Therapeutic Boarding School for Struggling Teens

Ironwood, a state approved and licensed Residential Therapeutic School for teens located in the scenic countryside of mid-coast Maine, welcomes your struggling child into a safe and therapeutic learning environment. Licensed mental health professionals await the opportunity to help re-engage your teen and reunite your family.

Unlike other facilities, therapy is the mainstay of Ironwood's 9- to 12-month program in which your teen progresses through challenging, productive behavioral changes. As a fully accredited school, Ironwood's academic program ensures your teen maintains his or her educational objectives in addition to the opportunity to earn additional credits, if needed.

Ironwood offers a highly structured treatment program with intensive therapeutic and behavioral interactions, group work, satisfying physical exercise, adventure-based experiences, and a wide range of special interest programs including equestrian, canine, art, culinary, horticulture, and nature therapy studies.

Founded by parents who have faced similar circumstances, Ironwood's treatment program offers therapeutic, behavioral, and educational services to bring about positive changes in your child. Through communication, relationship building, self-reflection, simple living, self-discipline, and engaging work, your teen will adopt proactive behaviors necessary to lead a productive life as a contributing family member and community citizen.

Ironwood's comprehensive treatment program is carefully designed to assist families in crisis, our program can create change in the behavior of the struggling teen by encouraging self-respect, values, and effective communication skills so that your child can reconnect with their family members, and have success in life.