• Low academic performance despite high potential
• Defiance toward parents and/or authority
• Anger toward parents and siblings
• Low self-esteem, destructive behaviors
• Experimenting with drugs or alcohol
• Running away
• Sullen and/or "shut-down"
• Inability to live within parental boundaries and rules
• Manipulative behavior and/or lying
• Adoption or divorce issues
• Struggling with identity or goals
• Lacking constructive purpose or meaning in life

At Scotts Valley School, students live in a positive and non-punitive environment which inspires and honors responsible choice, and which helps each student identify irresponsible choices and the negative self-beliefs which support them. Through our therapeutic program, students become increasingly aware of the choices they make which create the results they are standing in at each moment. They learn that they are free to choose a great, joyful and inspiring life or one filled with regret and pain. And they learn that leaning into life’s struggles is the key.

Our campus location in southern Oregon provides the perfect combination of activities, therapy, and accredited secondary education.

Our Academic Program includes a comprehensive and fully-accredited college prep curriculum complete with advanced placement and honors courses. Students who complete high school with us have the opportunity of receiving their High School Diploma from our local public high school, where they may also be involved in sports and other staff-supervised activities which keep them integrated in real life activities and actively practicing their integrity without the risks of failure.

"I can't thank you enough! I got my daughter back! And she's so much more honest and real! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!"

Mother of student, 2010

Parents and family members are invited to participate in the therapeutic program through completing the Quest and Focus Family Seminars which are held at the majestically beautiful Big-K Guest Ranch near our campus. Completing these seminars provides families of our students with the specific skills necessary to maximize success when they return home. And the success skills which are learned and practiced through these powerful seminars provide a home environment which fosters honesty, commitment, inspiration and real communication without defensiveness. Skills learned in these seminars become a way of life which greatly improves work skills, relationship skills, and the focus needed for maximizing success in all aspects of life.

One parent wrote: “These seminars changed my life. It’s like I woke up at 47.”

To enroll in the next Quest and Focus Family Seminars, click on the following links: