Troubled Teens Resources

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder certainly seems a precursor for teen age drug abuse and out-of-control behavior when handled incorrectly or left undiagnosed. The likelihood of a troubled teen falling more into a negative and resentful mind frame as a result of ADD related poor school performance and erratic behavior is almost certain unless interventions are introduced.

Such an intervention worked wonders for one ADD teen.

“Like other high school graduates, Isaac Castleberry feels a little uncertain about his future. But not so long ago, the future seemed even darker. A lifetime of struggling with attention-deficit disorder and a learning disability in reading had left the teenager and his parents, Charlotte and Frank Castleberry of Gainesville, frustrated and searching for answers.

School simply didn’t work.

“My son was putting in time,” said his mother.

Graduation with a B average seemed improbable at one time.

But Isaac, now 18, has accomplished just that through Success Oriented Achievement Realized, or SOAR, a North Carolina-based “high-adventure program” for students and adults with learning disabilities and attention-deficit disorder or attention-deficit hyperactive disorder.

“Looking back, if I could have (gone to the school) my whole life, I would have,” Isaac said.”
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It is an all too common example where public schools, for all their best efforts, failed to work effectively. Be it a troubled teen boarding school with programs similar to SOAR, or summer brat camps or a military boarding school, parents often find the most effective therapies and behavioral programs outside the mainstream public school system.