The Need for Connection: Unlimited Connectivity and Its Limiting Effect on Adolescent Relationships
Shepherd’s Hill Academy is excited to share the below post from Gabb Wireless, featuring Elise Thrift, our Clinical Director. Gabb Wireless offers a cellular device (and network) designed specifically for teens to help combat…
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Benefits of Long-term Behavioral Health Facilities
When a teen needs help overcoming serious behavioral issues, parents may consider enrolling their child in a residential behavioral treatment facility or program. Parents can choose between a short-term and long-term residential treatment program.…
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Combating Digital Addiction Among Teenagers
Shepherd’s Hill Academy is a long-term behavioral treatment program for troubled teenagers, and digital addiction is one of the most common behavioral issues among new residents. Broadly speaking, digital addiction is the compulsive use…
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Trace Embry and the Founding Story of Shepherd’s Hill Academy
Trace and Beth Embry founded Shepherd’s Hill Academy, and they currently work as Shepherd’s Hill Academy’s directors. As a police officer and entrepreneur in the 1980s’ Chicago area, Trace Embry never imagined that his…
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Shepherd’s Hill Academy Introduces New Principal & Academic Growth
Interview with Mrs. Gail Dickerson, ED.S. Gail, What is Your Educational Background? “I started my teaching career fresh out of college in 1986. I taught in many different situations over the course of my 33-year…
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SHA Directors Attend DC Fly-In For Mental Health
Northeast GA Residents Go to Capitol Hill to Discuss Youth and Mental Health Issues Martin, GA — Northeast Georgia (Martin) residents, Allison and Joshua Wallace, both program representatives for Shepherd’s Hill Academy, Martin, Georgia, went…
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