- Diamond Ranch Academy
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- Not to be confused with Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona, California
The Diamond Ranch Academy is a residential treatment center and therapeutic boarding school in Hurricane, Utah. It serves adolescents with various issues, including ADHD predominantly inattentive[1], using what they call the "Real Life Transition Program", which includes a peer participant judicial system which uses misdemeanors, felonies, citations and fines[2] with an emphasis on the participants solving real life problems. It enrolls young people between 12 and 18 years of age.
Diamond Ranch Academy was founded in Boise, Idaho, in 1999 by Rob and Sherri Dias and later moved to southern Utah, where it occupies a 200-acre ranch.[3][4][5] Enrollees aged 12 to 17 are housed in age- and gender-specific groups on four separate areas of a 200-acre ranch.[3][4][5] Students who have reached the age of 18 before completing the program are housed in a fifth area.[5].
The academy's motto is "Healing Families One Youth at a Time." Its education programs are accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission, and its courses generally last between eight and twelve months. Activities include various sports, including interscholastic competition, as well as caring for farm animals.[5]
References
- ^ Diamond Ranch Academy
- ^ The Real Life Transition Program
- ^ a b DIAMOND RANCH ACADEMY New Perspectives, Woodbury Reports website, July 30, 2004
- ^ a b Diamond Ranch Academy Tuition, Financing & Tax Deductions
- ^ a b c d Judith E. Bessette, Visit Report: Diamond Ranch Academy, Woodbury Reports website, April 28, 2010
External links
Categories:- Private schools in Utah
- High schools in Utah
- Behavior modification
- Therapeutic boarding schools
- Educational institutions established in 1999
- Schools in Washington County, Utah
- Utah school stubs
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