Students at Waterfall Canyon Academy have been identifying their problems for years. Solution focus therapy preferes to focus on the solution. We help you and your child identify solutions and shift the focus from the negativity of the problems to the positivity of solutions.

Similar to Solution Focus, the focus of Person Centered Therapy is not as much about the student’s problems but the student themselves. The therapeutic relationship is centered in genuine positive regard and empathy. Although there may be maladaptive behaviors, the students themselves, are viewed in a positive nature and treated as such. This empowers and motivates the students in the therapeutic process.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, allows students to focus on how their own thoughts and beliefs about the world around them effect their emotions and behaviors. By learning to confront distorted thought patterns and reframing them they attain a more regulated emotional state and learn to respond and not react.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that has a greater focus on emotional and social aspects. Many students at Waterfall Canyon Academy struggle with intense emotional responses that interfere with their ability to appropriately interact socially. The four components of DBT (Mindfulness, Interpersonal Skills, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation) allow them to better respond to emotionally stimulating triggers and regulate more quickly.

This style is often used with students that are more resistant to therapy and more oppositional. This technique avoids telling students what to do and instead focuses on understanding the motivation, listening with empathy and empowering individuals to set and achieve goals.

Waterfall Canyon Academy teaches, models, and role plays appropriate social skills daily, formally and informally, at every opportunity with our students. Additionally students attend Aggression Replacement Training (ART) in a group setting that focuses on anger management and social skills training called “Skill Streaming.”  Students learn the “Anger Control Chain” coupled with healthy social skills that strengthen their positive social interactions, emotional regulation and overall pro-social skills.

Brain mapping is a non-invasive method of analyzing brainwave dysregulation by recording and measuring electrical activity in the brain. The process takes about an hour. After a brain map is recorded we can then identify areas of dysregulation and develop protocols for Neurofeedback which helps strengthen and regulate dysregulated areas in the brain.