High-Support College Prep School for Students with Anxiety or Depression
Academics West provides exceptional academic programs with social and emotional support for students who exhibit symptoms of anxiety or depression that impact their social and academic functioning.
With skilled teachers and therapeutic staff, we create a school environment with more personalized support than a traditional classroom.
Your child will flourish while learning coping skills to challenge and overcome their struggles through our specialized approach.
Helping Students with Anxiety or Depression Find Confidence and Connection
Getting to the root cause of their anxiety or depression but, more importantly, building skills to manage it in a safe and consistent environment
Staff who are trained in trauma-informed treatment and social-emotional learning (SEL) practices
Learning skills to cope with the unique nature of the student’s anxiety and/or depression
Providing flexibility when needed to reduce anxiety surrounding schoolwork deadlines.
Our tight-knit community of students, staff, and friends embrace individual differences to foster a true sense of belonging.
Teaching students how to identify the salient parts of information when studying, to reduce overwhelm.
Our CIA method is proven to help struggling students acquire the skills to become a strategic learner.
Our mentorship programs, Hero’s Council and prosocial milieu reaffirms to students that they are heroes who frame their past struggles as a part of their unique journey.
What is the Academics West Difference?
As the only high-support college preparatory school, AW looks at school differently.
Our specialized approach helps students:
- Gain a deeper understanding of how to manage anxiety & depression patterns
- Become better equipped to manage social relationships
- Improve their ability to pick up social cues and interpret social context
- Acquire skills to become more resilient and independent
- Emotionally manage frustrating or unpleasant situations
- Consistently improve their executive functioning skills
- Become optimistic about their future (99 percent of our students go on to college)
40%
OF FACULTY ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
100%
of Staff CPI Certified
50%
TOTAL Counseling STAFF WITH DOCTORATE-LEVEL DEGREES
92%
FULL TIME STAFF WITH ADVANCED DEGREES
OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET
SIZE OF OUR CAMPUS
5:2
LOWER SCHOOL STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO
10:2
UPPER & MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO
2011
YEAR FOUNDED
100%
4-YEAR COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE
75
STUDENT BODY CAPACITY
16
Counselors ON STAFF
Accreditations and Memberships
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