Back-to-School Blueprint: A Four-Week Intensive
Returning to school during recovery can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone.
Relapse Prevention Support.
Alsana’s Back-to-School Blueprint creates a thoughtful bridge between treatment and the classroom, supporting recovery alongside real-life routines, relationships, and responsibilities.
Designed for adolescents and young adults preparing for or returning to the school environment, this four-week intensive helps clients build practical tools and emotional resilience in real time. Each week focuses on a core aspect of the school experience, guiding clients toward greater confidence, structure, and support as they step back into daily life.
Available in-person in California and Alabama, as well as virtually in 40+ states, the program offers:
– Structured, four-week programming
– Daily therapeutic support
– Family and support system involvement
– Real-world skill integration
Weekly Blueprint.
Each week builds on the last, equipping clients with the tools to move through school with greater confidence, connection, and support.
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This week lays the foundation, helping clients identify what they need to feel supported before stepping into the classroom.
- Recovery Backpack
- Tool Time
- Emergency Locker Kit
- What’s In My Pencil Case?
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Clients explore what it means to belong while staying grounded in recovery.
- The Lunch Table Map
- Group Chat Check-In
- Locker Notes of Encouragement
- Bullies and Boundaries
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This week supports clients in reconnecting with themselves, exploring body image, clothing, comparison, and identity in a supportive environment.
- Trying on Confidence
- Style as Self-Expression
- Body Grief and Growing Pains
- Compassionate Closet
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Clients leave with a personalized plan for navigating school while maintaining recovery.
- Recovery Syllabus
- Daily Bell Schedule
- Recovery GPA
- Homework Helpers
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When Recovery Meets Real Life.
The transition back to school is more than a schedule change: It’s a return to environments filled with social dynamics, academic pressures, and daily structure. For individuals in recovery, this moment can bring both excitement and uncertainty.
Back-to-School Blueprint is designed to ease that transition. Rather than expecting recovery to adapt to school, this program helps clients integrate recovery into the rhythms of everyday life—so support doesn’t stop when the school day begins.
With Soul Hearted care and intentional structure, clients build the skills, confidence, and support systems needed to navigate school while continuing to heal.
What a Day Looks Like.
Each day is designed to mirror the structure of a school day while providing consistent therapeutic support. Clients begin with Morning Announcements to orient to the day, followed by a Daily Check-In to identify goals, needs, and areas of support.
A typical day includes:
- Meal support
- Group therapy sessions
- Skills-based programming
- Nutrition support
- Structured breaks
The day closes with a Daily Wrap-Up, including reflection, emotional check-out, and preparation for the next day.
Additionally, this four-week intensive includes:
- One Meal Process Group daily
- Two to three Supportive Other Groups per week, inviting family or key supports into the recovery process.
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Bringing Recovery Into the School Day.
Recovery doesn’t pause during the school day, and neither does support. This program directly addresses real-life scenarios clients face, including:
– Navigating school meals and snacks
– Planning for busy schedules and extracurriculars
– Managing energy, focus, and nourishment throughout the day
– Building confidence around eating in social settings
Through practical tools and guided support, clients learn how to carry recovery with them into classrooms, cafeterias, and beyond.In-Person and Virtual Eating Disorder Care
Level of Care: PHP/IOP, Residential
Perception of Care.
92%
92 percent of 2023 Perception of Care Survey1 responses received said clients would recommend Alsana to others in need of eating disorder treatment.
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97%
“I would describe Alsana as an accepting and affirming environment.”2
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88%
“I felt engaged in treatment delivered virtually.”3
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91%
“Virtual services were able to deliver comprehensive and adaptive care.”3
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99%
“My sexual identity was respected and affirmed by Alsana staff.”4
Let’s Take the Next Step Together.
Whether you’re preparing for a new school year or helping a patient navigate their return to the classroom, our team is here to support you.
Alsana is a Preferred In-Network Provider for All Major Insurance Companies.
You deserve full recovery. Contact our caring team today to learn more about our Back-to-School Blueprint.
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1N=819; because Alsana clients are surveyed about PoC when stepping down their level of care and when discharging from programs, the percentages above do not describe a percentage of survey respondents but the overall results in terms of survey responses received.
2N=401 | 3N=152 | 4N=372