OUR THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
Research-based techniques used to help your child succeed.
EVIDENCE-BASED, CUTTING-EDGE THERAPY
At New Focus Academy, we help adolescents struggling to form and maintain meaningful relationships. We also teach students methods to improve their functional living skills including self-care, homework, chores, and leisure planning.
We help to empower these students by teaching and practicing social, coping, organizational, and self-care skills. As they succeed in the program, they become more confident and self-assured as they deal with day to day life.
Positive Reinforcement, Positive Outcomes
We don’t just want to reward our students, we want them to understand the process and how to work on self-improvement. Through the use of positive reinforcement techniques, we work with the parents, treatment team, and coaches to identify a student’s genuine goals and how to best reach them. Our relationship-based, positively-oriented approach helps our students succeed.
BUILDING CONFIDENCE
Oftentimes, our students are too familiar with failure and it’s discouraged them from trying. Our therapeutic approach boosts self-esteem and revives the confidence needed to take steps forward and try new things.
INCREASED INDEPENDENCE
With a strengthened self-esteem, students are able to move towards independence with stronger footing. They’re no longer paralyzed by the fear of failure and can cope with challenges.
EMOTIONAL GROWTH
Part of independence is being able to regulate and express yourself in a healthy manner. Over time, our students learn how to do this in a way that’s transferable back into the real world.