| Specialty boarding schools are those that focus on | | | | (arithmetic disorder), attention deficit disorders |
| a particular aspect of a child or on particular type | | | | (ADD), and other disabilities. These schools help |
| of child. There are many categories of specialty | | | | children overcome their difficulties with specialized |
| boarding schools: religious, military, arts, | | | | curriculum, activities, faculty and e therapy. |
| pre-professional and others. These schools admit | | | | Different kinds of therapies like psychotherapy, |
| students for a particular purpose of to help them | | | | equestrian therapy, counseling, behavior training, |
| develop a certain skill or overcome a certain | | | | group activates and parental counseling are |
| problem. They have unique curriculum, programs | | | | provided to help the entire family cope with their |
| and activities to lead students in a specific | | | | child's problem. |
| direction. For instance, military schools provide | | | | Another kind of specialty boarding schools are |
| cadet training to make students suitable for | | | | those meant for troubled teens. They help |
| military life. The students admitted into these | | | | students tackle several problems like stress, |
| schools need to satisfy certain pre-requisites to | | | | depression, alcohol/controlled substances abuse, |
| gain admission. | | | | suicidal tendencies, teen pregnancy, conduct |
| There are also some specialty schools for children | | | | disorders, behavioral problems, oppositional defiant |
| who have learning disabilities or other physical | | | | disorders, eating disorders, violence, bullying and |
| mental problems. Such children have a tough time | | | | other problems that challenge adolescents. They |
| adjusting in regular schools, and these specialty | | | | provide therapeutic programs to enable the child |
| schools make them feel right at home, as they | | | | to overcome problems through therapy, |
| have many students with similar problems. This | | | | counseling, personality development workshops |
| includes students with ADHD (attention deficit | | | | and many other activities. Sometimes, a troubled |
| hyperactivity disorder), developmental articulation | | | | teenager may change for the better when |
| disorder, developmental expressive language | | | | around peers with similar problems. These schools |
| disorder, developmental receptive language | | | | also offer support to the entire family through |
| disorder, developmental reading disorders, | | | | periodic counseling, so that the entire family can |
| dysgraphia (writing disorders), dyscalculia | | | | offer support to their troubled teen. |