Collaborators
EXCEL Academy of Texas is privileged to work with many collaborators in providing services to our students and families. Below highlights some of the professionals we partner with as well as groups or organizations for which we maintain membership, are credentialed by or associate with in order to provide the most current, professional and quality care and support to our clients.
Educational Consultants
EXCEL Academy of Texas works with these independent professionals in helping families identify and make the most of out of a residential placement. Many of these individuals are members of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (www.iecaonline.org) and pride themselves in maintaining high ethical standards and up-to-date knowledge of particular programs, schools and service providers so as to serve the family as an unbiased resource for helping them place their son or daughter.
NATSAP
EXCEL Academy of Texas is a proud and active member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. Many of our staff are also professionally affiliated with this industry trade association and participate in professional development conferences and workshops sponsored by this group. We also adhere to the ethical standards (www.natsap.org/principles_main.asp) set forth by member organizations and pride ourselves in being active in leading the industry in the areas of greater transparency, communication and quality services.
SACS and CITA
EXCEL Academy of Texas is an accredited college preparatory boarding school by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (www.sacs.org) and by the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (www.citaschools.org). Our staff are active in attending professional development conferences and we are constantly updating and enhancing our services to meet these organizations stringent requirements.
Short-term Intervention and Therapeutic Wilderness Programs
As a Sober Academy modeled Therapeutic Boarding School, EXCEL Academy of Texas needs to ensure our students are appropriately placed with us and are in the frame of mind to work our relational, 12 step based program. To that end, many of our students may be recommended to first complete a wilderness program or other short-term intervention whereby they may receive a full range of psychological, substance abuse and educational testing and assessments, participate in self-esteem building activities, and begin to identify and address some of the issues that have led to their family's decision to send them to a residential school. These pre-requisites for many of our students help them get into a "treatment ready" state and therefore make the most out of EXCEL Academy of Texas experience. Students who are destined for EXCEL may first be recommended to attend either a wilderness program or drug/alcohol treatment facility and then will be transferred to EXCEL Academy of Texas directly. For more information contact the EXCEL Admissions Team at 800-260-9178. To review examples of therapeutic wilderness programs, go to www.aspeneducation.com/Outdoor-edu.html.
Association of Recovery Schools
EXCEL Academy of Texas is a proud member of the Association of Recovery Schools (www.recoveryschools.org), a professional association of sober high schools and colleges. The mission of this organization is to advocate for the promotion, strengthening, and expansion of secondary and post-secondary programs designed for students and families committed to achieving success in both education and recovery. They promote the "Seven C's" model for leadership development in social change. The Seven C's are: Consciousness, Congruency, Commitment, Collaboration, Common Purpose, Controversy with Civility, Citizenship.