Shortridge Academy students are bright and engaging young people who can thrive in a coed college preparatory boarding school environment. They have typically gained insight and resiliency in a therapeutic wilderness program or residential treatment center prior to enrolling at Shortridge. Our students and families are well suited to a personalized approach that dovetails therapeutic and academic plans.
Although our students have previously experienced success, they may have more recent struggles with issues such as:
Shortridge Academy is typically not able to serve students with:
Students may be receiving help from educational and mental health professionals to resolve personal and family issues. Shortridge will work with these resources to help determine if our school would be the appropriate placement for your child.
Most often, our students have attended a short-term program that recommended longer-term care. We work closely with many other programs to ease student anxiety about their move to Shortridge and are also happy to speak with current therapists.