Therapeutic Boarding Schools for Troubled Teen Boys & Girls

Cedar Ridge Academy is a premier therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens, both boys and girls. Cedar Ridge Academy has been helping troubled teens and their families since 1996. Our primary mission and goal is to change lives, by restoring hearts... one child at a time.

Nestled in the rural serenity of the Uintah Mountain foothills, Cedar Ridge's therapeutic boarding school for both boys and girls provides a powerful catalyst for change through our cohesive seasoned professional staff. We have restored the destiny of thousands of troubled teens by offering an outstanding therapeutic milieu, emotional growth, and college prep academics structured to provide an optimal learning environment for all students, including those with learning challenges and therapeutic needs.

Cultivating the Seeds of Change

Our premier therapeutic boarding school offers the following for teen boys and girls, ages 13 to 17:

• Sophisticated clinical, behavioral, and academic milieu
• Accredited boarding school with credit recovery and college preparation
• Individual, family, and peer relationships building
• Daily exercise that includes traditional Karate training
• Year-round open admission
• The entire Cedar Ridge experience is dedicated to encouraging and supporting students along their own path to maturation within the milieu.

Therapeutic Boarding Schools for boys and girls

The top teen therapeutic boarding schools are schools that offer educational programs integrated with specialized therapy and supervision for the troubled teenager with emotional and behavioral problems, such as; poor peer relations, social dysfunction, authority issues, substance abuse problems, learning difficulties, or general oppositional defiance. Cedar Ridge is a licensed and accredited teen therapeutic boarding school that has been helping troubled teens and their families change their lives since 1996.

Cedar Ridge Therapeutic School provides a powerful catalyst for change through:

• Therapeutic Teen Milieu
• Traditional Karate Training
• College-Ready Academics
• Building Individual, Family, and Peer Relationships
• School Focus for the Troubled Teen

Here at Cedar Ridge, the focus is on emotional and academic recovery, involving structure and supervision for your troubled teenager's physical, emotional, behavioral , family, social, intellectual and academic development. Our goal is to move students through the program in approximately nine months, calculated from the time the student engages and begins to work. The specific length of stay for youth who enroll depends on therapeutic factors and the goals set by themselves and their families. We encourage families of our youths to support their troubled teenager in their program and high school graduation efforts to enable their son or daughter the greatest chance of a quality lifestyle after treatment.

Choosing the Right Therapeutic Boarding School for Troubled TEENS

For parents of a troubled teenager, choosing from the many therapeutic boarding schools available can be a challenging and daunting task. Troubled teens need a caring and supportive place to allow them to grow into successful young adults. Here at Cedar Ridge Therapeutic School, our professional admissions counselors are here to help parents of troubled teens learn whether our teen boarding school is the best fit for their teenager. Because we understand the stress that families endure as they watch their teenager struggle, our school is also dedicated to helping the families of our troubled teens receive the support they need as well. With a loving, dedicate family supporting them, troubled youth who attend our therapeutic boarding schools are given the opportunity to turn their lives around and find success.

ENRICHED Academics

Once enrolled at Cedar Ridge Academy, your troubled teenager will attend an accredited high school and experience a transitional boarding school setting. Cedar Ridge Academy offers flexible but rigorous curriculum designed specifically to enhance academic pursuits. Our classes are structured into small individualized teen groups of 8-12 students with certified teachers. Like many schools for troubled youth, our curriculum also includes a college ready transcript with nationally recognized credits. The entire Cedar Ridge Therapeutic School and Cedar Ridge Academy experience is dedicated to encouraging and supporting troubled youth along their path to maturation.

Typical Student Profile

If your troubled teen is defiant, unmotivated in school, hanging around the wrong crowd, or has been experimenting with alcohol or drugs or struggling with substance abuse, Cedar Ridge Academy is the answer. We work with teens diagnosed with ADD, ADHD, ODD, or who are experiencing depression or lack motivation.