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Residential Treatment Program
Located in the beautiful Central Hills of Tennessee
between two magnificent rivers, we work with young people from 12
yrs to 17 yrs old. This facility beds 83 male residents. These young
men fall into the following categories: Court Ordered youth,
Aggressive Youth, and Youth who have failed other RTCs. Our
facility, wilderness setting, enables Natchez Trace Youth Academy
the ability to offer a safe, deliberate and exhilarating process for
stabilizing behavior, assessing physical and psychological health
and BLAZING A TRAIL FOR SUCCESS.
The Natchez Trace Youth Academy is CARF accredited. Licensure: Tennessee Department of Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities for Residential and Tennessee
Department of Children’s Services for Foster Care.
The Natchez Trace Youth Academy Team offers:
- Positive Peer Culture Model
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapeutic Approach
- Comprehensive Assessments
- Holistic Program Approach
- Substance Abuse Education
- Counseling / Specialty Therapeutic Groups
- Individual Therapy / Family Therapy
- Therapeutic Recreational Activities
- On-Campus school with both Special Education
and GED components
- Vocational Education Classes to include wood
working, small engine repair and HVAC certification and will be
adding electrical, telecommunications repair, fiber optics, auto
mechanics and job placement
- Comprehensive, Individualized Therapeutic
Program to meet the needs and abilities of the student and his
family
- Foster Care
Natchez Trace Youth Academy has distinguishing features that set us
aside from other facilities:
- Wilderness Setting
- Alpine and Repelling Towers that are utilized
in the high adventure portion of the programming
- Camping and Hiking Trips
- Drumming Circle
- Sweat Lodge
- Medicine Wheel
- Talking Circle
- Active Boy Scouts of America Troop
- Equine and Pet-Assisted Therapies
- Attending community functions from
neighboring cities; State Fair / Football Games / Fishing /
Water Park Facilities and numerous opportunities to participate
with other facilities in organized sports.
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