Looking for Military Schools or Boot Camps for Troubled Boys in Immokalee, Florida?

While you look for military schools or boot camps in Immokalee, Florida, perhaps you will consider a residential program 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 school specifically designed for at-risk boys.  It is part of the highly celebrated 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, avoiding distractions and getting away 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 Immokalee, FL, we believe that relationships are what make a long-term difference in a boy, not more anger, yelling and force.

Families enroll their sons at Treasure Coast Boys Academy from around the country, including from Immokalee, Florida, both to let them grow in a new environment and to experience the caring and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

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

• Dramatic changes in his style of clothes, hair, and music
• Hanging out 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
• Changes in sleep patterns (up all hours of the night, tired during the day)
• Consuming 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
• Sudden bursts of anger
• Deception and cover-ups!
• Dramatic mood swings
• Excessive money spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast Boys Academy serves 50 teenage boys at our residential boarding school on a 30-acre parcel in ranch and orchard country. During the program, we emphasize character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We promote a culture 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 want 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 Immokalee, FL

In the boys ranch, our residents remain physically and mentally active and challenged throughout their stay. 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. The culmination of the program is a breathtaking wilderness experience in the mountains of North Carolina during the last month of the boys’ stay. Whitewater rafting, hiking, camping, and other adventures prove 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 encounters tend to occur during outdoor activities and in the course of daily life. Counseling takes place frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations and mentoring during activities and group settings. We put great importance on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their time with us.

Our on-campus academy is in session year-round to give boys the opportunity to catch up on missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who support the boy’s education and tutor individual students. Boys from Immokalee, Florida quickly catch up on missed coursework or get far ahead.

It is our conviction that the most important change is a heart change — understanding  that Jesus Christ has a purpose and a plan for each individual’s life. Through biblical discipleship, engaging chapel services, the daily discipline of chores, and consistent attendance in our private school, Treasure Coast Boys Academy gives a once troubled  teenage boy a second chance at a successful 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. Treasure Coast Boys Academy 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 resident express heartfelt thanks for the transformation they saw in their son.

To read more of what parents and students are saying, and to find out more about how our boys ranch can offer restoration in your family, we invite you to read 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 Immokalee, FL.