National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs

The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) is a United States organization of therapeutic schools, residential treatment programs, wilderness programs, outdoor therapeutic programs, young adult programs and home-based residential programs for adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral difficulties. It was formed in January 1999.

NATSAP is not an accrediting or licensing body. In order to be members, schools and programs are required to be in full compliance with NATSAP's published Ethical Principles and Principles of Good Practice. However, in United States House Committee on Education and Labor hearings in October 2007, NATSP Director Jan Moss stated that the organization had no process for checking up on this compliance, nor correcting any programs that stray from these guidelines..

The organization publishes a professional journal, the Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, conducts conferences and workshops, and publishes a directory of its members.

Members of NATSAP

As of 2010, current and past members of NATSAP include:

• Academy at Sisters
• Academy at Swift River
• Adirondack Leadership Expeditions
• Alpine Academy
• ANASAZI Foundation
• Applewood Academy for Progressive Learning
• Aspen Achievement Academy
• Aspen Institute for Behavioral Assessment
• Aspen Ranch
• Aspiro
• Auldern Academy
• Benchmark Young Adult School
• Birdseye Boys Ranch
• Boulder Creek Academy
• Bridges Academy
• Bromley Brook School
• Building Bridges
• CALO (Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks)
• Caron Adolescent Residential Treatment Center
• Catalyst Residential Treatment, LLC
• Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Programs
• Cedar Ridge Academy
• Center for Change
• Chaddock
• Cherokee Creek Boys School
• Cherry Gulch
• Chrysalis
• Clearview Horizon, Inc.
• Copper Canyon Academy
• Copper Hills Youth Center
• Coral Reef Academy
• Cottonwood de Tucson
• Cumberland Heights/River Road Academy
• Daybreak Canyon
• Decision Point Center
• Diamond Ranch Academy - Crystal Springs/Whisper Creek
• Diamond Ranch Academy - Stone Ridge/Lava Falls
• Discovery Academy
• Discovery Ranch
• The Discovery Schools of Virginia
• Dragonfly Transitions and Adventures
• Eagle Summit
• Eagleton School, Inc.
• Eastwood Center
• Echo Springs Transition Study Center
• Eckerd Academy at Brooksville
• Eckerd Academy at Deer Lodge
• Eckerd Academy at Blue Ridge
• Élan School
• Elk Mountain Academy
• Estrella Vista Ranch
• Evangel Ranch Christian Academy
• Explorations
• F. L. Chamberlain School
• Falcon Ridge Ranch Academy
• Family Foundation School
• Family Life Center
• Florence Crittenton's Center for Pregnant and Parenting Teens
• Four Circles Recovery Center
• Gatehouse Academy
• Gray Wolf Ranch
• Graydon Manor
• Greenbrier Academy for Girls
• Grove School
• Heart Mountain New Beginnings
• Heritage Schools
• Hunter School
• In Balance Ranch Academy
• Innercept
• Intermountain
• Ironwood
• Island View RTC
• John Dewey Academy (no longer a member)
• The Journey, LLC (The Journey at Mount Pleasant)
• Mission Mountain School (no longer a member)
• Montana Academy
• Mount Bachelor Academy (no longer a member)
• New Leaf Academy
• Stone Mountain School (no longer a member)
• Wediko NH School and Treatment Program

External links

• NATSAP official website

Further reading

• Maia Szalavitz (2006), Help at Any Cost, Riverhead. ISBN 1594489106. A former senior fellow of the Statistical Assessment Service at George Mason University offers a thoroughly researched critique of the troubled-teen industry, which includes an ethical guide for parents with troubled teenagers.