New Jersey
Alternative and therapeutic boarding schools can help at-risk youth turn their lives around, but the process from beginning to end is filled with questions for both teens and parents. HelpYourTeenNow is a parent advocate group dedicated to providing answers to families seeking help for behavioral, academic and psychological issues. With a free consultation, we can assess your teen’s situation and provide guidance on what it takes to choose, enroll and succeed in a therapeutic boarding school in New Jersey.
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New Jersey Regulatory Laws
The State of New Jersey Department of Children and Families is the agency responsible for licensing youth residential facilities such as alternative and therapeutic boarding schools for the state. The Office of Licensing must approve all treatment centers or group homes that provide 24-hour care for youth.
Private schools in New Jersey are not required to be licensed or accredited, but schools must obtain a certificate of approval from the New Jersey Education Commissioner to legally operate (N.J. Rev. Stat. §18A:69-1 et seq). Teachers are not required to be certified for New Jersey private schools. In the state, private schools must be compliant with the New Jersey State Sanitary Code, which covers immunizations (N.J. Rev. Stat. §26:1A-9). There is no policy on testing for private schools in New Jersey.
Reference: http://www2.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/regprivschl/regprivschl.pdf
9.0 percent of children between 4 and 17 diagnosed per year
(2007 study, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007 Study).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/prevalence.html
Pregnancy rates for adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 in New Jersey were between 16.4 and 29.4 per 1,000 women
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2009 Study).
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6006a6.htm?s_cid=mm6006a6_e%0d%0a
New Jersey ranks 48th in the nation for suicide in individuals age 15-24. In 2010, there were 88 deaths with a crude rate of 7.7.
(CDC’s WISQARS website “Fatal Injury Reports, 2010” http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html;)
http://www.suicidology.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=262&name=DLFE-629.pdf
Approximately 9.9 percent of adolescents in New Jersey, age 12-17, experiment with illicit drugs monthly. Just over 7.3% regularly use marijuana and 4.5 percent use other types of illicit drugs. Around 20.6% of New Jersey teens used alcohol in the past month, while 11.7% engaged in binge drinking.
(State Report, 2009, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.)
http://www.samhsa.gov/data/States_In_Brief_Reports.aspx
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice reported the following juvenile arrest rates for New Jersey: 332 arrests for violent crime, 925 arrests for property crime, 642 arrests for drug abuse and 158 arrests for weapons violations.
(Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2009).
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/228479.pdf
New Jersey had an 83 percent statewide high school graduation rate for the 2010-2011 school year.
(U.S. Department of Education, Graduation Rates 2010-2011)
http://www.governing.com/gov-data/high-school-graduation-rates-by-state.html
Summary
With a highly structured atmosphere, professional staffers and programs designed to help your teen succeed, therapeutic and alternative boarding schools can be the solution you are looking for. However, not all programs are equal. That’s why HelpYourTeenNow exists—to be a resource for parents of troubled teens making the difficult decision to participate in the right programs with the best track records. During our free consultation, HelpYourTeenNow will put you in touch with parents and professionals who understand what you need and are willing to help you and your teen find success. Call HelpYourTeenNow for more information on New Jersey therapeutic boarding schools.
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