Although institutions geared for housing juvenile delinquents have existed since at the start of the 20th century, it was only in the 1960s when juvenile detention institutions began placing larger emphasis on programs that provide rehabilitative and reforming care, as well as on schooling and vocational training to the incarcerated youth.

  How do parents choose the right program for their troubled teen? First, parents need to understand that not all programs are the same. For example, despite their popularity among government officials, corrections officials, and the public, there have been published reports since 1998 that teen boot camps and similar military style programs were never Read the full article…

It is said that you will need different strokes in dealing with different kinds of people. The same rings true in the troubled teen industry where programs and policies that offer a more individualized approach in its intervention practices are ultimately the more effective program. If you are a parent searching for the best intervention Read the full article…

Therapeutic boarding schools have been increasing in popularity in the past years because of the decent success rate they have been having with troubled teens. One of the most common characteristics of these schools is that they’re located in beautiful, rural locations. Getting troubled kids closer to nature is part of what makes these schools Read the full article…

How do parents decide the best program that will help their troubled teen and the family? When parents decide on the best kind of program, often they do so with the mindset that discipline is the most appropriate response for managing teenagers.

Therapeutic boarding schools are boarding schools that are based on what is commonly called the “therapeutic community”. The therapeutic community model uses group-based and participative methods to treat people with behavioral issues, substance addictions, personality disorders, and learning disabilities. In therapeutic boarding schools, group as well as individual psychotherapy is the core of their programs Read the full article…

Teen boot camps were intervention methods created in the early 1970s, when the U.S. Juvenile Justice System needed a system that will provide juvenile delinquents an alternative to jail. Boosted by the importance of discipline as a primary method of managing children and teens, and the appeal of the U.S. military training camps had with Read the full article…

Military style programs designed to rehab troubled teens was a concept born in the early 1970s, when the juvenile justice system needed a system that can address the rising rates of juvenile delinquents and provide an alternative to the overcrowded jails. What came out was a system that is now widely used to provide treatment Read the full article…

Some teens need more than what traditional public or private schools can offer. Troubled teenagers often don’t gain academic or social success in mainstream schools because they need more than what other students need to thrive in that kind of environment. Different troubled teens have different needs, not all of them can be met in Read the full article…

For parents who have been trying to deal with troubled young kids, sending them off to a specialized school can be a difficult decision to make. Aside from the fact that parents need to contend with the thought of not being able to see their children everyday, there’s also the difficulty of contending with the Read the full article…