Seeking out an alternative for struggling boys in Alabama? Perhaps you will look at Heartland Boys Academy, an affordable Christian boarding school in Western Kentucky. Heartland is an adventure-based therapeutic boarding school serving boys from Alabama.

Heartland Boys Academy enrolls underperforming boys from across the U.S., including from Alabama. It is non-denominational Christian boarding school that uses adventure as a powerful therapeutic tool for turning around difficult boys. We are an early intervention school with a calling to lead wayward teenagers to fulfill their individual purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively works with troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it beneficial for their boy to experience a new environment here at Heartland that is away from negative influences back home in Alabama. We show love and respect to disrespectful and difficult boys who are in need of a new life perspective including a new spiritual focus in life. Our mentoring and encouragement is meant to bring about new thinking and motivations where there was once only ungodly motivations and failed family relationships.

Accredited Academics for Boys from Alabama

Our commitment to a quality education is also a top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited private school that operates under a program of independent study with personalized instruction. Students complete courses at their own speed, with weekly goals set by tutors based on the student’s chosen course work. Heartland also supports students to work toward post-secondary goals by helping them prep for college testing.

Students from Alabama, who attend Heartland achieve phenomenal progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity produces an educational atmosphere that spurs motivation to succeed, which gains momentum and encourages students to reach their full potential. Edgenuity is certified by COGNIA, the highest accrediting body for schools in the United States.

While the Edgenuity program is intuitive and self-paced, our own certified on-campus teachers make sure that our students keep up their coursework. They tutor, answer any questions, and give each student plenty of encouragement. Our teachers can see at a glance how well each student is progressing. Students who fail to keep up or are not understanding a specific topic are helped, but if they are failing as an act of rebellion, they may jeopardize some on-campus privileges like special outings until they choose to get caught up.

Heartland’s Spiritual Focus

Spiritual life is the cornerstone aspect of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for struggling teenagers from Alabama. We are devoted to introducing every boy to a relationship with their Maker. We help them find their spiritual gifting and destiny in Christ.

Many Alabama teenagers who attend have rebelled against their religious heritage or have never professed belief in Christ. Heartland offers an open environment for them to renew or gain their faith, perhaps for the first time. Godly character frames everything we do at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Boys from Alabama, Can Gain Leadership Training

In addition to helping capable students get back on track academically and spiritually, we present specific leadership training to unleash the potential in each teenager. We teach teens to serve and love other people. Mission trips and community service projects offer real life experience and application of the leadership principles taught at Heartland.

Reversing the Bad Attitudes with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland knows that teenagers and their parents in Alabama, face huge challenges from the culture. Boys are impacted by a barrage of negative peer pressure. The Heartland model for change is called Positive Peer Culture (PPC), which asserts that teens can develop self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they become committed to the positive values of helping and caring for others.

Where Adventure Therapy is a Primary Tool

Adventure therapy is an important therapeutic feature of Heartland. We find that boys are more open to discussion and learning while enjoying adventure tasks, so we use those times to instill positive thinking and to improve their communication skills. It also helps improve their ability to work in synch with others.

Adventure therapy is a type of experiential therapy that uses challenging adventure activities to aid the therapeutic transformation. It is meant to contribute to character growth. Every boy is a part of our adventure program because of the valuable life skills that can be learned. We offer many kinds of adventure activities including camping, backpacking, rappelling, canoeing, swimming, hiking, hunting, and spelunking (cave exploration).

At an adventure therapy program like Heartland, students get the opportunity to engage in many activities and new adventure experiences during their time here. Adventure therapy used at Heartland are where boys learn to listen, learn regulation skills, and push themselves to overcome challenging fun tasks. The challenges students face through our adventure programming are meant to forge a more positive identity, build character, and develop a sense of accomplishment. Students do not just participate in the activity; they reach for a goal and accomplish it. This is a therapy know as experiential learning.

Our team are trained to manage the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Alabama. The same team members who live with students all week, building rapport and making connections, are then able to instruct the boys during their adventure activities.

Heartland Boys Academy is a place of healing and hope for boys from Alabama. We have seen many at-risk and struggling teens transformed into hard-working, respectable graduates. We help restore boys to their families; healthy, confident, and spiritually and academically on track. Call (888)300-2830 to learn more today, or fill in our online inquiry form.

To discover how our Christ-centered adventure-based therapeutic boarding school program can lead your troubled teen toward life transformation. To learn more, please call or inquire online today.