How We Help

We’ll Provide a List of Schools or Residential Treatment Centers for Your Teen that Best Fit Your Budget and Your Child’s Needs

Best Choice Admissions provides completely free, confidential, no-obligation guidance to families exploring help for a teenager—from therapeutic boarding schools and wilderness therapy to faith-based academies and trauma recovery centers. With personalized support grounded in your child’s unique needs, emotional and educational goals, and your financial considerations, our expert team saves you hours of research and hundreds of phone calls by narrowing down the most suitable paths. We don’t charge families and remain entirely unbiased—compensated only by program partners—so you can trust our recommendations are centered solely on what’s best for your teen. 

Finding the right therapeutic school can be difficult and time-consuming. Best Choice simplifies the search by narrowing down the best options based on the child’s needs and the family’s budget.  Once we know what issues need to be addressed and what you want to keep the cost within, we can make some appropriate suggestions.

Rather than choosing a program for you, we offer a list of the best options based on your child’s situation, location, and budget.  We charge you nothing, nor will our assistance cause the rates of any schools to be any higher.  We are the largest such free service in the nation.

We visit and work with hundreds of residential programs and get feedback from parents of students we have already placed there.  Our goal is to help the parent find the absolute best choice for their child.

We have comprehensive knowledge of options for troubled teens, helping families with a child who is experiencing academic failure, is exhibiting inappropriate behaviors, has emotional issues or life controlling issues, or many other difficulties that may impact their future.

How Can Best Choice Help Me?

An Ongoing Guide

We’ll help you find the right care, based on your adolescent’s needs.  We can work within your budget and provide helpful ideas.  If you wish, we’ll guide you through the entire process.  We don’t just pass off your information to a program.

We Know the Programs 

Our team knows the environment and ambiance of each program, including which ones will provide the right balanced diet of care, therapy, exercise, education, and personalized support.  We get feedback from parents and students.

The Therapeutic Environment 

We regularly visit the campuses, whether they are in the city or out in the country.  Some are more focused on clinical therapy, while others work holistically with the whole person and others focus on religion.  We’ll tell you about the environment of each.

Recreational Activities

While some programs are better for girls, others are better for boys.  Girls do very well with animal-assisted therapy.  Boys tend to do well with physical activity and adventure, for it is within that environment that boys open up and discuss their issues. 

Teaching Responsibility

Many programs work with the adolescents while they also teach the adolescents how to live, plan for the future, make better decisions, and work.  Teaching responsibility is an important part of taking responsibility for their own future.

Teen Transport Services

We can provide tips and ideas for transporting your teenager (yourself or using a safe service).  To ensure propriety, we do not own nor manage a transport an agency, nor gain financially from any of them.  We have strict standards in regard to transport.

Other Resources

Below are a few helpful resources for anyone exploring school options or seeking assistance with school placement but you are unable to afford placement.

First, if you’re looking for a basic, affordable overview of schools, LowCostSchools.com is a good place to start. They provide some useful information.

If you’re seeking a more in-depth and personalized approach, BridgeToResolve.com as they have a much larger list of suggestions to choose from. BridgeToResolve.com offers a much more comprehensive list of schools and tailored guidance. While they do charge an $89 consultation fee, the information and support they provide will be extremely valuable, especially if you’re looking for affordable care and a personalized plan for school placement. The fee is well worth it for the deeper insights and resources you’ll receive.

If funding school placement is a concern, you may consider a few fundraising options, such as setting up a GoFundMe account (or similar), then collect sponsors or talk to friends, family members, or community organizations to support your efforts. Many people are eager to help when they know about your needs.

If this all is overwhelming and you would like to review some in home resources, you might want to visit another good resource, FortifiedFamilyResources.org

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