When Difficulties Become Breakthroughs
The treatment program at Turning Winds is all about effecting positive change. Therapeutic approaches—many particular to the Turning Winds boarding school environment—include character education, health, and wellness of body and mind, outdoor experiential education, evidence-based clinical care, and academic success, along with continuously improving each aspect of our therapeutic program through measuring outcomes in each […]
Turning Winds is Always Improving
It’s all about finding out what works best. The Turning Winds difference is grounded in an innovative hybrid approach and our skilled, caring, and dedicated team working tirelessly to give our teenage clients the best care possible. We help teens rediscover themselves, and they leave treatment with renewed hope and a belief in their own […]
Helping Turning Winds Students Excel Academically
Turning Winds offers a high-quality academic experience for each of our teenage clients. Students enrolled at Turning Winds experience an individualized academic experience. Our data show that our students earn an average GPA of 3.5 while here, and in a 12-month time period our average student completes about 1.5-2 years of school while experiencing an […]
Team Spirit Rules Supreme at Turning Winds
Over the past two decades, Turning Winds has matured into a sophisticated program that blends the benefits of a wilderness program, a residential treatment center, and a boarding school. The Turning Winds difference is grounded in this unusual hybrid approach and our skilled, caring, and dedicated team working tirelessly to give our teenage clients the […]
How to Handle ADHD in an Academic Environment
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. Children with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors, or being overly active. ADHD was first included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders […]
No Treatment Shortcuts at Turning Winds
The Turning Winds program is modeled after a healthy family environment with strong role models and structure paired with an academic focus and clinical individual, and group sessions. The full-day approach includes longer stays and helps invest the time needed for meaningful change. Often unexpectedly, these teens return home ahead of their peers in development […]
Give It Time—Trust The Process!
The Turning Winds program is all about effecting positive change. “The simple, singular focus of our treatment program is to help each student improve their self-image and their self-confidence and change the behaviors that have been hindering their growth by teaching them to create stable patterns of living through education, process groups, and individualized treatment […]
Recreation Therapy on the Water
Exposure to nature and exercising outdoors can contribute immensely to improving a person’s mental health. Through utilizing outdoor recreation in our treatment program, our teens experience the therapeutic effect of the great outdoors in a way that few will ever experience. Turning Winds uses the great outdoors of Montana to combine adventure therapy, experiential education, […]
Back to School Advice: How to Deal with Teen Angst, Depression, or Anxiety
If it seems to you that your teen is in constant emotional turmoil, that’s because they are. Parents can think of teenage emotions as a rollercoaster ride for everybody involved. Understanding the Rollercoaster of Emotions The Climb: The ride begins with a slow but steady climb up a steep hill. You can do nothing but sit […]
Learning New Skills in Morocco
Turning Winds organizes international service trips abroad for clients twice a year. They have become a big part of the therapeutic experience for our teenage clients since the focus is on helping other people. Traveling to foreign countries to be immersed in other cultures and help people less fortunate than ourselves is an exciting opportunity […]
