Former Intensive Day Treatment Student

Igniting a spark that grows

When I started high school, I ran into trouble from the start. To me, it seemed a very different world with a lot of responsibilities and peer pressure, not to mention consequences. In the first semester of my freshman year, all odds were against me. I was truant from school and experimenting with alcohol.

I soon found myself in the court system. From there, I was court-ordered to attend the Woodland Hills Intensive Day Treatment (IDT) program. I entered the program with no credits for the first semester. But during nine months in the program, I was able to complete and earn all required credits for my ninth grade year. The IDTprogram helped me in so many ways. With the help of the staff and teachers, I focused on my problems, learned how to avoid peer pressure and graduated high school.

Today I am married with three children. I started my own business – a staffing agency – that has successfully grown to a national coverage company and has been continuously doubling in sales each year. I have also attended the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois. "The Intensive Day Treatment program helped me in so many ways."