A School for Troubled Boys is Designed for Problems

Have You and Your Son’s School Had About Enough?

A school for troubled boys seems like a contradiction in terms. Your troubled boy probably has very little use for school. However, that’s because the usual public high school simply does not have the capacity to address the needs of a defiant teen. More is needed, and the good news is more is available. A school for troubled boys, designed to cope with behavior problems, could be the key to getting your son back on track and re-establishing a peaceful life at home.

Make a Change for Better Success

When popping off at home and in class are beyond toleration, and your son shows no concern over the consequences of his failing grades, then a boarding school for troubled teens can provide him and your family these two important changes for the better:

1. A change in environment where underlying problems can be addressed away from his comfort zone.
2. An educational setting with one-on-one help tailored to get academics back on track and renews a desire to learn.

Arivaca Boys Ranch is a working horse ranch and a fully-accredited school for troubled boys. If you are reviewing the options now, then you are probably stymied and ready to make needed changes. Arivaca Boys Ranch exists to help out of control teens get their attitudes, their responsibilities and their academics focused toward living a successful and productive adult life.

Something Is Getting in the Way

If you have been working to make things better, have run out of ideas how to handle your son’s problems, and it has been going on for six months or more, then you are most likely trying to deal with something on the surface that is being caused by an underlying problem. Such underlying problems can be a single item, or (and most likely) be a combination of problems that are complicating all efforts.  Identifying the problem is only part of the solution. Knowing where to start is the other part of getting progress underway. Whatever the cause, it is time for professional help. A school for troubled boys can provide you with the change of environment and the skills needed to change unacceptable behavior.

Some of the Problems That Might Be Getting in the Way

There are a number of common conditions in teenage boys that can contribute to out-of-control behavior. Here are a few examples:

• Conduct Disorders (hot temper, deceit, destruction, arguments with adults, intentionally annoying others)
• Oppositional Defiance Disorder (affects 1 in 10 teenagers – more prevalent in boys).
• ADD or ADHD (affects approximately 1 in 15 teenagers – more common in boys).
• Reactive Attachment Disorder (more common in orphans and adopted children especially with early-age abuse and where bonding was not accomplished at the appropriate age).
• Anger and Stress Issues (not controlled under normal circumstances).
• Social Adjustment (failed efforts to “fit in” but often “fits in” with negative elements).
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse Issues (often unknown to parents for long periods of time).

These are just a few of the more common issues typically seen in boys coming to boys boarding schools. Some of these problems may need medical support, but that’s difficult to decide until a psychologist or psychiatrist specializing in adolescent misbehavior has a chance to sort out the problem(s). Arivaca Boys Ranch has that capability.

The ideal combination of help to look for in schools for troubled teens would include:

• Individual and group counseling to remediate problems and develop new coping strategies.
• A healthy working environment that teaches responsibility and consequences, naturally.
• Accredited high school courses with plenty of help to regain academic standing toward graduation.

Equine therapy schools such as Arivaca Boys Ranch have exceptional results because of the responsibility of training a young horse coupled with the personality attributes of the horse itself. The Arabian horses used in equine therapy, the type used at Arivaca Boys Ranch, have many of the personality traits of teenage boys. They can’t be forced, abused or yelled at to get results. For the first time, many boys feel what it must be like to be on the parenting end. The training, culminating in an overnight trail ride, is truly a life-changing experience for these boys. Many find out for the first time what it is like to care for something or someone and what the bond between friends feels like.

Talk to Us Before It Becomes a Last Resort

When all your efforts seem to fail at managing your teenage son, and his school has just about had enough of his attitude and failures, it should be clear that the current approach to getting your son back is not working. That’s when Arivaca Boys Ranch can step in and put things right. You owe it to yourself to see what we can offer you. Contact our toll-free number at 877.886.9766 (877-88-MYSON) and let one of our counselors describe to you how we go about bringing positive change to your and your son’s life.

 

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