Therapeutic boarding schools are but one of the many options for providing services to struggling teens. There are community services, residential treatment centers, wilderness programs, and a variety of hybrids. Discerning which placement would best suit the needs of a student can be a difficult and wearisome task.
At the Family Foundation School, we realize that our option is not necessarily the best one for any given student and to that end we advise parents to consider as many resources as possible when trying to discern an appropriate placement for their child. Often this process can be aided by the expertise of an independent third party, such as an educational consultant. We also encourage parents to do research on the field, remembering that especially with the web, each piece of information needs to be considered in relationship to a broader whole.
Even when the decision has been made to seek placement in a therapuetic boarding school, how do you decide from amongst the options? Recently Jeff Brain created a guide to help provide parents with an assessment strategy when considering placement at therapuetic boarding schools. The questions within will allow parents to gather the scope of information needed to make an informed choice.
