Residential Treatment Facilities

Residential treatment facilities may be a great alternative to military schools for girls who have serious behavior problems or psychological issues. Read about residential treatment facilities for troubled teens and see a list of facilities in the US.

Residential treatment centers are programs that combine clinical treatment with behavioral and academic support, primarily for adolescents with serious behavior disorders and psychological issues. Residential treatment facilities that are members of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs usually have both a treatment and an academic accreditation, and meet the high ethical principles that NATSAP holds, so their search is a good place to start when looking for an appropriate treatment facility.

Residential treatment facilities for girls may offer a combination of individual, group, and family counseling. Some smaller facilities, designed to serve fewer than 30 clients at once, are described as small residential programs, and may adopt a family-style setting. Residential treatment facilities may focus on particular issues, or favor a particular philosophy or approach in their treatment style. Some combine residential treatment with an outdoor therapeutic program or another treatment style, such as wilderness living or transitional living. Explorations, Florence Crittenton Center for Pregnant & Parenting Teens, Life-Line, Inc., and Turnabout/Stillwater Academy all provide a small residential program for girls.

The majority of residential treatment facilities for girls that are members of NATSAP have two features in common. First, of the 60 treatment facilities listed, 27 are in Utah. Second, 24 of the facilities only treat teenagers (children aged 13 - 18). However, treatment locations range from Florida to California, and include one facility in Canada, and girls as young as 4 and up to “all ages” are treated at a minimum of one of the centers.

Name	Location	Ages	Girls/Coed
Alpine Academy	Erda, UT	12-17, 18-22	Girls
Aspen Ranch	Loa, UT	13-18	Coed
CALO (Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks)	Lake Ozark, MO	13-18	Coed
Caron Adolescent Residential Treatment Center	Wernersville, PA	13-19	Girls
Center for Change	Orem, UT	13-17, adult	Girls
Chaddock	Quincy, IL	8-16	Coed
Copper Hills Youth Center	West Jordan, UT	12-17	Coed
Cottonwood de Tucson	Tucson, AZ	13-18	Girls
Cumberland Heights	Nashville, TN	14-18	Girls, Coed
Decision Point Center	Prescott, AZ	18 +	Coed
Diamond Ranch Academy - Crystal Springs/Whisper Creek	Hurricane, UT	12-15, 16-17	Girls
Discovery Ranch	Mapleton, UT	13-17	Coed
Eastwood Center	Logan, UT	13-17	Coed
Estrella Vista Ranch	Dragoon, AZ	14-17	Girls
Explorations	Trout Creek, MT	12 -18, 19-30	Coed
Falcon Ridge Ranch Academy	Virgin, UT	12-17	Girls
Family Life Center	Petaluma, CA	12-18	Girls
Florence Crittenton Center for Pregnant & Parenting Teens	Helena, MT	12-20	Girls
Gatehouse Academy	Wickenburg, AZ	17-25	Coed
Graydon Manor	Leesburg, VA	10-17	Coed
Heritage Schools	Provo, UT	12-18	Coed
Intermountain	Helena, MT	4-12	Coed
Ironwood	Morrill, ME	13-18	Coed
Island View RTC	Syracuse, UT	13-17	Coed
Kolob Canyon	New Harmony, UT	14-17	Girls
Kootenai Behavioral Health Center	Coeur d’Alene, ID	13-17	Coed
La Amistad	Maitland, FL	5-17, 18+	Coed
La Europa Academy	Murray, UT	14-17	Girls
Lakeview School at Lakeview NeuroRehabilitation Center	Effingham, NH	8-21	Coed
Life-Line, Inc.	North Salt Lake, UT	13-17	Coed
Logan River Academy	Logan, UT	13-17	Coed
Maple Lake Academy	Payson, UT	13-17	Girls
Meridell Achievement Center	Liberty Hill, TX	5-17	Coed
Montcalm School for Girls	Van Wert, OH	12-18	Girls
New Haven	Provo, UT	13-17	Girls
Newport Academy	Orange, CA	12-17	Girls
Pasadena Villa	Orlando, FL	18+	Coed
Peninsula Village	Louisville, TN	13-17	Coed
Pine River Institute	Toronto, Ontario	13-19	Coed
Provo Canyon	Springville, UT	13-17	Coed
Red Rock Canyon School	St. George, UT	12-17	Coed
Remuda Ranch Program for Eating Disorders	Wickenburg	All ages	Girls
Rimrock Trails	Prineville, OR	12-17	Coed
Rogers Memorial Hospital - Child & Adolescent Center	Oconomowoc, WI	8-18	Coed
Solstice RTC	Layton, UT	14-17	Girls
South Shore Academy	Valparaiso, IN	12-21	Girls
Spruce Mountain Inn	Plainfield, VT	17+	Coed
Summit Lodge Recovery Center	Fairview, UT	18+	Coed
SunHawk Academy	St. George, UT	13-17	Coed
Sunrise RTC	Hurricane, UT	12-17	Girls
Tamarack Center	Spokane, WA	12-17	Coed
Trinity Teen Solutions, Inc.	Powell, WY	12-17	Girls
Turn-About Ranch	Escalante, UT	13-17	Coed
Turnabout/Stillwater Academy	South Jordan, UT	12-17	Coed
Uinta Academy	Wellsville, UT	12-17	Girls
Visions Adolescent Treatment Center	Malibu, CA	12-17	Coed
Vista, RTC	Magna, UT	13-17	Coed
Wilderness Quest	Monticello, UT	14-17, 18-28	Coed
Woodland Spring Lodge	St. James, MO	6-16	Coed
Youth Care	Draper, UT	12-18	Coed

Related Article: Boot Camps for Girls >>