Building Trust in Activities, Building a Future with Life Skills

Students participating in a trail ride.

Students participate in a variety of activities that are designed compliment treatment by providing more avenues for building insight, confidence, trust, assertiveness, & teamwork. As teens advance through the program, they earn more trust and are permitted to participate in more activities.

Activies that teens particpate in during treatment may include:

    Troubled Teen Girl Builds Trust Through Rappelling
  • Our Annual Cattle Drive
  • Going out to Movies
  • Bowling
  • Water Skiing
  • Ice Skating
  • Skiing
  • Snowboarding
  • Tubing
  • Hiking/Back Packing
  • Going out to Dinners
  • Trail Rides
  • Appropriate Concerts
  • Talent Shows
  • Field Trips
  • Ropes Courses
  • Playing Sports & Games
  • Offering service at Local civic functions, nursing homes, and centers for the handicapped

Life Skills

As students gain trust and progress through the program they are encouraged to look beyond treatment at things they will need to do to not only create successful relationships, but to be sucessful in life as well.

Life skills that students gain while at Turnabout may include, getting a job, performing administrative tasks, service, learning to budget money, being trustworthy & dependable, value of teamwork, assertivenesss, & good communication to name a few.


Turnabout Stillwater Academy: Activities