Boarding Schools with Horse Riding Therapy

Aspen Ranch
Located in Loa, Utah, Aspen Ranch is a co-ed licensed residential treatment center with a nationally renowned equine therapy program. The Ranch helps troubled teens and their families by combining an academic structure with intensive therapeutic milieu to create positive change emotionally, as well as academically. Adolescents develop a strong work ethic while at the Ranch through the fundamental characteristics of responsibility, discipline, respect and teamwork. Aspen Ranch is NPS-certified in the state of California. Contact Aspen Ranch >>

Turn-About Ranch
Turn-About Ranch is a high-impact therapy program on a working horse and cow ranch that emphasizes family values and relationships. This co-ed program is located in Escalante, Utah and is licensed as a residential treatment center for adolescents between the ages of 12-18. Turn-About Ranch has been featured twice in the Brat Camp series of TV programs in the UK and Europe. Contact Turn-About Ranch >>

Copper Canyon Academy
The Equestrian Therapy program at Copper Canyon Academy is especially valuable troubled teenage girls who have a history of not responding well to traditional "talk therapy", to girls with attachment/bonding issues, and with adolescent girls who are simply oppositional and resistant. Copper Canyon Academy, in Rimrock, Arizona, offers equestrian therapy as an addition to the existing individual and group therapy that is currently provided to all students. Contact Copper Canyon Academy >>