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West Ridge Academy In Utah Helps Thousands Of Kids

West Ridge Academy Philosophy

Joy and gladness doesn’t come in isolation. It is in allowing the positive in life that we find meaning. We believe that happiness is the result of a shared experience. Connections with family form the base for a fulfilling life. Accordingly, we endevour to assist our students find these connections. We doen’t convert our students, we encourage them to look at their beliefs about God and hunt out a meaningful relationship with that God. A relationship with Deity can be a-game-changer for the students.

Also core to our philosopy is the family relationships in a child’s life. Those relationships often need tremendous repair when a kid first comes to West Ridge Academy. Students are placed at West Ridge not simply because there is something wrong exclusively with the student. Each student comes from a family that has likely contributed to him/her in maladaptive patterns. Often the family needs treatment also. Family members need to work on interpersonal problems, if only to learn how to help the progress of the student. Over the years, we have found that it is imperative to require a student’s parents/guardian in group therapy in addition to the individual counseling the student participates in. In addition to personal and group sessions, each kid placed in our system will have regular family therapy sessions to work with and strengthen the family.

While at the Weset Ridge Academy, the student will live in a cottage with mentoring adults. Each child is set up in a caring home where trained home parents will provide an atmosphere of schooling and accountability. Our model, utilizing home parents is designed to partially simulate the family environment of home.

The student who enter our model typically lack some knowledge realating to honesty and integrity. For them to interact in life it will be prodent for them to have a devotion to honesty in all their dealings. We teach our kids honesty through a method called the agreement process.