Christian Boarding Schools for Troubled Teenage Boys and Girls in Iowa

Christian boarding schools in the State of Iowa are few and far between. The State of Iowa is not known for its plentiful boarding schools. As a matter of fact there are only two Christian boarding schools in the state.  Moreover, Christian boarding schools for troubled boys and troubled girls do not exist in the state. Parents of troubled boys and troubled girls from Iowa must go to the State of Utah to find the closest and best Christian boarding school.  Boarding schools designed for rebellious teenagers are referred to as "therapeutic boarding schools" and the top Christian therapeutic boarding school is Abundant Life Academy, located in St. George, Utah.

The mission of most Boarding Schools is to build strong, level headed, emotionally and spiritually mature young men and women.  The best boarding schools work hand in hand with a church, and boarding school component is designed to provide a Christ-centered academic environment. A boarding school's primary objective and purpose is to develop young believers regarding the Christian way of life. Boarding Schools help teenage boys and girls see the full potential that God destined them to walk in. During the boarding school experience students learn skills as the aspire to become leaders a lost and fallen world.  

The two Christian boarding schools in the state consist of the Academy of St. Xavier, an all boys academy located in Storm Lake, IA and Scattergood Friends School, a co-ed boarding school, located in West Branch, IA. As far as Christian boarding schools for troubled teens go, most if not all parents seeking specialized help and guidance for their troubled teens look to Abundant Life Academy (ALA), a boarding school for troubled boys and troubled girls. ALA's motto is that Jesus it the only answer.


Christian boarding schools in Iowa

Academy of St. Xavier  All-boys     7-12  Storm Lake, IA  
Scattergood Friends School  Co-ed     9-12, PG  West Branch, IA

Parents looking for help with their teen boys and girls in the following cities of Iowa

Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Waterloo, Iowa City, Council Bluffs, Dubuque, Ames and West Des Moines, Cedar Falls, Bettendorf, Mason City, Urbandale, Clinton, Ankeny, Burlington, Marion, Marshalltown, Fort Dodge, Ottumwa, Muscatine, Newton, Coralville and Indianola
 



Abundant Life Academy is among Christian boarding schools with residential therapy and behavioral therapy for troubled teen girls and boys with teen counseling for girls and boys to improve behavior of teenagers struggling with anger, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), attention deficit, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance abuse, depression, reactive attachment disorder (RAD), intermittent explosive disorder (IED), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, self-harm, or rebellion.

THERAPEUTIC BOARDING SCHOOLS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

Abundant Life Academy provides troubled teens with teen counseling for girls and boys and adolescent therapy. Our Christian boarding schools serve girls an boys from in Texas, in Utah, in California, in Oregon and in Washington State in the West Coast and in Arizona, in New Mexico, in Oklahoma and in Nevada in the Southwest. In the southern and central states we serve teens in Arkansas, in Kentucky, in Tennessee, in Missouri, in Louisiana, and in Mississippi, in Michigan, in Ohio, in Indiana and in Illinois and in the northern states in Montana, in North Dakota, in Minnesota, and in Idaho in the north, and along the east coast from in Georgia to in Florida, in Virginia, in New York, in North Carolina, in Pennsylvania, and in New Jersey.