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Delburne, Alberta, Canada
Venture Academy
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About Venture Academy
Age-specific Treatment
Tucked in scenic Delburne, Canada, Venture Academy’s residential evaluation and therapy program is therapeutic boarding school for teens ages 13-18. Canadian troubled teens can receive assistance from Venture Academy, including those who are dealing with anxiety, depression, conduct disorder, family conflict, negative peers, school suspensions, low self-esteem. Additionally, Venture Academy treats drug and alcohol abuse, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and other clinically deemed disorders or significant behavioral challenges. The Venture Academy program offers specialized clinical, therapeutic, and educational support. They encourage parents to reach out if seeking a private therapeutic school or residential treatment program for their teen.
Strengths-based Therapy
Some of Venture Academy’s therapeutic approaches include motivational interviewing, CBT, DBT, executive function management, and trauma-informed therapy. Venture Academy’s therapeutic approach is values-based, family-centred, and solution-oriented. Clinical and therapy programs are designed to invite positive change, build skills, focus on solutions and re-establish family attachments with parents and the family unit central to our founding mission. Goals and plans are aimed at supporting youth and families in overcoming struggles and developing and maintaining healthy lifestyles and relationships.
Educational Support
Additionally, Venture Academy provides customized academic support and stimulating engagement to help students regain confidence and get back on track. Additionally, they impart crucial learning techniques that educate students how to organize their time, prepare projects, and study.
Nature-filled Campus
Positive, healthful, and regulated leisure activities take the place of idle time and excessive use of electronics. Additionally, there is a focus on physical health and fitness throughout their time at Venture Academy. Teenagers can include extra tailored activities based on a child's love in sports, music, art, or other particular hobbies while participating in our basic seasonal activities, which help them re-build their self-esteem. At their camp-like treatment campus, teens can enjoy water activities on the lake, rock climbing, art projects, canoeing, and more.
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Center Overview
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Treatment Focus
You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
Care Options
Treatment
Specializations
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Adventure Therapy
This experiential approach uses the physical and emotional challenges of outdoor activities as tools for personal growth.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Conditions We Treat
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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