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Oak Plains Academy is a residential treatment facility that provides services to boys and girls ages 7-17, struggling with emotional, behavioral and neurodevelopmental challenges.
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Oak Plains Academy takes pride in the relationships we are able to build with referring partners. If you are a medical professional looking to make a referral, visit our referrals page.

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What to Bring

For the safety and comfort of all our residents, we ask that they abide by our guidelines of which clothing and personal items should be brought on unit and which should not.

Services

Residential Mental Health Treatment

The residential program serves youth ages 7-17 years old with an IQ of 65 or above who have been diagnosed with a Principal Axis 1 DSM- V diagnosis or experience neurodevelopmental disorders. A neurodevelopment disorder would include fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and intellectual developmental disabilities. The goal of this treatment is to reduce inappropriate behavioral by establishing a fit between the environmental expectations and cognitive abilities. We teach adaptive coping skills and increasing social skills that allow the individual to maintain safely the community.

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Foster Care

Oak Plains Academy’s therapeutic foster care program is designed to serve children and youth with special psychological, social and emotional needs who can accept and respond to the close relationships within a family setting, but whose special needs require more intensive or therapeutic services than are found in traditional foster care.

Our program provides 24/7 access to case managers to provide on-going support and crisis intervention. Our case managers are therapeutically trained to assess situations that may arise so that our foster parents have a knowledgeable support system through Oak Plains Academy.

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Patient Stories

I thank you very much for being there when I needed you

Thank you for all the chances you have given me. You have a really great staff and I am happy I got to meet them. They have all taught me something, like to believe in myself no matter what. I thank you very much for being there when I needed you and for showing me I am able to trust someone. Before I came to Oak Plains Academy, I couldn’t trust people and now I can!

Anonymous
Former Patient
Because of Oak Plains, I finally have a life.

Because of Oak Plains, I finally have a life. You not only saved my life but helped me live.

Anonymous
Former Patient
Your patience and commitment have helped me to become a better person.

Thank you for caring when no one else did. Your patience and commitment have helped me to become a better person.

Anonymous
Former Patient
For the first time in nine years, my son is doing amazing.

I just wanted to give you an update on my son. For the first time in nine years, my son is doing amazing. He is working a landscaping job from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day. He is paying for his own probation and court costs. He has been drug free for 90 days. I really wanted to thank your facility for all that you’ve done for me and for my son. Thank you so much for your patience and guidance.

Anonymous
Parent of Former Patient
We can tell that you are good at what you do and that you are working your passion!

We both want to thank you so much for coming in on a Sunday to meet with us. The time you spent with us, showing us the facilities is much appreciated. We also thank you for the positive growth and progress we are seeing in our son! We left Oak Plains Academy feeling encouraged and better about him than we have in weeks! It is such an overwhelming sense of relief to see him moving forward in a positive direction. We can tell that you are good at what you do and that you are working your passion! It is wonderful to see that. We feel he is blessed to be at Oak Plains and in your care. Please know that we support you wholeheartedly in helping our son.

Anonymous
Parent of Patient
Working with people of this phenomenal level of character reminds me to rise up and try to match it every day.

I’ve been in this profession for almost seven years now, and I have never worked with the quality of folks I’m surrounded by here at Oak Plains Academy. The integrity, professionalism, true sincerity and heart with which they work astounds me every single day and makes me so incredibly proud to be a part of this team that it’s difficult—if not impossible—to define. Working with people of this phenomenal level of character reminds me to rise up and try to match it every day.

Anonymous
Oak Plains Academy Employee

Patient Satisfaction

4.32 / 5
I was treated with dignity and respect
4.53 / 5
I knew my treatment plan goals
4.58/ 5
I understand the importance of following my discharge plan

* Data based on patients surveyed between January-June 2024.

Oak Plains Academy

Oak Plains Academy

1751 Oak Plains Road, Ashland City, TN 37015
Phone: 931-362-4723
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