Has your teen been defiant, angry, or withdrawn this summer? Will they need more support behaviorally and academically this fall than your local school can offer? You’ve come to the right place.
Newport Academy is comparable to a therapeutic boarding school, with clinical and academic experts who address the underlying mental health issues causing your teen to act out, while helping them build executive functioning, emotional regulation, and academic engagement and advancement.
Make a Positive Change in Your Teen’s Behavior and Education
The unstructured summer months can leave teens feeling aimless and depressed, and parents feeling exhausted and unsure how to help them. At Newport Academy, we specialize in guiding teens to overcome the behavioral and mental health challenges that are preventing them from thriving and maturing. Our approach restores harmony in the family, and our accredited academic curriculum keeps young people on track with their educational and career goals. Our boarding school alternative includes:
- Working in partnership with families, including weekly family therapy, family support groups, and special events for families
- Understanding behavioral issues and co-occurring disorders, such as substance abuse, aggression, and anger, as manifestations of underlying trauma, depression, and/or anxiety
- Engaging teens in academics Monday–Friday, by tapping their natural strengths and talents, while supporting them to improve organizational skills, motivation, and joy in learning
- Providing teens with tools for healthy coping and emotion regulation, and building self-esteem and teamwork through experiential activities, such as Adventure Therapy, music therapy, and art therapy (services vary depending on location)
- Designing personalized treatment and education plans in response to in-depth psychological and academic assessments.
Evidence-Based, Outcomes-Driven Care
One of the most important signifiers of quality care is if a program tracks and publicizes its treatment outcomes. Moreover, the most trustworthy treatment programs work with a respected research institute to collect and analyze data. This ongoing assessment process creates transparency and reassurance for insurance providers, parents, and referring professionals.
Newport Academy’s outcomes-driven boarding school alternative uses proven modalities shown through ongoing research to be highly effective in helping teens find long-term recovery from behavioral issues. We also measure our academic outcomes, which show that teens experience significant improvement in engagement, motivation, and organizational skills during their time with us. Each client’s individualized, multidisciplinary treatment plan is designed by mental health and academic experts who specialize in working with young people and their families.
Programming for Boys
Newport Academy provides gender-responsive teen treatment programs that allow teen boys 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. Boys receive tailored treatment developed and delivered by expert clinical and experiential therapists, as well as individualized education with our academic experts.
Programming for Girls
Newport Academy provides a safe and nurturing environment for girls to explore sensitive issues without distraction. Our program is designed to help teen girls learn to claim their 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.
We Work with Most Major Insurance Companies
Boarding School Alternative Programs Near Me
Newport Academy treats teens and their families from all 50 US states and abroad, with locations in multiple regions across the United States. Our alternative to boarding school for adolescents offers individualized, integrated treatment programs. Each client’s schedule encompasses clinical, experiential, and educational modalities—including strengths-based academics, individual and family therapy, and outdoor activities with trained and licensed clinicians.
California
Newport Academy’s California locations are a nature lover’s paradise, providing abundant natural beauty, including mountain vistas, stunning seaside parks, orange groves, and majestic redwoods. From Orange and Ventura County ranging up to Sacramento and San Francisco, our facilities provide comfortable, home-like environments for small groups of clients.
Connecticut
At the center of a tranquil 120-acre nature preserve, the Newport Academy East Coast location is surrounded by beautiful foliage, rolling hills, and flowing streams. Our Connecticut campus offers a bucolic setting in which teens can find inner peace and personal healing, with comfortable common areas for downtime, group sessions, and relationship building.
Washington
Newport Academy Washington is located outside of Seattle in the stunning Pacific Northwest. Our facilities offer teens a secure environment in which they can safely overcome challenges and focus on healing from their mental health concerns. Our campus features serene spaces for personal reflection and common areas for group sessions that foster community.
Utah
Newport Academy Utah is ensconced in dramatic natural surroundings, and our integrated approach to programming provides numerous opportunities for outdoor Adventure Therapy in the nearby mountains and forests, in conjunction with clinical and academic modalities. Our Utah treatment centers serve teens from the Mountain West—and throughout the country, offering safe and serene environments for healing.
Virginia
Newport Academy Virginia is set in a peaceful residential neighborhood, with easy access to Washington DC’s transportation hubs and cultural attractions. The campus is near a 300-acre nature preserve along the Potomac River and local historic sites. Our facilities provide teens with effective and compassionate treatment, so they can move on to live happy and fulfilled lives.
Minnesota
Newport Academy Minnesota serves teens in the Chicago area and beyond, with easy access to the Twin Cities. The natural beauty of the Midwest countryside provides opportunities for a wide range of experiential therapeutic activities, from kayaking and ziplining to snow tubing and skiing. Our team of clinical experts specializes in helping teens heal from the underlying trauma, attachment issues, and lack of self-esteem that catalyze mental health conditions.
Download our newest outcomes report, including:
- Patient profiles and risk factors
- How we achieved a 72% decrease in teen suicide risk and 50% decrease in depression
- Increases in patient well-being from “poor” to “well” over five weeks
- Survey results from patients, parents, and referents