• 13 to 18 years (must be enrolled 30 days prior to their 18th birthday)
• Angry, defiant and disrespectful behaviors
• At home interventions have failed
• Attachment Disorder
• Authority problems
• Decline in academic performance
• Functional ability to participate in the Kaizen Academy treatment program
• History of inappropriate pornography addiction. sexual addiction, sexual behavior, or other sexual compulsive behaviors
• Interacting with a younger peer group
• Full Scale IQ of 80 or above
• Is in the best interest of the family for the youth to be temporarily placed in a therapeutic environment out of the home for specialized treatment
• Isolation with your son is occurring
• May be struggling with co-occurring challenges such as anxiety, depression, poor relationships, self-harm, various learning challenges and disabilities, trauma, or oppositional behavior
• Personal hygiene has deteriorated
• Poor self-image
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Would benefit from therapeutic, coaching, mentoring and further development of social skills, executive functioning skills, and general life skills

Accurate assessments are critical in guiding effective treatment. We encourage and offer the following assessments and evaluations through the 90 day assessment and evaluation period. We work to meet students where they are at while filling in the gaps to ensure that every student is being treated holistically.

• Community integration
• Life skills training
• Career education and readiness
• Psychosexual education
• Clear and concise sexual history
• Family readiness index
• Psychiatric evaluation and med management
• Residential, Academic, and Clinical observations
• Treatment and transition planning
• Psychosexual evaluation by third party psychologist (as needed)
• Continuity and aftercare

Some students are not a best fit for our boys residential treatment center. These include those that are struggling with the following challenges:

• Actively homicidal
• Actively suicidal
• Alcohol/Drug Addiction Requiring Medical Detox
• Chronic use of extreme violence
• Danger to Self or Others due to Acute Psychosis
• Excessive and extensive running away
• Individual is unable to participate in treatment planning or to respond to therapeutic interventions
• IQ below 80
• Medical or physical condition that requires intensive maintenance
• Requires acute hospitalization
• Severe and unmanageable mental illness
• Severe intellectual handicaps