Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls with Behavior Problems

We are a Christian Therapeutic Boarding School for girls with behavior problems. Therapeutic boarding schools like Evangelhouse Christian Academy address all types of behavioral concerns, learning disabilities, and a range of mental, emotional, or behavioral health concerns. A girls-only therapeutic boarding school like Evangelhouse places an emphasis on providing full rehabilitation for girls, including clinical care and academic growth.

Boarding schools for troubled teen girls like Evangelhouse understand that there are different stages of need for troubled teenagers. We help those who are depressed or anxious with various types of treatment and aid those who have learning challenges in overcoming their obstacles so they may succeed and feel confident in their present and future pursuits.

Welcome to the meadow view room. This room sleeps six students.

Behavioral Problem Focus at our Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls

When a troubled teen experiences a serious academic setback, it is important to redirect their behavior. At Evangelhouse, our program enables students to re-establish academic goals, and engage in a plan of action that accelerates learning to make up missed credits and graduation requirements. Most importantly, each student will receive individualized instruction that is tailor-made for their academic needs. The notable difference at Evangelhouse when compared to traditional school settings is that students with learning problems such as dyslexia or ADHD/ADD among others will receive individualized instruction that addresses their needs.  In this setting, it is possible to adjust the pace of instruction and instructors build strong working relationships with their students.

Additional mental health issues that weigh into your daughter’s academic performance may include and not be limited to the following: energy levels, attentiveness, reliability, mental capacity, and optimism. There exists substantial research to support the fact that depression contributes to declining grade point averages and anxiety. Studies have also connected an increase in depression among the teenage population to an increase in dropout rates among high school students. 

When To Find a Girls Therapeutic Boarding School for Behavior Problems

How do you choose the best type of care for your daughter or boy when there are so many options? People select residential care or inpatient treatment for a variety of reasons, but some conditions, such as serious addictions, eating disorders, mental health disorders, and other types of mental diseases, almost invariably require a residential level of care.

Because the structure is important for rehabilitation, a weekly plan at Evangelhouse Christian Academy emphasizes sticking to a pattern, with activities offered in hour-based blocks after breakfast, lunch, and supper.

A typical day for your daughter will involve individual and group therapy sessions, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), experiential therapy, personal time for meditation, good dietary counseling, group and individual sessions, and more, depending on the focus of treatment being offered.

Christian Academy or a Residential Treatment Center?

Choosing Evangelhouse Chrisitan Academy over local residential treatment centers may be the best for your daughter. It all depends on the circumstances behind your concern and your daughter’s specific needs. Our program is a Christian-based, highly sophisticated clinical treatment at the forefront of teen behavioral healthcare. Evangelhouse Chrisitan Academy is designed to meet the requirements of teen girls in grades 6-12.

While a residential treatment center generally offers a higher level of psychiatric care, this higher level comes with trade-offs. Students at residential treatment centers will be more severe in their illness. This means more exposure to potential hazards like violence, anger, or talk of drugs and alcohol. Residential treatment centers tend to be more hospital-like, and therapeutic boarding schools like Evangelhouse tend to be more home-like.

We feel that the home-like setting is more appropriate for the level of girls we accept. After all, we are preparing our girls for the transition home. Therefore, an environment like the Evangelhouse campus is a better place to practice new coping skills and ways of interacting and socializing versus a stale hospital-like setting. Because our girls live together on campus, they can help each other in academic and extracurricular activities.

However, that’s not to say Evangelhouse Christian Academy is lacking in our clinical department. Our focus is just more on repairing relationships with family and learning new coping skills versus medication management.  Our clinical program includes family therapy techniques as we firmly believe in the strength and vitality of family bonds, along with finding support spiritually in our non-denominational setting. 

Parental involvement in residential treatment is the most important aspect in establishing favorable long-term outcomes for your daughter, according to research. Parental participation is actively participating in their child’s treatment as well as their own treatment and progress.

Our program focuses on repairing broken relationships and helping family members to reunite and grow their fractured relationships. We have four family workshops hosted on campus. each year.  Our workshops are known for being effective, empowering, and eye-opening.

Choosing a Therapeutic Boarding School for Behavioral Problems

Many issues can necessitate a therapeutic boarding school for behavioral issues level of care, such as:

• Has educational demands that can’t be met in a less restricted environment
• Risk of self-harm
• Risk of running away
• At home, there is a lack of proper assistance.
• After obtaining inpatient mental health treatment as a step-down

Issues that indicate a need for a girls-only therapeutic boarding school for behavioral problems include:

• Problems with Alcohol or Drug Abuse
• Eating Disorders
• Adoption/abandonment concerns
• Inappropriate behavior
• Trauma
• Depression
• Lying/Cheating
• Inconsiderate – performs acts that are harmful to others.
• Low Self-Esteem – often feels belittled or unworthy of one’s own value
• History of self-harm
• Problems with authority – does not want to be “managed” by anybody
• Easily Misled – is easily swayed by others towards undesirable actions
• Easily annoyed – easily enraged

Girls Christian Therapeutic Academy

Researchers have found that gender-specific rehab is the most effective way to treat mental health and addiction issues. Evangelhouse Academy is only for girls grades 6-12. We also don’t accept girls with higher-level issues that would be disruptive to our program. This would include girls with severe drug addictions, psychosis, significant running away, or cruelty towards animals.

With our positive peer culture focus, your daughter will learn to set boundaries with other girls. Because we are girls only, she will not have the distractions of boys and relationships around.  In our therapeutic milieu, she will learn to be assertive with her female peers in a safe environment.

Evangelhouse is organized around five areas of wellness in which students grow – Spiritual, Therapeutic, Academic, Social, and Physical. This structure provides a holistic perspective of a student’s level of functioning. Our professional services address the following symptoms and their underlying root causes in each area of wellness.

Quarterly, students participate in high-ropes confidence training and are taught to take on challenging tasks with the help of their peers. They are challenged to become aware of their communication habits and how to make meaningful contributions to others. Students’ unique leadership styles are identified and honed, as they learn to work cooperatively within a group.

At Evangelhouse Christian Academy, we believe that physical education for girls is an important part of the therapeutic process. By allowing students to express themselves through a variety of supervised outdoor activities, they will learn valuable leadership skills that will help guide them through life. 

If you have any questions about the program please call us at 1-800-924-4012 or visit our contact page.