Sandhills Alternative Academy LLC

A creative caring wilderness day-camp environment that helps children recognize their potential, set goals, fulfill their dreams, and find success. Sandhills Alternative Academy is a nationally accredited organization.

Our Program’s Focus

To provide children with emotional and behavioral problems a positive, structured individualized and challenging therapeutic environment in order to foster social competencies and personal potential.

Our Program’s Purpose

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Mental Health Treatment Services

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Do not treat opiod addiction

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• State mental health department
• Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

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Language Services

• Spanish

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adolescents
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence

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Ancillary Services

• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Relapse prevention

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

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