Treasure Coast Boys Academy (Florida)
Treasure Coast Boys Academy is a residential boarding school and counseling program for at-risk boys. It has an on-campus accredited private school registered with the State of Florida. It is a safe haven for boys ages 12-17 with out-of-control behaviors.
The non-profit program is designed to change the behavior and attitude of boys struggling with behavioral and motivational issues such as falling grades, school suspension, anger, defiance, depression, attention deficit, or attachment disorders. They also successfully resolve drug and alcohol abuse and addictions, which often coincide with behavioral issues.
The ranch property is located on a 30-acre parcel, 10 miles west of Vero Beach, Florida, in cattle and orchard country. The boys begin in a dorm setting and finish in a large home with house parents. The property features a well-equipped gym and weight machines, a soccer field, a baseball diamond, a basketball court, a pool, a game room, fishing ponds, and professional sport fishing boats to take frequent fishing trips. They have horses on the property that are often ridden and sometimes taken on camping trips. They form strong relationships with each boy, and many life-changing experiences occur while involved in these outdoor activities.
The staff works with each boy in cooperation with and participation of their family, bringing to the table a vast amount of experience. The therapeutic team helps repair the significant catalysts in each boy’s life that bring on their poor choices and self-destructive attitudes and behaviors.
Education is a priority at Treasure Coast Boys Academy. Leadership skills, integrity, and work’s importance are also learned through indoor and outdoor responsibilities.
Residents are encouraged to challenge and encourage each other to live out their faith in everything they do and say. Residents pray for one another and challenge each other through positive peer pressure to walk in the righteousness of God, which is demonstrated through Godly character traits such as purity, honesty, and generosity.
The program believes that the first change must be a heart change… leading an out-of-control teenager to a second chance at attaining a bright future of successful living.
ADVENTURE OUTINGS
Each student at our ranch has an opportunity to spend time in the mountain wilderness. In the mountains, each boy will experience camping, whitewater rafting, hiking, and other wilderness adventures. This experience shows students that life can be exciting and adventurous without the negative influence that was a part of their life in the past. Hiking, canoeing, camping, and outdoor activities are usually not a part of most young people’s lives today, but they are with the boys here. Through these fun outings, we can get to the root of the issues in a boy’s life. It’s an easy place to talk and share hurts and pains; then the campfire that evening allows talking further and praying for one another. These trips are memory makers that last a lifetime!
EDUCATION
Treasure Coast Boys Academy provides focused and individualized academic attention for the students in its care. Education goes on, and credits are earned, but education is not the program’s primary focus. We concern ourselves most with character, integrity, hard work, and respect for others. If those attributes are in place, education is more easily accomplished on campus and when the boy returns home.
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY
Therapy is ongoing – all day, every day. Individual counseling sessions are not as frequent as the many 10-15 minute life coaching during school, work, or a sporting event. As was once said, the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man. A simple horse ride can provide a life-changing conversation in a young man’s life. The same can be said for a day on the lake fishing with a good mentor.
FAMILY INVOLVEMENT
Treasure Coast Boys Academy understands that success in life transformation depends on a strong loving family atmosphere when going home. Unconditional love with clear, well-defined boundaries is just a few of the family dynamics we focus on teaching the family while the student is here.
Treasure Coast Boys Academy specializes in helping boys who are exhibiting the following:
- skipping school, resulting in failing grades
- abnormal lack of ambition and depression
- outbursts of anger and destruction of home property
- absence from the home for extended periods of time
- stealing from family members
- poor choice of friends and suspected drug use
Lives are transformed by God’s power, more potent than the bonds of rebellion or addiction. They help people with spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and educational challenges to prepare them for their new life.
Spiritually: The student’s symptoms indicate deeper problems and conflicts; we understand that a new life in Christ will give them the power and ability to overcome these problems and live a more productive life.
Emotionally: The healing of the past is necessary. Bible studies enhance mental growth and serve as a foundation for creating new lives.
Physically: They care for the physical needs of the students.
Socially: Students learn to work through relationship problems with their peers and with their families at home. They will learn to apply the character qualities they learn in the classroom to their everyday lives.
Educationally: Treasure Coast Boys Academy has developed a curriculum designed to teach students about God and help them develop the skills required to become successful Christians.
“It was the best decision we have made in our entire life. Our son’s life was saved from destruction on this earth and for eternity. The education was the finest he could have gotten anywhere. He became a self-disciplined student with motivated study habits and finished with a 3.9 GPA. He now has the desire and compassion to serve in his community and church, as well as tutoring and mentoring younger kids.” – Parent of Former Student
Contact Information
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Treasure Coast Boys Academy
801 154th Avenue Vero Beach, FL 32966
https://treasurecoastacademy.com/
(772) 978-4164
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