Director of Admissions
Amy Nimmo, LCPC
Admissions Email
Admissions Phone
Physical Address
9705 Lost Prairie Road
Marion,
MT

Montana Academy is a therapeutic boarding school for struggling teenagers. Since its founding in 1997, it continues to offer a unique approach to adolescent treatment. Montana Academy combines well-trained clinicians, an effective therapeutic program and a challenging prep school, all situated on a remote Montana ranch. In the years since its opening, the Academy has fulfilled its promise and continues to deliver a remarkable combination of clinical sophistication, staged incentives and ambitious academics.
At the Academy we take a distinctive psychiatric approach to adolescent troubles. We recognize that any presenting symptoms and misbehaviors—at school, at home, and among social peers—result from a relative immaturity. For this reason, instead of limiting treatment to symptom relief (pills or brief therapies), we pursue a two-step diagnosis and dual treatment:
(A) to identify and then to remove, insofar as possible, the obstacles to psychological development; (B) to prod students to achieve new psychological milestones and so to restore the momentum of normal maturation.
Montana Academy’s clinical, academic and program structures are founded upon the understanding that to help struggling teens; we must work towards a restoration of normal adolescent maturity contributing to students’ academic and interpersonal success. The Academy’s preeminence as a therapeutic boarding school is built upon this premise as we continue to deliver a rich and transformative experience for adolescents, young adults and their families.
General Information
Private Company - Owners On-Site
Privately Owned
Montana Academy
Residential Treatment
No
14 - 17
Yes
Yes
12 Months
70
Rural
Quads
Students are Always in "Line-of-Sight" with staff
No
HIGH: Family Expected on weekly calls (or more) & to attend all family workshops (weekly , monthly or quarterly)
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
Insurance
Call for more Information
Contractor
No
Therapy - Individual
Yes, part of the program cost
3 Hours
2
All therapists are licensed by the state of operation
10 Clients
No
Therapy - Group
Yes
6 Hours
0 Hours
2 Hours
Yes
Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs
Treatment Modalities
Staff
1:8
Yes
Yes
College Degree
60 Hours
Academic
9 - 12
1:8
Traditional teacher-led class
Yes
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Year Round School (either quarters, trimester, semesters)
No
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Tests
Classes
Yes
Transition Programming
Yes
Transition House Associated With Program
Family Or Student Coaching Support For Certain Amount
No
> 50%
Accreditation
Nuts & Bolts
Yes
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Call for more information
$7000 - $10,000 / month
Glacier International Airport [FCA]
1 Hours
> 50%
No
Yes
We are active contributors to Outcomes study with the University of New Hampshire as well as doing our own 1 and 5 year outcome studies
Infectious Disease
Major Injury | Death
24 Hours
General Information
Private Company - Owners On-Site
Privately Owned
Montana Academy
Mission Statement
Montana Academy provides a safe, therapeutic environment for developmental maturation. The Academy encourages healthy relationships, academic excellence and the development of life skills.