CCA Quick Facts

• CCA offers all girls a comprehensive array of therapeutics, including individual, family and group counseling, and substance abuse and DBT therapy, when indicated
• CCA offers a much loved and beneficial equine therapy program to all girls
• CCA encourages physical health through frequent sporting and athletic events, such as hiking trips, fitness sessions, team sports and competitive team sports
• CCA recognizes the value of leadership experiences and provides ample opportunity for each student to grow as a team member and a team leader
• The CCA academic program is college prep based and will get each girl up to or beyond appropriate grade level achievement by program completion
• Lengths of stay range typically between 12 months and 18 months. Open admission, small class sizes and a year round curriculum allow for program entry at any point in the academic year.

Located in beautiful Central Arizona, students are comfortably housed in our plantation like campus and make good use of the natural surroundings for frequent nature outings and other outdoor activities.

What Type of Girl Benefits from CCA?

Some typical problems/behaviors of girls entering into CCA include:

• Substance abuse
• Anger and poor anger management
• Diminished self esteem and self confidence
• Lying
• Defiance behaviors – problems with authority
• Low impulse control
• Cheating or stealing
• Running away
• Causes family strife
• Can’t get along with friends or family
• Anxiety or depression
• Manipulative behaviors
• Egotistical/self centered behaviors
• Entitlement
• Risky behaviors
• A lack of motivation, focus or achievement
• Body image problems
• Others

We take in young girls manifesting the behavioral symptoms of underlying problems and help them grow emotionally, mentally, spiritually, academically and socially, so that with their newfound internal strengths and confidence, they may leave CCA as girls transformed to their full potential.

Therapeutics

The CCA therapeutic program is integrated into daily life, the academic curriculum, the living environment and to challenging outdoor outings. We help girls discover their true inner strength to grow socially, emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically. Some of the formal therapeutic techniques used include:

• Individual therapy
• Group therapy
• Family therapy
• Family workshops and seminars
• DBT therapy
• Substance abuse counseling
• 12 steps meetings
• EMDR
• Canine therapy
• Equine therapy
• Yoga
• Others

Girls grow socially through respectful cohabitation and through a shared enjoyment in daily social and recreational events; girls rarely leave CCA without a few lifelong friends!

Academics

Some students come into CCA after years of academic underachievement; we will provide intensive tutoring tailored to each student’s learning style and we will help each girl experience the thrill of great academic achievement.

Our high school curriculum is experiential and classroom based and offers students a wide array of courses that demand critical thinking skills and which encourage a lifelong love of learning.

Since many students come into CCA displaying above average intelligence and below average grades, we assist each student to develop better time management, study skills and organizational capabilities – skills that will serve each girl well in the college future.

CCA is accredited and licensed and high school credits are fully transferable. Teachers at CCA are either master’s level experts or credentialed Arizona educators.

Equine Therapy

Girls at CCA have the opportunity to participate in animal assisted therapies, such as canine therapy or much loved equine therapy. Equine therapy works very well for girls who have failed to respond to conventional therapeutic techniques. Girls who may be oppositional in talk therapy sessions at the beginning of treatment have difficulty maintaining their shell when caring for a horse or a dog, and this can lead to progressive gains outside of the animal assisted therapy milieu.

Students always enjoy equine and canine therapy, and these animal assisted therapies are included in the tuition costs and offered as an adjunct therapy to all girls.