Midwest Academy is a self-contained school for troubled teens in Keokuk. The academy combines a self-paced teaching framework, within which students receive optimal teacher and classroom support and assistance, with seminars and workshops designed to teach teenagers trust, integrity, responsibility, the repercussions of actions and ways to deal with anger. The school holds seminars for parents outside the academy to help impart healthy coping and parenting techniques for dealing with troubled teens. Midwest Academy maintains an open-door policy that allows parents to visit and tour the school as they please.
Midwest Academy
2516 340th St.
Keokuk, IA 52632
319-524-3560
midwestacademy.net
Tanager Place is a psychiatric institution in Cedar Rapids serving children ages 5 to 17. For troubled teens with social or psychological problems that make them incapable of attending school in a normal setting, Tanager Place combines creative, specialized education with the psychiatric care required to ensure that students will be fully functioning members of society once they leave. An on-site Expressive Arts facility teaches teens constructive methods of dealing with emotional problems.
Tanager Place
2309 C St. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
319-365-9164
tanagerplace.org
The Promise Academy of Marshalltown is run by the Christian nonprofit organization Quakerdale. The Promise Academy is not a school, but a community living environment for troubled teens who have suffered abuse, violence or neglect. It accepts students ages 10 to 16 and works in partnership with the Marshalltown public school system. Teens attend Marshalltown schools while living at the academy, which provides a safe, stable environment while teaching self-worth, responsibility, community, leadership and the principles of Christian living. Promise Academy works closely with schools to ensure that teens are doing well academically and socially.
Promise Academy
1909 Summit St.
Marshalltown, IA 50158
641-752-3912
quakerdale.org