Teen Residential Boarding School in Nortwest Montana

RiverView Academy

Our Summer Adventure Experience provides teens with an unique opportunity to look at challenges as excitement rather than fear, which is then integrated into broader realistic perspective of their lives.

Today’s youth face more serious and critical risks than any previous generation. Parents are convinced that their children face a major crisis. Teenagers who have trouble coping with the stresses of life are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, engage in criminal activity, and are sexually promiscuous. Many of these at-risk teens run away and eventually find themselves locked up in detention centers or living on the streets.

RiverView Academy is committed to serving teens and their families by providing quality personal and educational options through a long-term residential solution and a strong support system for the family.

RiverView Academy believes in the value of youth experiencing an adventure experience for positive long term behavior changes and improved relationships with their families.

Check the list below, any four or more of the following behaviors may define your teen as "at-risk":

1. Suspended, expelled, truant, or grades dropping.
2. Verbally abusive.
3. Struggling with basic family rules and expectations.
4. Parent has difficulty getting the teen to do basic household chores and
      homework.
5. Teen has problems with the law.
6. Parent has to pick words carefully when speaking to the teen to avoid a
      verbal attack or even rage.
7. Teen is in danger of dropping out of high school.
8. Association with a suspect peer group.
9. Losing interest in former productive activities, sports, hobbies, or childhood
      friends.
10. Seeming depressed or withdrawn.
11. Displaying violent behavior.
12. Sexual promiscuity.
13. Appearance or personal hygiene changed.
14. Deceitfulness and manipulation.
15. Caught stealing money or personal items from their family.
16. Severely lacking in motivation.
17. Lies regarding activities.
18. Outbursts of temper.
19. Lacks self-worth and self-esteem.
20. Defiance of established rules regardless of the consequences.
21. When trying to deal with the teen, parents feel powerless.
22. Teen has a problem with authority.
23. Parents suspect the teen is experimenting with drugs or alcohol.