Turning Winds
About Turning Winds
Turning Winds Academic Institute’s teen boarding school is a community of academic and therapeutic professionals focused on helping teens find their way past troubles and challenges to a path of engaged and productive living.
TWAI is accredited by two of the most recognized respected secondary academic accrediting bodies in the United States. We are fully accredited by Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC) and National Independent Private Schools Association (NIPSA). Our teen boarding school accepts children between the ages of 13 and 18. Turning Winds Academic Institute, a specialty private boarding school, can accept enrollment of approximately 45 students. The entire program averages approximately 12 months.
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Meet the Staff
Owen Baisden
Chief Operating Officer
Owen Baisden oversees the day-to-day operations of Turning Winds. Owen has a breadth of knowledge and experience in working with teens and their families in many different settings and capacities. Owen has worked with teens and families for nearly 17 years, helping nearly a thousand teens who have come through our program. This experience has allowed him to understand the “change†process and to become effective in connecting with and inspiring teens to work through their challenges, and help them to build a life of purpose and well-being.
April Christman
Clinical Director
April has been working with youth and families for more than a decade, after having gone through a wilderness intervention program and young adult transitional program herself. April has worked with youth in a wide variety of settings including a primitive wilderness intervention program, residential, outpatient, intensive outpatient programs, home-based services and school-based services.
Fees/Payments
- Sliding Scale: No
- Free In-Person Consult: No
- Free Phone Consult: No
- Out of Network: No
- Malpractice Insurance: No
Practice Specialties
- Inpatient Drug Rehab for Teenagers
- Residential Treatment Centers for Teens
- Therapeutic Boarding Schools for Teens
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