Therapeutic Boarding Schools in Montana

Therapeutic Boarding Schools in Montana

Turning Winds Academic Institute (TWAI) is a premier therapeutic school that provides treatment to teenage boys and girls between the ages of 13 -18. One parent noted that,"
Turning Winds Academic Institute is to therapeutic education what Whole Foods is to fresh, healthy nutrition! Or, “What Apple is to innovative technologies.”   Turning Winds Academic Institute utilizes a “world-class” team of professionals that melds multiple disciplines to tailor a personalized treatment approach for your son or daughter; thus, inspiring a path of self-reliance, happiness and success.  Together, we can make a life changing difference in your child!  Turning Winds Academic Institute offers:

A Comprehensive, Individualized Program

We draw on the finest educational, therapeutic, and behavior management practices, to tailor "whole-soul" solutions to individual needs, with proven efficacy in rescuing teens from crisis, renewing their belief in their own potential, and reuniting them with their families.

Academic Excellence

A fully-accredited private boarding school, Turning Winds Academic Institute offers individualized academic programs and small classes, so that students may progress at their own pace, the way they learn best. With a dedicated on-campus teaching staff, expansive online partnerships, and a state-of-the-art computer lab, we offer a wide variety of middle school, high school, and university courses. Such resources, in a highly-structured environment with few distractions, motivate students to routinely progress beyond what they had imagined possible.

Clinical Excellence

We take a positive, holistic, and systemic approach to helping teens develop insight and maturity in a safe, sober, and consistent environment, free from distraction and full of encouragement and recognition.  Underlying our clinical methods is a strong belief in the inherent goodness of each child and a cross-functional approach that "invisibly" infuses therapeutic benefit into regular, daily activities.  Adapting to the cultural and family values of each student, TWAI’s clinical practice is child-focused, family-centered, and goal and outcome oriented.

Behavior Management Expertise

Uniquely skilled in maintaining a safe and consistent environment while establishing caring, respectful, and trusting relationships with students, TWAI's resident advisors are gifted in finding teaching moments to help students to "wake up," make life-altering decisions, and begin to find joy in fulfilling their amazing potential. 

Incomparable Environment

Located deep in Montana's rugged and beautiful Kootenai Forest, Turning Winds Academic Institute offers a caring and supportive environment, where teens can daily engage in wholesome recreational activities, naturally enabling growth and character development to last a lifetime.

Student's at TWAI are able to have an impact with making decisions and changes within their culture to foster leadership development and to give teens a voice in their process at TWAI.  Turning Winds Academic Institute's vision of providing the optimal environment for change is achieved with the partnership of parents, teens and professionals.  For more information on whether this boarding school would be a good fit for you and your teen, please call:  800-845-1380 or Contact Us.