STUDENT PROFILE
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Transitional, therapeutic boarding school for adolescents at-risk & teenagers with experiential education, emotional growth, & college prep academics!
New Summit Academy Costa Rica
Strengths of NSA students include:
 | Goal of attending college | |
| Passionate about an interest | |
| Desire to improve relationships & | |
| environment | ||
| Artistic &/or musical | |
| Intelligent | |
| Active & athletic | |
| Technology savvy | |
| Ability to be introspective & | |
| empathetic | ||
| Creative | |
| Accountable for decisions | |
| Interested in gaining healthier | |
| coping mechanisms & learning how to tkae healthier risks in their lives |
Many NSA applicants struggle with one or
more of the following difficulties:
more of the following difficulties:
| Anxiety &/or depression | |
| Identity, adoption, or attachment | |
| Self-esteem & confidence | |
| Decision-making & problem-solving | |
| Learning motivation & engagement | |
| Different learning styles | |
| Slower processing speed | |
| Attention difficulties | |
| Unhealthy coping skills, including | |
| isolation or substance use | ||
| Sense of entitlement | |
| Parent-Child Relational Conflict | |
| ODD | |
| Adjustment | |
| Social anxiety, awkwardness, or | |
| isolation |
- Students come directly from home, from wilderness programs, or from successful
completion of another therapeutic boarding school or program. NSA helps them integrate
what they have learned previously into their lives through milieu therapy & personal growth
goals, college-prep academics & support, & experiential education activities that not only
build confidence, identity, & a sense of cultural awareness, but also give them a "resume" of
unique experiences for college applications.
- Students have shown a desire to gain more self-awareness, insight, independence, and
better decision-making skills. They benefit from a step-down therapeutic environment before
a transition back home or to college.
- They are also open to living in a cooperative, supportive family-style environment that
encourages students to take healthy risks by exploring, learning about, and embracing the
Costa Rican community.
| What kind of student applies to NSA? Gender: All boys Ages: 15-18 Grades: 10-13 IQ: Average to Very Superior |
