Alternative to Reform School
Sending troubled teens to a reform school is not a new idea; in fact, this has been an option for parents of struggling boys and girls for more than a hundred years. Unfortunately, reform school methods are usually harsh and often have reverse effects as younger boys and girls often perceive the more hardened, or older offenders as role models and mentors.
Today therapeutic schools are a far better alternative to the traditional reform school as their methods focus on teen emotional and academic recovery involving structure and supervision for physical, emotional, behavioral, family, social, intellectual and academic teenager development. While traditional reform schools focus on hard physical labor and tough punishments for disobedience, therapeutic schools take a much healthier approach as their therapeutic milieu in combination with physical labor helps troubled boys and girls see the rewarding results of their physical efforts.
Utah Schools
The state of Utah has proven to be the perfect location for a therapeutic school due to the seclusion and versatility and the land. The rural mountainous locations of Utah are a popular choice for these schools because the large cities are nestled against the mountains, allowing families easy access for visiting. A Utah school allows families to take the first step of removing troubled boys and girls from the environment where their troubling behavior originated. The Utah Therapeutic Boarding School of Cedar Ridge has been helping reform the lives of troubled boys and girls and their families since 1996.
Cedar Ridge Therapeutic School
Located in the rural serenity of Uintah Mountain foothills of Utah , Cedar Ridge focuses on teen emotional and academic recovery and reform . Our proven therapeutic methods for reform involve structure and supervision. Our therapeutic school offers reform tools for struggling teen boys and girls :
- Sophisticated clinical, behavioral, and academic milieu.
- Accredited boarding school with credit recovery and college preparation
- Individual, family, and peer relationship building
- Daily exercise that includes traditional Karate training
- Year-round open admission
On average, boys and girls are enrolled in the Utah school of Cedar Ridge of fifteen months. The specific length of enrollment depends on therapeutic factors and the reform goals of the troubled boys or girls family. We encourage the families of our boys and girls to support their teenager in graduating from the school as this will allow both boys and girls , and their family the greatest chance of a happy, quality lifestyle after treatment.
