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COPPER CANYON ACADMEY is an all girls school in Rimrock, Arizona. COPPER CANYON ACADEMY offers an extremely comprehensive therapeutic program for girls and their families through individual, group, and animal therapy. There are also parent seminars and family workshops. All of the therapists who work with the teenage girls and their families at COPPER CANYON ACADEMY are licensed by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Services.

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EXCEL ACADEMY
EXCEL ACADEMY has a Junior High School, a College Prep High School, and a College program, enabling us to help preteens, teens, and young adults. EXCEL ACADEMY boasts a compelling history of success with students who have had previous school or therapeutic failures. EXCEL ACADEMY offers an intensely effective milieu without the look and feel of traditional programs and places a heavy emphasis on ensuring that all students feel safe and part of "the family" regardless of past environment, behavior, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or history of abuse or trauma.

Articles for Troubled Teens and their Parents

Our articles offer news and information about teenagers and the struggles they face. Adolescents and their parents can find interesting facts and suggestions to improve and strengthen their relationships.

• More Than 8% of Teens Suffer from Depression: Girls Have it Twice as Often as Boys



• Teens More Likely to Have Complications from Giving Blood



• Psych Drugs Prescribed for Children Six Times More Often in USA than UK



• Kids with Anxiety Disorders Benefit from Family-based Cognitive Therapy



• Forty-three Percent of College Students Use Hookahs



• Parents Should Help Teens Through Emotional Break-ups



• Doctors Experiment with New Ways to Help Teens Follow Medical Advice



• Smoking Laws Cut Down Teen Rates of Cigarette Use



• Ninety Percent of Teen Girls are Sexually Harassed by Males or Bullied by Other Girls



• Brain's Executive Control Function Linked to Substance Abuse in Teens



• ADD Drugs Do Not Increase Likelihood of Substance Abuse



• Percentage of New Teen Drivers Drops to Less Than a Third



• "Social" Bullying Comes From Imitating Parents and Peers



• Both Low-tech and High-tech Learning Tools Can Educate Teens



• Most Libraries Feature Video Games, Tournaments for Teens



• Research Indicates Sex Ed Teachers Are Uncomfortable Teaching Their Subject



• Largest Study of Teens and Religion Finds Most Teens Are Indifferent



• Update on Bipolar Disorder Controversy: Are American Docs Over-diagnosing?



• Brain Developmental Changes Cause Teenage Anger and Angst



• Teens Using More Swear Words Than Ever



• Teens Often Willing Participants in Online "Romances" with Adults



• Help Teen Boys Manage Anger by Staying Cool



• More State Legislatures Consider Laws Against Cyberbullying



• Girls Closing Gender Gap for Drinking, Drugging, Smoking



• Babies of Teenage Fathers Have Higher Risk of Death



• Teen Drinking Linked to Adult Metabolic Syndrome



• Sexual Solicitation Not Common Online



• Doctors Not Following FDA Rules When Treating Depressed Teens



• Drinking Parents Less Likely to Monitor their Kids' Drinking



• College Girls Say HPV Virus is Easy to Get



• Government Wants More Studies on Effect of Cell Phone Exposure



• Utah Researchers Discovering Genetic Component in Suicide



• Teens Believe It's Okay to Cheat in Order to Get Ahead



• Teens Optimistic that They Can Solve Problems like Global Warming



• More Parents Joining Their Children in Treatments for Mental Disorders



• Missouri Reforms Its Reform Schools to a More Effective Therapeutic Model



• Parents Tend to Underestimate Younger Teens' Drug and Liquor Habits



• ADHD May be a Brain Developmental Delay



• Schools Start Anti-Dating Violence Educational Programs for Teens



• Parents of Children with Disabilities More Likely to Use Private Schools



• Teens Buy One-Fourth of Alcohol Consumed in the United States



• Random Drug Tests May Not Deter High School Students from Drugs



• Cohabitation Puts kids at Risk for Child Abuse



• Adolescents More Likely to Become Addicted and to Need Different Treatments than Adults



• Doctors Test for Behavior Disorders in Preschoolers as Young as Two



• Doctors' Group Recommends Screening Every Baby for Autism



• Middle School "Fashion Police" Demand Designer Clothing



• Military Boarding Schools



• Watching TV and Video Games Linked to Teens' High Blood Pressure



• Teens With Too Much Money More Likely to Drink Heavily



• Mental Bullying of Teenagers Linked to Boys Carrying Guns



• Kids Ignore Warnings On Liquor Ads and Bottles



• Alcohol-Abusers Wait Eight Years to Be Treated



• Teens Prefer Prescription Drugs Over Marijuana and Alcohol



• At-Risk Teen Girls More Likely To Engage in Casual Risky Sex



• The Perfect Gift for A Graduate? Nip and Tuck Cosmetic Surgery



• TV and Video Games Could Cause Attention and Learning Disorders



• Teens' Attitudes Toward Smoking Influences Their Own Smoking Habits



• Stepfathers Can Influence Boys But Not Girls' Sex Habits



• Movie Stars Who Smoke Influence Kids to Do the Same



• Girls and Boys' Brains Develop Similarly



• New Trend to Diagnose Autism and ADHD in Infants



• What is Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy?



• About Bullying



• Animal Assisted Therapy for Troubled Teens



• Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse - a Multi-layered Approach



• Playing Car Racing Video Games Adversely Affects Real Driving Habits



• 75% of High School Students Say They're Bored in School



• Poll Indicates That Teens Keep Rules of Internet Communication



• Acne Does Get Worse Under Stress



• It Is Those Raging Hormones After All!



• Low Birth Weight Connected to Depression in Teenage Girls



• China Tightens Rules on Foreign Adoptions



• FDA Tries To Protect Children From Anti-Depressant Risks



• September Is Addiction Recovery Month

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