety, security and predictability. The program's high staff-to-student ratio and personalized treatment plans ensure emotional growth and increased awareness of self and others. Unique in that the Youth Program uses llamas in the therapeutic process, a child has the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in developing responsibility and care-giving skills. Twenty-eight day courses begin every week.
	Passages to Recovery - Loa, Utah Passages to Recovery is a 60 day intensive outdoor drug and alcohol treatment program for young adults ages 18 and over, operating in the beautiful high desert region of Southern Utah. The program offers a unique, innovative approach to substance abuse treatment, integrating a 12-step treatment with wilderness journeying and rites of passage. In addition, Passages to Recovery offers primitive living skills, general physical fitness, a strong yet diverse spiritual component, family participation and aftercare planning. Passages to Recovery's staff includes experienced wilderness therapy guides, licensed therapists, and chemical dependency recovery professionals. Lengths of stay extensions are an option.
	Outback Therapeutic Expeditions - Lehi, Utah Outback's Wilderness Program for youth ages 13-17 blends the best of the "ancient cultural systems" with the most effective and proven therapeutic processes. Many of our students have been experiencing family conflict, been involved in negative peer groups, were isolating themselves, or were focusing excessive time on computers. Some have been struggling academically, have low self-esteem, may be abusive toward their parents and siblings, or may be experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Others are bright but underachieving. Your child will experience the highest standards of safety and therapy in the context of one of the most powerful settings for real change - the wilderness. Students can earn academic credit while in the program.
	SUWS Seasons - Old Fort, North Carolina Seasons is the SUWS of the Carolinas program for younger teens ages 11 -13. SUWS Seasons is a licensed, clinically focused wilderness treatment program for younger children designed to identify the limiting beliefs and unhealthy behaviors that often can prevent the pursuit of constructive goals and personal achievement. Research and developmental psychology indicates that 11 to 13 year-olds have very specific needs: primarily safety, security, and predictability. Pre-adolescent children and younger teens think in concrete terms and require tangible experiences from which to build. > Contact Rep > Admissions > Financial Assistance

Wellspring Academies - Reedley, CA and Brevard, NC Featured in thousands of television, radio, magazine and newspaper reports, Wellspring Academies (formerly Academy of the Sierras) are the first solution for teens struggling with their weight. By attending Wellspring Academy of California, or Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas for a semester or longer, students will be able to accomplish the following: * Weight Loss: Achieve immediate and dramatic weight loss through the Academy's research-based Diet and Activity Management programs in the controlled environment of our 68-acre campus. Average weight loss is 81 lbs. * Behavioral Change to Ensure Weight Loss is Permanent: Permanently change the way they think about their diet and physical activity, and the way they behave, through intensive training on the set of skills and behaviors that research reveals to be essential for successful long-term weight control. The training is supplemented by cognitive-behavioral therapy sessions 4x per week to ensure students are able to overcome any psychological or emotional barriers to mastering these behaviors. * Accelerate Academically: Accelerate academically (or catch up to grade level) through a rigorous, individualized educational program, fueled by the increase in energy and self-esteem resulting from the weight loss and therapeutic programs. If you are serious about helping your child return to a normal weight and live a longer, healthier and happier life, contact Wellspring Academies today for more information. Wellspring Academy of California accepts young men and women ages 13-24. Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas accepts boys and girls ages 11-16.

	Stone Mountain School - Black Mountain, North Carolina Stone Mountain is a therapeutic boarding school for boys ages 11-17 with ADHD and learning differences located in the mountain setting of a 100-acre campus in western North Carolina. Stone Mountain School offers numerous outdoor activities that have both a recreation and therapeutic benefit. The beautiful yet rustic surrounding serves as an experiential classroom where the natural and logical consequences of daily living are clear and understood. The program offers group therapy and academics through an adventure-based experiential model. Stone Mountain School creates a caring yet highly structured community by limiting the living and academic group size. Staff teaches and mentor basic living skills while implementing the Stage System of Personal Development that is at the core of assisting young men toward responsible, self-managing behavior.
	Cedars Academy - Bridgeville, Delaware The Cedars Academy is a co-educational private preparatory boarding school for students ages 11-18 who demonstrate a need for enhanced academic and social skill development. Our philosophy is that our students can develop stronger academic skills, and will benefit from a more secure and well-developed self-esteem. The program at Cedars is based upon our understanding of the comprehensive nature of the learning problems characteristic of the student we enroll, many who have been diagnosed with Aspergers, NLD, or AD/HD. These students tend to encounter difficulties in the classroom, with peers, and among the family because they process and perceive information differently than others. Traditional educational methods have put these students in a situation where failure is guaranteed. We offer a structured education in an intimate academic environment with small class sizes and individual attention. The academic curriculum at Cedars is designed to prepare students for a college-bound course throughout their grade school education and into their transition to post secondary as well. The faculty at Cedars teach that making an effort to work at each step, as best one can, is the way to be successful.
	New Leaf Academy - North Carolina & Oregon New Leaf are girls boarding schools with locations in North Carolina and Oregon that offer a safe, nurturing environment for struggling middle school age girls. At the time of admission, our students are between 10 and 14 years of age. As peer pressure, family relationships, hormonal and physical development, and academic pressure begin to collide, they can create "the perfect storm" in a young girl's life. The result can be anger, frustration and doubt. Our 18-24 month program teaches positive self-expression, responsibility and helps troubled young girls and their families transition to a better place.

NorthStar Center - Bend, Oregon A young-adult transitional-living program specializing in assisting young adults ages 17.5-24 in early recovery with high school completion, college-prep and college-level courses. Located in the small college and resort community of Bend, Oregon, all students receive personal academic assistance, individual and group counseling, and ongoing support in becoming a responsible young adult. Achieving progressive independence to self-reliance is a major focus for all students. The program length is one year.

Aspen Education Group owns and operates licensed and/or accredited residential treatment centers, wilderness programs, summer camps, and emotional growth schools. The length of stay and level of clinical intervention determine the cost of each program. Tuition may range from $6,700.00 to $63,000.00 and may be supplemented by insurance or educational loans. Many of our AEG programs are contracted with insurance carriers and employee assistance programs. Parents are encouraged to contact the program admissions office directly to request assistance with obtaining insurance coverage. Champus, HMO, and most Medicaid plans have traditionally not covered Aspen programs.

For families who do not have a policy that will cover costs, we do have information on lenders who offer student loans for many of our programs. Student Loans are an attractive option for parents considering a private secondary education for their children. Financing your child's education with a student loan can allow you to make low monthly payments over a period of time.

Aspen Education Group is pleased to offer parents assistance with the loan process.

Reasonable interest rates (amortization over 20 years) will allow families to finance their child's education with affordable monthly payments. In some instances payments can be deferred for up to 12 months. Loans have no prepayment penalty or cancellation fees.

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