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Exploring Pathways: Navigating Options for Your Teen When Traditional School Falls Short

Exploring Pathways: Navigating Options for Your Teen When Traditional School Falls Short

Every individual’s growth journey is unique, and traditional schooling might only sometimes provide the ideal environment for your teenager̵...
  • Jennifer Maddock, LMFT
  • School Struggles
  • September 6, 2023
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We look into ways parents can help their teens through school and how to deal with different dynamics within a school.

Reasons Your Teen is Struggling in School

Parents dealing with a teenager struggling in school can quickly become frustrating, and knowing how to approach their teen is crucial. They know some...
  • The Elevations Team
  • School Struggles
  • August 16, 2022
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How Teen Bullying Shapes and Affects the Entire School

Teen bullying still runs rampant in the hallways of US education. Research shows at least 20 percent of students are physically bullied, over 50 perce...
  • Elevations RTC
  • School Struggles, Trauma
  • July 20, 2020
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There is No Place Like Home: When School Refusal Becomes an Issue

School refusal is very different from truancy. A truant child typically lies about missing class and uses school hours to spend time with friends – ...
  • Elevations RTC
  • Anxiety, School Struggles
  • June 22, 2020
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Classroom Accommodations for High Schoolers with ADHD

As symptoms of ADHD shift throughout adolescence, accommodations that may have helped your child when they were younger typically change over time. In...
  • Jordan Killpack, CMHC
  • ADHD, Parenting Tips, Residential Treatment Center, School Struggles
  • September 30, 2019
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Giving Your Teen A Boost: Helping Teens Improve Self Esteem Issues

So you just happen to be beyond convinced that your teen child is the brightest, kindest, funniest and most accomplished of all; the only problem is, ...
  • Elevations RTC
  • Low Self esteem, School Struggles
  • February 2, 2018
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Refusing School: Weekend Sleep Schedules Interfere with Education

Sleep–we all need it to function. It’s essential to all main processes and when we don’t get enough of it, our bodies begin to shut down. De...
  • Elevations RTC
  • Depression, School Struggles
  • October 6, 2017
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Schools for Troubled Teens: Revitalizing Curiosity in Struggling Students

For families with a struggling student, school often has become a place of negativity. It’ no longer a positive learning environment, it’s a place...
  • Elevations RTC
  • ADHD, Residential Treatment Center, School Struggles
  • September 29, 2017
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School Year Anxiety: The Stress That Gets in the Way of Learning

Each student deals with stress during the school year–it’s natural. Even when a student’s prepared for an upcoming exam, it still produces a...
  • Elevations RTC
  • Anxiety, School Struggles
  • September 8, 2017
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School for Expelled Students: This Is Not the End of the Road

When your child has ran into issue after issue at school and they finally reach the point of expulsion, it’s hard to stay optimistic. It’s...
  • Elevations RTC
  • Defiance, School Struggles
  • July 28, 2017
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