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

While you look for military schools or boot camps in Winter Haven, 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 Teen Challenge, a highly-endorsed ministry that has been helping teenagers for 60 years. Rather than 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 breaking destructive patterns of behavior. Unlike military schools and boot camps you may find near Winter Haven, FL, we believe that relationships are what make a long-term difference in a boy, not more anger, yelling and force.

Families register their sons at Treasure Coast Boys Academy from across the country, including from Winter Haven, Florida, both to let them experience a new environment and to benefit from the caring and fun environment they find here. Enrollment is year-round.

You are Seeking for Military Schools or Boot Camps in Winter Haven, Florida Because You Likely See these Troublesome Signs that Something is Wrong with Your Teenage Boy

• Profound 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
• Changes in sleep patterns (up well into the night, tired during the day)
• Consuming way too much food, or way too little, or binging at night
• Paranoia – 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
• Uncontrolled spending or money from the home disappearing.

Treasure Coast is a troubled teen boys ranch that enrolls 50 boys, ages 12 to 17, at our residential boarding school located on 30 acres surrounded by working ranches and orchards. During the program, we emphasize character, integrity, hard work, and respect. We cultivate an environment of positive peer pressure. We give boys responsibility for work projects and special events on campus to keep them engaged in what is their home away from home. We want to see boys grow 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 Great Alternative to Military Schools and Boot Camps for Boys from Winter Haven, FL

At Treasure Coast Boys Academy, we keep boys 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. The summit of the program is a breathtaking wilderness experience in the mountains of North Carolina during the last month of the boys’ residency. Whitewater rafting, hiking, camping, and other adventures show that life can be at the same time adventuresome and constructive.

While we hold individual, group, and family counseling in traditional settings, we know that most life-changing encounters tend to occur during outdoor activities and during ordinary situations. Counseling is offered frequently during the day, in all settings, through conversations with mentors during chores or recreation. We place a strong emphasis on mentorship, providing the boys with positive male role models during their residence with us.

Our on-campus school on the boys ranch operates year-round to give boys the occasion to take care of missed credits. We have on-campus teachers who support the boy’s education and tutor individual boys. Boys from Winter Haven, Florida quickly catch up on missed coursework or move ahead.

It is our conviction that the most important change is a heart change — believing  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 offers a once troubled  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. 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 students express heartfelt gratitude for the transformation they saw in their son.

To read more of what families and students are saying, and to find out more about how our boys ranch can bring 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 Winter Haven, FL.