<p>My son has been having difficulty in public school (drugs, behavior, etc) and at home. We are currently looking for a boarding school for him. He was at Hyde School for the last half of last year and we were pretty happy with his performance there. During the summer he convinced us that he would be okay going back to public school. As it turned out that was a huge mistake. Now we can't get him back into Hyde.
Are there any similar schools or regular boarding schools that would possibly take a chance for someone like this? He is very intelligent but hasn't been proving it in public school.</p>
<p>I work with The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS for short), a non-profit with more than 300 member schools in both North America and abroad. I read your post about finding a school and thought you might be interested in checking out TABS at <a href=“http://www.boardingschools.com%5B/url%5D”>www.boardingschools.com</a>. </p>
<p>One of the best ways to check out different boarding schools is to use TABS School Browser. You can enter the school name if you have a particular school in mind, or search by zip code, and even view an A-Z listing of nearly 300 member schools. Each school has its own page and profile with lots of key information, and you can request info from multiple schools at once. ItÂ’s quite the time-saver! </p>
<p>Also, the TABS Guided Search tool lets you refine your search even more. You can search by gender, specialty, grade levels, and location. You can even add more targeted criteria including courses, arts, and athletic interests. It’s perfect for those who know what they want—and helps those who don’t to figure it out. </p>
<p>I believe the Winchendon School might be appropriate. However, I would be concerned about not having my child directly under my supervision if he was running into problems.</p>
<p>Also, a friend of mine sent her son to the Elan School in Poland Springs, Maine which worked out well for their family. Her son was in quite a bit of trouble and I don’t know much about the school, but you could look into it. [Elan</a> School | Welcome to Elan School | Elan is a Residential School for troubled teens](<a href=“http://www.elanschool.com/]Elan”>http://www.elanschool.com/)</p>
<p>I’ve heard lots of bad things about Elan, most of which can be found with a quick Google search.
Although Winchendon School sounds like a nice place, I doubt they would be interesting in taking a chance on someone that had a history of “questionable character”.</p>
<p>^^I don’t really know anything about Elan, only that a friend (co-worker to be precise) sent her son. This was several years ago. I only knew of the school’s existence. There is also a school in northwestern Connecticut (or could be southwester nMA). It is in a castle and is an-all boy’s school. A Google search isn’t bringing up anything, but I did find this site which might be helpful: [Boarding</a> Schools for Troubled Boys](<a href=“http://www.thefamilycompass.com/boardingschoolsfortroubledboys.htm]Boarding”>Boarding Schools for Troubled Boys - thefamilycompass)</p>
<p>Kent’s Hill in Maine has a reputation for taking on bright kids who have strayed from the straight and narrow. Regular prep - not a counseling school.</p>
<p>Why not send him into a known [troubled</a> teen schools](<a href=“http://troubledteens.com/]troubled”>http://troubledteens.com/)? Those schools were designed with an experiential learning activities that will minimize the behaviors that are destroying your cousin’s life. At the same time these experiential learning activities will increase his self esteem, enhance his unique personality and his hidden gifts. I heard lots of troubled teens that are successful who have been into schools.</p>
<p>@keylyme
Please refrain from suggesting this “school” to anyone. Especially since you know absolutely nothing about it except that someone you knew sent their child there and what little you read from the official Elan School site which obviously has their own agenda.</p>
<p>You have no idea what you are talking about and your uninformed suggestion could lead to another child being sent and ritually tortured by this continuing criminal enterprise which continues to get away with everything by throwing money at it.</p>
<p>less than 20 minutes of skimming this webpage should open your eyes
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<p>Why not? Because this industry has been completely exploitative to both the parents who do no research into the reality of these “programs” AND more importantly, to the poor children who get sent there and end up with much worse problems than when they went in.</p>
<p>Look up articles by Maia Szalavitz to get better informed please.
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<p>The best advice that I could give you is to question whether your child needs some space, not just from the negative influences in his life, but possibly also from you. </p>
<p>Think about sending him to a boarding school, not one that presents itself as a miracle cure, or even falls under the category of “troubled teen” or “therapeutic boarding school”. These “schools” are for-profit and, despite what they tell you, will hold a total monopoly on your communication with your child and vice versa. This is a very unsafe amount of power to put into the hands of a business.</p>
<p>Make sure you “google” the school and get in touch with other parents, not parents with their child currently there, but parents who have gone through the entire cycle of sending their child and getting them back and seeing years pass since. </p>
<p>Visit whatever place you may send your child, and take everything with a grain of salt, ask hard questions and ask yourself if your child has free access to communicate with you while there, ie. pay phones, a readily available and secure mail system etc…</p>
<p>The Elan School should never be considered. Neither should any school even used in the same breath or advertised on the same site. Heed my words.</p>