Our Typical Student
Specialized In Helping Your Child
Alpine Academy excels at changing the lives of teenagers, ages 12-18 (7th through 12th grades) with intense therapeutic needs.
Individualized Therapy
Our students are deeply hurting inwardly from causes and symptoms associated with:
- Anxiety (including generalized anxiety, obsessive compulsive tendencies, eating disordered behavior, and social phobias)
- Depression (including mood disorders and bipolar disorders)
- Traumas (including post-traumatic stress disorder from early childhood neglect or abuse, physical or sexual abuse, or related to significant grief and loss)
- Relationship problems with family or peers (including attachment disorders)
- Attention deficits & social skill deficits (including ADD or ADHD, including ASD Level 1 and Spectrum-like traits)
- Traits of personality disorders (including borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 1) or Spectrum-like traits
- Poor self-esteem
- Low resilience
- Executive functioning needs
- Technology misuse (including gaming, social media, internet)
- Identity exploration
Dedicated to Improving Behavior
Our students have often manifested one or more of the following types of behaviors or unhealthy coping mechanisms:
- Withdrawal and isolation from family and friends
- Trouble maintaining friendships
- Discontinuation of previously enjoyable activities
- Excessive anger or verbal aggression
- Defiance toward authority or unwillingness to follow directions
- School avoidance or refusal
- Substance experimentation or abuse
- Risky sexual activity
- Self-harm
- Suicidal ideation or gestures
- Cell phone and internet obsession or addiction
- Leaving home without permission for significant periods of time
- Frequent dishonest communication
- Declining academic performance.