SUWS Admissions

Each struggling teen applicant is reviewed by admissions and clinical staff to assess the applicant's behavioral history and psychological or educational testing, if applicable. We offer a secure online application for admission.

Clinical Criteria

The following behaviors or issues are common in some or all of our struggling teen students. The severity of these presenting issues will be assessed to determine whether placement is appropriate:

ADD/ADHD
Anxiety Disorder
Chemical Dependency or Substance Abuse
Mood Disorders
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Specific Developmental Disorders or Learning Differences

Exclusions

There are a number of psychiatric, emotional, and behavioral conditions that may preclude admission and thereby warrant further evaluation by the treatment team:

Antisocial personality disorder
Dissociative disorder
Extreme suicide risk
History or potential for violence
Intermittent explosive disorder

Personality disorders
Psychosis
Severe chronic depression
Severe eating disorders
Severe self-mutilation

To submit an online application, follow these two steps:

1. Complete our secure online application (links are below)

Online Application

To fill out an application for the first time, or fill out an application for a new student, click the button below.

If you have already started the application process and want to return to it, click the button below.

2. Complete the Enrollment Agreement

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Questions about the admissions process? Click here for all of the answers

If you have technical difficulties with the online application, please fill out our web support form

SUWS employees are guided by the principles: Youth and Family, Growth, Teamwork, and Service

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