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Copper Canyon AcademyCOPPER 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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Learn about the physical, cognitive, and social changes adolescents go through during development; what parents can do to help their teen during this time; and find resources for families going through the difficult teenage years.

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  • Equine and Animal Assisted Therapy

    Troubled teens nationwide are reaping the psychological and emotional benefits of animal-assisted therapy, namely, the use of horses, cows, dogs, and cats to help treat a variety of physical and psychological problems. Equine therapy programs are now widely used in residential treatment settings, as a component of outpatient therapy, or in gang-intervention programs and a growing body of evidence shows that horses have a lot to offer humans.

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    Sign up for Aspen's Parenting & Family Relationships Newsletter to learn more about parenting courses to create a happier and healthier family.

  • When is a Child an Adolescent?

    Adolescence essentially begins when physiologically normal puberty starts. It ends when the person develops an adult identity and behavior. This period of development corresponds roughly to the period between the ages of 10 and 19 years. Certainly, some adolescents take a few years longer to develop their adult identity and behavior, sometimes into their early to mid twenties.

  • Adolescence and Peer Pressure

    Learn how peers exert an enormous influence on teens.

  • Adolescence Directory Online

    Adolescence Directory On-Line (ADOL) is an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University. Educators, counselors, parents, researchers, health practitioners, and teens can use ADOL to find Web resources.

  • Adolescence: Change and Continuity

    This website from Pennsylvania State University provides an introduction to some of the developmental changes that shape our lives between puberty and the end of college. Although each life unfolds in its own unique pattern, this site provides information about basic changes, settings, and issues that are particular to the teenage years.

  • Liahona Academy

    Treatment and help for adolescent behavioral problems. We provide help for troubled teen boys ages 12-17, with issues of depression, ADD/ADHD, defiance, drug abuse, and various problems. See what we can do to help an adolscent child that has lingered off the path. Our philosophy and ability to get the results you are looking for will bring a definite sigh of relief. Contact us now at http://www.liahonaacademy.com