If your teen son or daughter is engaging in disruptive, defiant, or aggressive behavior, you’re probably feeling scared and helpless, unsure what to do. You don’t have to settle for a rigid, intimidating teen boot camp. Newport offers a caring and compassionate alternative to boot camp for teen boys and teen girls, providing long-term, sustainable healing.
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The Newport Difference
Recent documentaries have shined a light on controversial teen boot camp or wilderness therapy programs. Unsettling stories like this can make it difficult for parents to truly tell whether a program for teens is safe and effective.
Newport Academy provides trusted, high-quality teen mental health treatment and a positive alternative to teen boot camp. We are accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest healthcare accrediting body, ensuring quality and safety in healthcare. And our staff is specially trained to work with adolescent girls and boys and in addressing the unique challenges of LGBTQ+ teens.
Newport leads with love and compassion, not intimidation and punishment. We understand that defiant, unruly behavior or teen substance misuse is often a sign of deep-rooted emotional trauma. Through our residential treatment program, your teen will learn how to process past trauma and difficult emotions in a healthy way. And, you will gain the tools necessary to heal as a family.
What Does Newport’s Alternative to Boot Camp Look Like?
Our teen residential treatment program is gender responsive to ensure our teens feel safe and comfortable sharing their feelings and emotions in a supportive community.
Upon admission, a multidisciplinary team, consisting of doctors, nurses, licensed therapists, and other care staff, develop a treatment plan tailored specifically to meet the needs of your child. Treatment plans incorporate evidence-based modalities to address their physical, psychological, and emotional needs. And at Newport, we want the entire family to heal, therefore family therapy is core to our treatment model.
Your teen’s alternative to boot camp program will include:
- Weekly family therapy, family support groups, and special events for families
- Individual and group therapy to support healthy coping and emotion-regulation skills to help them more effectively manage and express their feelings
- Experiential activities, such as Adventure Therapy, music therapy, art therapy, and more (services vary depending on location)
- Activities to build teamwork and cooperation
Alternative to Boot Camp for Boys
Newport Academy provides gender-responsive teen treatment programs that allow your teen to build strong relationships with peers and mentors they can trust. Being surrounded by the right people to look up to and draw inspiration from can make all the difference. Your son will receive tailored treatment developed and delivered by expert clinical and experiential therapists, as well as individualized education with our academic experts.
Alternative to Boot Camp for Boys
Newport Academy provides a safe and nurturing environment for teen girls to explore sensitive issues without distraction. Our program is designed to help your teen learn to claim her voice, accept constructive feedback, and develop self-esteem, without the pressure found in mixed-gender environments. Positive peer interaction helps adolescent girls cultivate healthy boundaries and develop strong and caring relationships.
Our Residential Locations
Alternative Teen Boot Camp Near Me
Newport Academy treats teens and their families from across the country and abroad, with locations in multiple regions across the US. Our alternative to boot camp for adolescents offer cozy, home-like settings with beautiful outdoor spaces and access to nature trails and parks.
Massachusetts
Utah
Virginia
Washington State
North Carolina
Northern California
Southern California
Minnesota
Connecticut
Newport Academy's Outcomes
Significant Improvements in Anxiety, Depression, and Well-Being
In 2024, Newport’s treatment yielded significant improvements in adolescent and young adult patients’ depressive and anxiety symptoms, subjective well-being, suicide risk, traumatic distress, and attachment to parents/caregivers.
Our care teams incorporate a wide variety of specializations—clinical, medical, psychiatric, experiential, dietary, life skills, and academic—to create transformative care experiences with exceptional results.
Anxiety outcomes in adolescent residential patients, as measured by the GAD-7.
Long-Term, Sustainable Results
Post-discharge data shows that both teens and young adults maintained improvements, on average, after treatment, with all measures consistent or improved between day 30 and day 180. The data illustrates that the changes patients make within safe and caring therapeutic environments lead to long-term positive outcomes.
The chart shows young adult patients’ scores, on average, from intake through nine months after.
Take the Next Step
Our staff is here to guide you every step of the way, from the admissions process to navigating insurance and paying for care. Our admissions team is standing by, ready to help your family begin to heal.