Acceptance Criteria

Lake House Academy is a therapeutic boarding school designed for girls, ages 12 - 15 upon enrollment.

Lake House Academy screens each student interested in enrolling on a case-by-case basis, to ensure she is an appropriate candidate for admission.

A Lake House girl is typically struggling at home in one or all of the following areas of development:

Family

• Inability to adhere to rules or limits
• Defiance towards her parents/ Family conflict
• Grief/Loss
• Adoption Issues

Emotional

• Immaturity
• Impulsivity
• Inability to control her anger
• Tantrums
• Difficulty obtaining healthy attachment with others
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Treated self-harm

Academics

• Difficulty maintaining grade level performance at school
• School refusal/School Phobias
• Non-Verbal Learning Disability
• ADHD/ADD
• Disorganization
• Difficulty picking up on social cues
• Trouble making and/or keeping friends
• Social Phobias
• Inability to express emotions/feelings

Physical

• Loss of interest/participation in previously enjoyed activities
• Easily influenced by others (no sense of self)
• TRANSITIONAL/RESILIENCY
• Self Esteem
• Extreme Rigidity
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Lake House Academy screens each student interested in enrolling on a case-by-case basis, to ensure she is an appropriate candidate for admission. While the typical Lake House girl may exhibit a few, or many, of the characteristics and behaviors found on the LHA student profile page, there are also exclusionary criteria that would make an applicant an inappropriate fit for Lake House Academy.