Ironwood, a state licensed Residential Therapeutic School for teens 13 to 18 located in the scenic countryside of mid-coast Maine, works with troubled child in a safe and therapeutic learning environment. Licensed mental health professionals await the opportunity to help re-engage your teen and reunite your family. Ironwood is a residential treatment center committed to helping families in crisis with troubled teens. Ironwood assesses and treats the causes of unruly behavior, while providing self-esteem building activities and life-enriching experiences along with academic studies. They strive to reunite youth and their families through clinical therapy, animal therapy, discipline, hard work, and shared experiences in a safe, secure, and therapeutic learning environment.

Unlike other facilities, intensive therapeutic intervention sessions are the mainstay of Ironwood’s 6- to 9-month therapeutic program in which your teen progresses through productive behavioral changes. As a state-approved school, Ironwood’s academic program ensures your teen maintains his or her educational objectives and also has opportunities to earn additional credits. Ironwood offers a highly structured treatment program with intensive daily counseling, group sessions, satisfying physical work, adventure-based experiences, and a wide range of special interest programs including equestrian, canine, art, culinary, horticulture, and nature therapy studies.