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Copper Canyon Academy
Copper Canyon Academy is a private girls boarding school for struggling pre-teen and teenage girls that can provide your daughter with a safe environment to focus on building character as she works on a college preparatory academic curriculum and personal growth by building confidence and self-esteem. Dr. Phil referred to Copper Canyon Academy as "one of the nation's top therapeutic boarding schools for girls."

Copper Canyon Academy's curriculum combines academics with therapy, outdoor activities, and athletics. This program helps girls make improvements in their emotional, mental, physical, social, and spiritual lives.

Next, talk with your child's school about the systems they have in phone number data to accomplish psychological and educational testing. This may end up being the toughest part of your battle. Schools are required by law to help all children with language or learning disabilities. Talk with your child's teacher, the principal and even the district-level staff to get appropriate screening evaluations done. Most school systems are under-funded and under-staffed in this regard and will require much prodding and pushing from parents and teachers. Stay with it!

Once you have a diagnosis, see if it really seems to fit. Assessing learning disabilities and personality disorders is very tricky, especially in children. If you feel that a diagnosis is inappropriate or incomplete, get a second, or even a third opinion.

The third main difference between military and specialized boarding schools is staff itself. Military boarding schools aren't staffed exclusively with military personnel. In fact, most of the academic instructors are "civilians". Though the staff is familiar with, and has made a commitment to, a military style of discipline and routine, they are not usually equipped to work with troubled teens. They rarely have the specialized training necessary to understand and address issues caused by trauma, neglect or abuse.

The staff at a specialized boarding school, however, is specifically educated and trained to handle those issues. They know how to respond appropriately to a whole range of emotional, physical and psychological challenges.