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Posted: Jun 21, 2011, 08:54
WOLF CREEK ACADEMY
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Mars Hill, North Carolina
Patricia Jones, PhD
Founder/Executive Director
877-477-9653
info@wolfcreekacademy.org
www.wolfcreekacademy.org
Wolf Creek is a therapeutic boarding school for girls and for boys ages 13 - 17 with behavioral therapy problems. Wolf Creek Academy explains they specialize in Academics, Anger Management, Social Development, and working with difficult teens or those struggling with Depression, Drug Abuse, ODD, ADD, and ADHD. They also work with students who are on prescribed medication under the direction of their physicians. They are a faith-based program with an announced goal of instilling integrity, accountability, responsibility, and character while providing the teen girl or boy behavioral counseling and an education.
The Wolf Creek program was founded by Executive Directors, Jim and Dr. Pat Jones. The school was founded in 2002 under the name of Harbor Oaks Boarding School. Dr. Pat Jones has a Masters Degree and Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Christian Psychology through Cornerstone University, Lake Charles, LA and a BA degree in Clinical Christian Counseling, Calvary Theological Seminary, Jacksonville, FL. They explain that group sessions are conducted regularly by Licensed or Certified Counselors. Individual counseling is also available on a weekly basis by Licensed Certified Counselors. Certified teachers work in small classrooms providing academic support. Education and counseling for the whole family is included in the therapeutic treatment plan for a successful transformation of the struggling teen.
Wolf Creek Academy, a dual enrollment partner with Lighthouse Christian Academy, is accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI). Students attending on campus use the A.C.E. Curriculum and will receive an accredited transcript and upon graduation a diploma. Credits are transferable to most other schools and universities. The school is on-site where the students learn in a small class environment offering individualized attention The average length of stay is six months to one year.
[This information came from the Wolf Creek Academy website]
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