Ironwood School offers valuable resources and activities for parents to participate in to maximize their involvement, learning and growth. The Ironwood Parent Connect website posts pictures of various student activities as well as progress reports from the Academic and Therapeutic Departments. These updates provide helpful insights to what your child is working on as well as the progress they are making in specific areas. Student photos give parents a virtual photo album of what their child is participating in, from animal therapy to recreational activities and farm projects to field trips. Our student photos keep you abreast of what your child is doing.
Ironwood Parent Connect Website
Ironwood parents also can take online courses to improve their parenting skills. Ironwood has partnered with ParentIQ and has made their online parenting courses available to you for FREE through
Ironwood Parent Connect website. These courses are designed to increase parents' awareness of parenting principles and incorporate specific skills to empower parents to make the most of their Ironwood experience. These courses are also helpful to ensure parents create a different environment for their child upon their return home. To get started just send an email to Ironwood giving Ironwood permission to sign you up. For example, “I give Ironwood permission to sign me up for Free to ParentIQ and share my contact information." Once your email is received, you will be signed up and the same user name and password will work for both web sites. Once you sign in to your Parent Connect web site, just click on the Parent Courses link and log in with your current parent connect user name and password. It's that easy. If you have questions, please contact Shari at ParentIQ at 888-326-5947x103 or 949-709-0536.
Web Resources and Articles for Parents
Interested in reading more about adolescent treatment topics? We've compiled links to some of the nation's leading associations and resources such as the National Mental Health Association, Mental Health America, and other organizations offering free information, publications, videos and fact sheets on topics including ADD, ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, bereavement, bullying, conduct disorder, depression, eating disorders, OCD, ODD, teen cutting and self-injury, substance abuse, teen suicide and when and where to find help for your child.
Read more in our Adolescent Treatment Directory.
Ironwood Blogs
Various departments at Ironwood also sponsor a blog where they update parents on different activities, issues being addressed as well as sharing insights that students are experiencing. Just go to the main page of the Parent Connect Web site and click on the department's blog you are interested in or click on a link from the list below. We are sure you will find this interesting.
Farm House Blog
Frye Blog
Aftercare Blog
Academic Blog
Mentor Blog
Animal Therapy Blog
Fitness Blog
Ironwood Articles
Ironwood Maine: Animal Assisted Therapy Beneficial in Treating Troubled Teens
Ironwood Maine: Teen Depression: Ten Signs That Your Teen May Be Depressed
Ironwood Maine: Use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Treating Troubled Teens
Ironwood Maine: Your Teen Has Been Expelled From School. Now What?
Ironwood Maine: Out of Control Teens: Five Warning Signs That Your Teen Needs Immediate Help
Ironwood Maine: Is Your Teen Failing School? What Parents Can Do About Poor School Progress Reports
Ironwood Maine: How Therapeutic Boarding Schools Benefit Struggling Teens
Ironwood Maine: Teen Therapy: New Approaches in Treating Troubled Teens Bring Results
Ironwood Maine: Declining Grades, Behavior Changes: Warning Signs for Parents of Troubled Teens
