Family Style Residential Programs

Family Style residential programs recreate a home-like environment, typically admitting no more than a dozen adolescents at one time. Along with the nurturing setting – and the opportunity to be away from family and peer pressure at home—teens usually progress to attending school in the local community and are expected to participate in outdoor activities including recreational camping, or farming or ranching.

In many home based programs, the  teens are also encouraged to do volunteer work and to choose and extra-curricular activity to engage in through their school such as athletics or a club.

Some family style programs a good deal of clinical work, while other are more focused on "working hard and playing hard."

Length of stay is typically one to two years.