Seeking Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Bessemer, Alabama?

While you seek out military schools or boot camps in Bessemer, Alabama, perhaps you will consider a therapeutic boarding school for boys that offers better results, absent the drill sergeant and trauma of a boot camp or military school. In fact, he will really like it here while he gets back on track in life.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy, on the Gold Coast of Florida, is a residential program and ranch specifically designed for at-risk boys.  It is part of the nationally acclaimed Teen Challenge program. Instead of the harsh environment of military schools and boot camps, Treasure Coast Boys Academy shows boys the right way to live through example, lessons, counsel, mentoring and team exercises. Also, removing distractions and detaching from problematic situations is what helps to begin the process of break damaging patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Bessemer, AL, we believe that relationships are what make a long-term difference in a boy, not more anger, yelling and force.

Parents register their sons at Treasure Coast Boys Academy from across the country, including from Bessemer, Alabama, both to let them grow in a new environment and to benefit from the loving and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Searcing for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Bessemer, Alabama Because You Likely See these Troublesome Signs that Something is Wrong with Your Teenage Boy

• Dramatic changes in his style of clothes, hair, and music
• Friendship with a bad crowd (a different crowd than they used to)
• Dropping grades and disinterst in things he was once interested in
• Isolating from family and clinging to new friends
• Negative changes in attitude and personality
• Altered sleep patterns (up well into the night, sleeping during the day)
• Eating way too much food, or way too little, or binging at night
• Fear – thinks everyone in authority is out to get him
• Dilated, red or glazed eyes
• Outbursts of anger
• Lies and cover-ups!
• Dramatic mood swings
• Uncontrolled spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy cares for 50 teenage boys at our residential boarding school located on 30 acres surrounded by ranch and orchard country. During the program, we focus on character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We promote an environment of positive peer pressure. We give boys ownership in work projects and special events on campus to keep them engaged in what is their home away from home. We desire to see residents mature in their faith in Christ, and we offer worship, chapel services, bible studies, discipleship, retreats and mission trip opportunities toward that end. Residents also challenge and support each other in their faith. Would any of that happen in a military school or boot camp? That’s unlikely.

A Better Option than Military Schools and Boot Camps for Boys from Bessemer, AL

At Treasure Coast Boys Academy, boys stay physically active and challenged. Our recreational and sports facilities include a well-equipped gym and a professional array of weight machines, soccer field, baseball diamond, basketball court, pool, game room, fishing ponds, and horses. We often go fishing on the Florida waterways and out in the ocean. Whitewater rafting, hiking, camping, and other adventures illustrate that life can be both adventuresome and positive.

While we offer individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we find that most life-changing experiences tend to occur during outdoor activities and in the course of daily life. Counseling is offered frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations with mentors during work or activities. We put a strong emphasis on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their time with us.

Our on-campus academy operates year-round to give students the chance to fulfill any missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who support the boy’s education and tutor individual boys. Boys from Bessemer, Alabama quickly catch up on missed coursework or move ahead.

— Treasure Coast Boys Academy offers a once “at-risk”  teenage boy a second chance at a bright future.  Again, unlike military schools and boot camps, our emphasis and main tool is a change of heart, not fear or breaking of the spirit.

“At Treasure Coast Boys Academy…our son received exactly what he needed to get back on track in life. This was a God-send for our broken family…restoring our relationship with our son. It is a place of hope, a place of love, and a place of renewal.”  — Parents of a Treasure Coast Boys Academy students share heartfelt thanks for the transformation they witnessed in their son.

To read more of what parents and students are saying, and to discover more about how our boys ranch can offer restoration in your family, we invite you to explore our website, then use our inquiry form or call us today.

Thank you for thinking about Treasure Coast Boys Academy as you seek boot camps and military schools near Bessemer, AL.