Why Choose
Academics West?
Selecting a specialized school can be a challenging and oftentimes emotional for families. Simply, it can be confusing to figure out what level of care each program is able to provide. Academics West is accredited both academically and therapeutically, which reflects the high standards of care we are dedicated to. Each student’s schedule includes a minimum of five support services each week and family support are an integral component of our model. Our counselor to student ratio is on average 1:5 (16 counselors on site for a maximum of 75 students) ensuring all students benefit from direct and consistent care.
Clinically Informed Academics®
The Formation of Strategic Learners
All students with emotional struggles experience a degree of executive dysfunction. Without adequate executive functioning students struggle with learning and make less substantial academic and therapeutic progress. Our proprietary CIA® (Clinically Informed Academics®) approach combines evidence-based clinical practice with research-based educational interventions to help students become strategic learners. To achieve this, we develop a carefully constructed learning plan (“The CIA® Profile”) for each student that uses assessment data to develop customized interventions to best support the student’s learning and emotional needs.
