New Leaf Academy
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New Leaf Academy is a private therapeutic boarding school
in Bend
, Oregon
, enrolling girls ages 10 to 15. Oregon campus on Google Maps. The schools is accredited
by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
. It is a member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs
(NATSAP). The school houses up to 30 students at a time.
The school's program is intended to meet the special needs of younger girls experiencing emotional or behavioral problems. Girls attend year-round, typically for 12 to 18 months, before returning to regular schools. The school's behavior modification
program consists of three levels called StarStep, which is based on the work of developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst Erik Erikson
.Program description from the homepage of the facility
, which operated the school until 2011. In March 2011, Aspen announced that it was restructuring and would close New Leaf Academy of Oregon as well as other schools and programs. In June 2011 it was announced that the school's original owners, Craig and Christy Christiansen, were acquiring the school from Aspen and assuming responsibility for its continuing operation.
, North Carolina
campus of New Leaf Academy was established in 2005 and operated until June 2010. Aspen announced that The Talisman School would open on its campus in August 2010 to enroll youth with Asperger's and other autism spectrum disorders. New Leaf's North Carolina director, Cat Jennings, planned to become head of Lake House Academy. Twenty-seven students remaining at New Leaf were to be sent to New Leaf in Oregon and to Aspen's Bromley Brook School
in Vermont
. In March 2011, Aspen announced that it was restructuring and would also close New Leaf Academy in Oregon as well as Bromley Brook School and other programs.
Therapeutic boarding school
A therapeutic boarding school , alternatively known as an emotional growth boarding school, is a boarding school based on the therapeutic community model that offers an educational program together with specialized structure and supervision for students with emotional and behavioral problems,...
in Bend
Bend, Oregon
Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, enrolling girls ages 10 to 15. Oregon campus on Google Maps. The schools is accredited
Educational accreditation
Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met...
by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
Northwest Association of Accredited Schools
The Northwest Accreditation Commission , formerly named the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, is an organization based in Boise, Idaho which accredits a variety of schools, including K-12, elementary, middle, and high schools; schools offering distance education; non-degree-granting...
. It is a member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs
National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs
The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs is a United States organization of therapeutic schools, residential treatment programs, wilderness programs, outdoor therapeutic programs, young adult programs and home-based residential programs for adolescents and young adults with...
(NATSAP). The school houses up to 30 students at a time.
The school's program is intended to meet the special needs of younger girls experiencing emotional or behavioral problems. Girls attend year-round, typically for 12 to 18 months, before returning to regular schools. The school's behavior modification
Behavior modification
Behavior modification is the use of empirically demonstrated behavior change techniques to increase or decrease the frequency of behaviors, such as altering an individual's behaviors and reactions to stimuli through positive and negative reinforcement of adaptive behavior and/or the reduction of...
program consists of three levels called StarStep, which is based on the work of developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson was a Danish-German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on social development of human beings. He may be most famous for coining the phrase identity crisis. His son, Kai T...
.Program description from the homepage of the facility
History
New Leaf Academy of Oregon was founded in 1997 by Craig and Christy Christiansen. In 2004 it was acquired by Aspen Education GroupAspen Education Group
Aspen Education Group is an American, for-profit business organization that operates a variety of therapeutic treatment programs for troubled adolescents, including wilderness therapy programs, residential treatment centers, therapeutic boarding schools, and weight loss programs. Aspen is a...
, which operated the school until 2011. In March 2011, Aspen announced that it was restructuring and would close New Leaf Academy of Oregon as well as other schools and programs. In June 2011 it was announced that the school's original owners, Craig and Christy Christiansen, were acquiring the school from Aspen and assuming responsibility for its continuing operation.
North Carolina campus
A HendersonvilleHendersonville, North Carolina
Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, USA, southeast of Asheville. In 1900, 1,917 persons lived in Hendersonville; in 1910, 2,818; and in 1940, 5,381 people lived here. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,223, up fivefold in one century. It is the county...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
campus of New Leaf Academy was established in 2005 and operated until June 2010. Aspen announced that The Talisman School would open on its campus in August 2010 to enroll youth with Asperger's and other autism spectrum disorders. New Leaf's North Carolina director, Cat Jennings, planned to become head of Lake House Academy. Twenty-seven students remaining at New Leaf were to be sent to New Leaf in Oregon and to Aspen's Bromley Brook School
Bromley Brook School
Bromley Brook School is a therapeutic boarding school in Manchester Center, Vermont, for teenage girls who were not functioning at traditional schools. The school is owned and operated by the Aspen Education Group...
in Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. In March 2011, Aspen announced that it was restructuring and would also close New Leaf Academy in Oregon as well as Bromley Brook School and other programs.