Christian, therapeutic and military schools are some of the alternative boarding institutions that are meant for troubled teenagers.

Whatever the type is, every specialty boarding school has got facilities that are highly structured that are for helping trouble adolescents struggling with grave problems and needing supervision every minute. For ensuring a long lasting change in behavior, an adolescent can be put in these schools for an average stay of 3 to 6 months or even a year or a few. These specialized schools have a diverse set of programs for aiding the adolescents suffering with serious issues.

The programs may include athletics, academics, emotional growth sessions, daily duties and responsibilities and personal development courses.

The Christian boarding schools set their programs on the basis of Christian philosophy. The military boarding schools are best suited for the adolescents with not so serious problems or the ones requiring more structure and discipline. Remember that the military schools are not meant for the teens with grave problems. For the adolescents with extremely serious problems, the therapeutic schools are the best, which provide therapies. These are expensive schools but they are worth the money as they provide therapeutic structures containing individual therapy sessions and group sessions.