Recovery schools move to adapt to higher-need student cohort

Academically focused recovery high schools for youths with substance use disorders aren't considered treatment programs and usually aren't affiliated with treatment centers, but several recent trends have forced some of these programs to include more treatment-like components. Chief among these developments, according to the executive director of one of the nation's oldest recovery high schools, is the relative absence of adolescent treatment services in most communities, meaning that youths often arrive to these academic settings with limited skills for recovery.