SavingTeens In Crisis Collaborative
Dorchester, MA

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SavingTeens and Partners
Support Another Struggling Teen

SavingTeens in Crisis Collaborative (SavingTeens) is proud to announce our most recent scholarship. Through the support of collaborative partners and generous donations we were able to help another family find support for their teen.

Through her generous pro-bono support, Dr. Judi Bessette of Compass Educational Consulting worked with the family to find the right program for their son. The fifteen year old from Connecticut, was struggling with worsening substance abuse, angry defiance in the home, and school failure. For Dr. Bessette, helping SavingTeens is personal.

"With both professional and personal experience with troubled teen, as a therapeutic educational consultant and a mom of a struggling young man, I know the need first-hand. Having to tell a frantic parent that I can't help them because they don't have the resources necessary to pay for treatment is one of the hardest things I have to do. I am delighted to volunteer my services to the families SavingTeens is able to help."

Second Nature, a long standing partner with SavingTeens, provided a scholarship to Second Nature Cascades. And, with a generous discount from Right Directions, the young man successfully arrived in Oregon. These arrangements, coupled with SavingTeens' funds and the family's contribution allowed this young man to start his journey to recovery.

SavingTeens collaborations allow us to offer support to troubled young people. Without the generous scholarships and donations of our partners, the cost of helping a child would be prohibitively expensive. Please visit our website to learn more about SavingTeens Collaborations (www.savingteens.org/collaborations) and please contact us if you are interested in working with SavingTeens.

Compass Educational Consulting was founded in 2003 by Dr. Judi Bessette. Judi began consulting after navigating the ever changing waters of special needs programs for her son alone - not aware that consultants were available to help.

Second Nature was founded on the idea that struggling adolescents and their families deserve quality clinical treatment, combined with sensitivity and compassion.

Right Directions Crisis Intervention is an independent company dedicated to providing the highest quality crisis intervention and transport services to families in need, specializing in interventions, transports and runaway location investigations.

Saving Teens In Crisis Collaborative is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in April of 2004 to assist troubled teens and their families struggling with substance abuse and other emotional issues.