Turn About Ranch Helps Struggling Teens Become Successful Students

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Like an eternally optimistic fan of an underachieving sports team, "wait 'til next year!" has become your mantra regarding your teen's continued frustrations in school.

Next year, he'll start applying himself.

Next year, she'll get teachers who understand her better.

Next year, you won't have all those arguments at home, get all those phone calls from the school, spend all those sleepless nights wondering when things are finally going to get better.

Well, next year is here – and it's already looking a lot like email data other one. The work remains undone, the behavior remains unacceptable, the potential remains unfulfilled. It's starting to become painfully clear that the next year you've been waiting and hoping for is never going to get here.

Fortunately, waiting and hoping aren't your only options.

Changing Behaviors, Improving Lives

On a historic working cattle ranch in Escalante, Utah, teenagers who once struggled to complete even the simplest tasks, and who routinely refused even the most modest requests from their parents and teachers, are waking up early, working hard all day, and going to bed with the pride of achievement and the motivation to accomplish even more tomorrow.

As its name indicates, Turn-About Ranch is a place where behaviors are changed and lives are improved.

Designed to help underachieving teens who have been exhibiting signs of rebellion, defiance and hostility, Turn-About Ranch provides students with the guidance they need to identify, address and overcome issues and behaviors that have been preventing them from achieving to their true potential.

From innovative therapeutic interventions to personalized educational opportunities to hands-on experience with the restorative powers of a hard day's work, Turn-About Ranch challenges and inspires teens in an environment that emphasizes integrity, responsibility and personal accountability.

"We work hard at Turn-About Ranch, but we don't use work as punishment," said the program's Executive Director, Luke Hatch. "Work is a reward; it's something to be proud of. There's value in being tired at the end of the day, and feeling proud of what you've accomplished."