Our Story: Told By Parents, Students And Staff
At Turning Winds Academic Institute, transforming lives is our passion. We are crisis workers, interventionists, who are constantly made aware of how fragile life is. And yet, because of what we have seen, we are also believers–believers in the reality that people can conquer anything, when they have something worth fighting for. Parents of teens […]
How Drug Addiction Is Affecting Entire Families
It’s notable that addictions treatment isn’t just for the individual consumed by a substance. It’s also for the family that has to deal with that individual. The oldest teenager of a family playing home to other siblings will be an influence on younger brothers and sisters. Whether or not the addicted individual realizes this, or acts responsibly, their choices are […]
Shame, Shame, Go Away My Child Has A Disease, An Addiction
Our children’s substance abuse creates such isolation for beloved addicts and parents alike. It feels like others cannot possibly relate to our struggles as parents of addicts unless they, too, have been hunkered down in the trenches of fear, anger and shame. But I have great hope that as we spread the word about addiction […]
Teach Teens How To Combat Stress Using Social Media
Coping with stress in healthy ways is an increasingly critical life skill, and according to a recent (’12) Placer County teen survey, 88 percent of ninth and eleventh graders said they felt stressed, and 54 percent said they were always stressed. Christina Ivazes, the new Director/Coordinator of CPY, explains that substance abuse prevention for youth […]
Treatment For Oppositional And Defiant Teen Boys
With oppositional and defiant teens, there are several levels of behavior. Some throw anger tantrums with screaming and cursing, whereas others are physically abusive and violent. Usually, teens who are exhibiting oppositional and defiant behavior view themselves as a victim who is being treated unfairly. As a result, they feel as though their behavior is […]
Alcohol Recovery For Girls
Alcohol builds a physical dependency in the user over time. While most teenage girls between the ages of thirteen and eighteen simply cannot acquire enough alcohol during this period to build up such a dependency (though it’s certainly not impossible), even more damaging are the effects alcohol has on the minds and bodies of developing […]
Teaching Teens To Not Be Offended
Is censoring healthy for teens or not? It seems to be a growing issue in the media today: being politically correct. It’s something that gets a lot of politicians and leaders into trouble based on what they say. Yet this columnist, Ryan Holiday, says that it may be important to “stop trying to protect everyone’s […]
Understanding Your Daughter’s Erratic Behavior And Why Therapy Is Needed
Your daughter’s erratic behavior and poor academic performance may be due to peer pressure, lack of self-confidence, depression or experimenting with harmful drugs. She may not want to communicate with you yet she desperately needs your help. She does not know how to ask for or accept it. The catalyst that set her off can […]
Choice That Changed The Lives Of This Family
Sometimes you come to a crossroads when a decision can affect the rest of your life. Beth’s family faced such a moment in February 2011, when she and her husband decided to send their son, Alan, to a therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens: Turning Winds Academic Institute in Montana. By then, Alan was a […]
Medication For Sensory Stress Relief For Teens With Autism Spectrum
Autism often comes with sensitivity to sound, light, music, or emotion. Some suffer so much they have huge difficulties assimilating into society. This isn’t the case with all who have an autism spectrum disorder, however, and there is hope. As the condition is becoming more understood, new methods of treatment are quickly becoming regular. Something […]
