Massachusetts Troubled Teens in Crisis

Troubled Massachusetts teens in crisis are experimenting with drugs and alcohol and running away from home in greater numbers than ever before. This has been a growing trend in recent years. There are several factors that contribute to this phenomenon, one of which is popular media that depicts people abusing drugs and alcohol and living the party lifestyle. The media glorifies a self-destructive lifestyle and as a result young people think that living that kind of life will make them happy. If you require assistance with a troubled boy or girl, please call 888-305-6729 to speak to a counselor at Abundant Life Academy.

There are several choices for rehabilitation and restoration of troubled teens in crisis, ranging from residential treatment centers to wilderness programs. Another solution is Abundant Life Academy, a Christian boarding school for struggling boys and girls located in Southern Utah. At ALA we understand that troubled teens are misguided and we strive to help them make a change for the better. Our staff are professionally trained in dealing with troubled teens and invest themselves in teens to help them overcome their problems. We have excellent academic and sports programs which enable your troubled teen to work on improving themselves. For more information, please call 888-305-6729 to speak to a counselor. 

Massachusetts Teens Crisis Resources for Parents of Troubled Teens

The Massachusetts Substance Abuse Information and Education Helpline

c/o The Medical Foundation

95 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116

Helpline: 800-327-5050

TTY: 617-536-5872

 

Department of Social Services Child-at-Risk Hotline

Hotline: 1-800-792-5200

 

Help For Abused Women and their Children (HAWC)

27 Congress Street, Salem, MA, 01970

Hotline: (978)-744-6841

Gloucester Hotline: (978)-281-1135

Phone: 978-744-8552

Fax: 978-745-6886

 

Llamanos: Spanish Language Hotline

c/o Rape Crisis Center of Central MA

Hotline: (800) 223-5001

TTY: (508) 852-7600

 

The Massachusetts Substance Abuse Information and Education Helpline

c/o The Medical Foundation

95 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116

Helpline: 800-327-5050

TTY: 617-536-5872

Fax: 617-292-5085

 

Parental Stress Hotline

1-(800) 632-8188

 

Samaritans: Massachusetts 24 hour Crisis Intervention/ Suicide Hotlines

Teen Hotline: 800-252-8336 (statewide)

Boston Hotline: 617-247-0220

Suburban West Hotline: 508- 875-4500

Merrimack Valley Hotline: 866-912-4673

Fall River/New Bedford Hotline: 508-673-3777 / 508-999-7267

Cape Cod and the Islands Hotline: 800-893-9900/508-548-8900

 

The following Massachusetts cities have been searched by parents of teens in crisis:

Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, Brockton, New Bedford, Fall River, Lynn, Quincy, Newton, Somerville, Lawrence, Framingham, Waltham, Haverhill, Brookline, Malden, Taunton, Medford, Chicopee, Weymouth, Peabody, Barnstable Town and Revere
 



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.