- Joint Commission accredited
- Two AZ centers
- Ages 12 to 17
- Admissions 24/7
Residential treatment for teen ADHD serving Sedona, AZ.
Sedona families get prescriber-led ADHD medication management plus daily behavior, organization, and family training for teens 12 to 17, with weekly family sessions by secure video.
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- AZDHS-licensed residential facility
- Most major private insurance accepted
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Joint Commission accreditedAZDHS-licensed · LegitScript certifiedAbout Nexus Teen Academy
Teen ADHD treatment for Sedona families.
Nexus Teen Academy provides AZDHS-licensed, Joint Commission accredited teen ADHD residential treatment for Sedona and the Verde Valley. A small community offers few higher-level options, so families often travel when ADHD keeps compounding past a Sedona-Oak Creek 504 or IEP. We treat ADHD together with its co-occurring anxiety, depression, or defiance, ages 12 to 17; boys in North Scottsdale and girls in Cave Creek, about two hours south via SR-179 and the I-17.
For a town this size, specialized adolescent care almost always means travel; weekly parent behavior training runs by secure video so the family work continues from home. Every residence is AZDHS-licensed, Joint Commission accredited, LegitScript-certified, staffed 24/7 with a prescriber.
North Scottsdale
Boys, 12 to 17 · Phoenix metro
Cave Creek
Girls, 12 to 17 · Phoenix metro
2
Accredited Arizona centers
12 to 17
Ages we treat, gender-separate
24/7
Awake supervision and medication oversight
1:1
A named prescriber and primary therapist
Where residential care fits
The subacute level between weekly therapy and a hospital bed.
Therapy once or a few times a week. Your teen stays home and at school.
Live-in clinical care with 24/7 awake staff, daily therapy, and accredited school, in a real home.
You are hereShort-term acute stabilization for immediate medical or safety crisis.
Not sure which level your teen needs? A licensed counselor will walk through it with you on the phone, free, and tell you honestly if a lower level of care is the better fit.
Speak with our admissions teamThe program
The teen ADHD treatment program, element by element.
Every teen at both Arizona homes receives each element below, reviewed weekly against school, behavior, and mood data, medication precision paired with skills built to outlast the stay.
Full diagnostic evaluation
A DSM-5 evaluation separates ADHD from the anxiety, depression, sleep, and mood conditions that mimic or hide inside it, before any treatment plan locks in.
Medication management
Prescriber-led review of stimulant and non-stimulant options, current prescriptions reconciled at intake, and response observed daily instead of guessed at monthly.
Organization & executive-skills training
Planners, task breakdown, and time practice, the organization training rated well-established for ADHD, drilled every day until it holds.
Behavior therapy & CBT
Contingencies, routines, and thought work that turn intentions into follow-through, delivered in both individual and group formats.
Parent behavior training
The most-proven ADHD intervention on record, parents learn the home systems, rewards, and responses that keep working long after discharge.
Structured accredited academics
Small accredited classes with transferable credit, run the way an ADHD classroom should, short blocks, movement, and immediate feedback.
Peer & social practice
Clinician-run group living gives your teen daily reps at the friendships and self-control that impulsivity keeps costing.
Discharge & school re-entry plan
A 504/IEP-ready clinical summary for your district, an outpatient prescriber booked, and the home behavior plan rehearsed before your teen leaves.
- Dual-diagnosis care, depression, anxiety, trauma, self-harm & substance use, together
Dual-diagnosis care
What rides along with ADHD, treated in the same plan.
Nearly 78% of children with ADHD carry at least one co-occurring condition (CDC). In teenagers that usually means anxiety, depression, defiant behavior, or substance experimentation, and each one left untreated keeps the ADHD looking untreatable.
One Nexus Teen Academy team treats the ADHD and its companions on one plan, in the same Arizona residence, with nothing referred out.
Primary conditionADHD & executive function
Everything here is treated in the same plan, by the same team, in one Arizona residence, nothing referred out.
Anxiety
Worry wearing a distraction mask.
Substance use
Impulsivity raises the risk.
Suicidal ideation
Screened at intake, every admission.
Safety firstDefiance & anger
Behavior battles beyond the ADHD.
Depression
Years of correction take a toll.
Safety firstLow self-esteem
The “I’m stupid” script, rebuilt.
School collapse
Grades sliding despite a 504 or IEP.
Bipolar disorder
Mania can masquerade as ADHD.
- Whatever your teen is facing, care stays coordinated in one integrated plan, one clinical team, and one residential setting.
The setting
Inside the structured homes where ADHD routines take hold.
Both residences, boys in North Scottsdale and girls in Cave Creek, run an ordinary Arizona house on extraordinary structure, fixed times, visual schedules, clear sightlines, awake overnight staff, and AZDHS licensure.
Take a self-guided 3D walkthrough of the home
Life inside
A day in teen ADHD residential treatment, hour by hour.
Structure is the medicine. Both homes wake at 7:00 to breakfast and medications, run clinical groups through the morning, hold accredited education blocks in the afternoon, and land on a fixed evening routine with lights out at 9:30.
7:30aWake, breakfast & check-in
A predictable morning routine, breakfast, medications, and a daily check-in.
9:00aAccredited school
Small-group classes with credit transfer, so no one falls behind.
11:00aIndividual & group therapy
CBT and one-to-one time with a therapist your teen knows.
2:00pExperiential & movement
Art, mindfulness, and outdoor time built into each day.
5:30pDinner & community
Shared evening meals and peer connection.
8:30pWind-down & overnight care
A steady wind-down routine, with awake staff on-site through the night.
Weekends run differently
Saturday and Sunday follow a lighter routine than the weekday schedule above.
Click here for a free consultationTap to call (480) 485-3424 and our admissions team will walk you through a full weekend. Someone answers any time.Awake clinical staff are on-site every hour, including overnight, at both Arizona centers.
How healing happens
Medication, behavior training, and organization skills, the evidence base for teen ADHD.
Behavioral parent training, classroom behavior management, and organization training all hold well-established ratings, and adolescent guidelines pair them with FDA-approved medication. Residential care runs the full set every day.
Core therapies
1Individual therapy. CBT & behavior work
Individual CBT and behavior therapy targeting impulsivity, follow-through, and the “I’m stupid” script years of correction install.
2Organization & executive-skills training
Planners, task breakdown, and time practice, drilled daily until the skills hold.
3Parent behavior training, every week
Weekly parent behavior training that installs the home systems, rewards, and responses that keep working after discharge.
Supporting care, running alongside
Peer, social & experiential
Equine, art, and movement, structured outlets for the energy plus daily reps at friendships.
Medication management
Prescriber-led review of stimulant and non-stimulant options, titrated on daily observed response, with parents consulted at every change.
Accredited academics
Small accredited classes each weekday with credit transfer, structured for ADHD, short blocks, movement, and immediate feedback.
Your teen's clinical team
Meet our licensed clinical team.
Every teen works with a named, credentialed clinician. Faces, roles, and licenses are shared before day one.
LPC, BC-TMH
LCSW, DSW
DNP, PMHNP-BCAlexandria Penner
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
24/7 on-siteBSN, RNAshley Morton
Nursing · 24/7 medical support
Arizona-licensed clinical team.Every Nexus Teen Academy clinician is licensed in Arizona. Verify any license on the AZ Board of Behavioral Health Examiners directory.
What families say
What Arizona families say about Nexus Teen Academy.
4.7/ 5
Read them all on Google★★★★★
“Nexus Academy was a wonderful place for my daughter. The staff were amazing and so supportive. They worked with our entire family. Highly recommend Nexus.”
★★★★★
“Sending your child or teen to a residential treatment facility is a difficult and heart-wrenching decision. The team at Nexus Teen Academy was exceptional. Our daughter’s therapist was a great fit for her and played a significant role in helping us grow as a family.”Read the full review →
★★★★★
“The program at Nexus was a lifesaver for my 15-year-old daughter. After a tough year in and out of different levels of care, my husband and I had truly hit a breaking point and knew a residential facility was needed.”Read the full review →
These come straight from our public Google Business Profile, anyone can read all 34 and add their own.
Getting started
How admission works, from first call to first day.
Our promise while you decide
- You set the pace, with no pressure to decide
- Clear answers to every clinical and financial question
- An honest recommendation, even if another program is the better fit
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- Today · 24/7
- ~15 minutes
The first call
A licensed Nexus Teen Academy counselor hears the school standing, the home pattern, and the medication history, asks about safety, and gives a plain read on whether residential ADHD care is the level your teen needs.
- What to have ready: nothing. Just call, questions are welcome, and there is no obligation.
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- Same day
- Free & confidential
Coverage, in writing
With your okay, we query your insurer directly and put the answer in front of you, residential benefits, network position, and the realistic out-of-pocket, usually the same day.
- What you get: your coverage answer, usually the same day, every option mapped, including in-network and out-of-network paths.
3
- Within 24 to 48 hrs
- Licensed clinicians
Clinical & diagnostic evaluation
A licensed clinician works through the record you assembled, report cards, prior evaluations, and every medication trial, screens for co-occurring conditions and safety, and recommends the level of care the findings support.
- Your input matters: what you have seen at home is a key part of the clinical assessment.
4
- Within days
- Named coordinator
Preparing the arrival
One named coordinator handles travel, school records and any 504 or IEP, current prescriptions and refills, and a packing list reviewed for safety, discreetly, all confirmed in writing.
- No surprises: you will have the packing list, schedule, and your coordinator's direct line in writing.
5
- Welcome day
- Never out of the loop
Day one, already on the schedule
Arrival follows a calm, fixed sequence, orientation, introductions, and medications reconciled with the prescriber, with your first family update booked before you drive away.
- From here: predictable days, weekly updates, and a team your teen knows by name.
Coverage & cost
Does insurance cover teen ADHD residential treatment in Arizona?
On most major commercial plans, residential behavioral-health treatment is a covered benefit when clinically indicated, and ADHD with co-occurring conditions routinely qualifies. We return your plan’s exact numbers, benefits, network status, and expected out-of-pocket, before you commit to anything.
- 1You send your plan detailsTwo required fields. Member ID optional. Takes about a minute.
- 2We verify with your insurer directlyIn-network or out-of-network, free and confidential, usually the same day.
- 3You get the number in plain EnglishYour exact out-of-pocket cost, explained before you commit to anything.
- Meritain
- UMR
- + more
Out-of-network or unsure about your plan? Call anyway, cost should never be the reason a teen doesn't get help.
- Free benefits check
Verify your insurance in 2 minutes
See exactly what your plan covers for residential ADHD treatment, free, private, and usually back within the day.
After discharge
ADHD aftercare, the school and home plan built before discharge.
Before discharge, your Nexus Teen Academy case manager builds the after-plan with you in the room, a 504/IEP-ready summary for your district, a staged school re-entry, an outpatient prescriber and therapist booked near home, medication continuity mapped with refills, and the home behavior systems rehearsed, with telehealth bridging the first weeks.
Answers
Teen ADHD treatment questions from Sedona families.
The questions families ask us most, answered plainly, centers, distance, insurance, licensing, and privacy.
A licensed admissions counselor can answer it on the phone right now, no script, no pressure, and no obligation to enroll.
Talk to a counselorAnswered 24/7 at (480) 485-3424Near you & fit
The nearest licensed adolescent residences are Nexus Teen Academy’s in the Phoenix area (boys North Scottsdale, girls Cave Creek), about two hours south via SR-179 and the I-17; the line answers 24/7.
A small community has few higher-level adolescent options, so families look to the Valley when ADHD outgrows local supports.
About two hours via SR-179 to the I-17; weekly sessions run by secure video with planned visits.
Diagnosis & medication
Yes; a prescriber leads stimulant and non-stimulant options and observes response daily.
Intake re-tests it and 24/7 observation clarifies it against anxiety, sleep loss, and mood conditions.
School & behavior
Yes; accredited classes with transferable credit and a 504/IEP-ready summary for your district.
Behavior therapy and parent training target them; safety is screened at intake and monitored throughout.
Logistics & cost
Weekly parent behavior training by secure video, plus the daily phone window and planned visits.
Boys North Scottsdale, girls Cave Creek; both 12 to 17, same program.
Typically 30 to 60 days, clinically set.
Most major plans cover medically necessary residential care; free verification first.
A 504/IEP-ready summary, an outpatient prescriber and therapist booked as near as possible, medication continuity mapped, and a telehealth bridge.
The statewide picture
Teen ADHD across Arizona, by the numbers.
ADHD is the most common neurodevelopmental diagnosis of childhood, and by the teen years it rarely travels alone. When ADHD starts collecting failures at school, at home, and in safety, a middle level of care, residential treatment, is what fits. Each figure below carries its source.
11.7%
of U.S. children ages 3 to 17 have an ADHD diagnosis about 7 million children (CDC, 2024).
78%
of children with ADHD carry a co-occurring condition, and about 3 in 10 get no ADHD treatment (CDC).
13%
of boys carry an ADHD diagnosis, vs 7% of girls (CDC, 2022–23).
#1
ADHD is the most common childhood neurodevelopmental diagnosis.
Arizona’s 988 and Teen Lifeline lines meet the emergency, but a crisis call is stabilization, not ongoing treatment.
Residential care is the step between outpatient therapy and the hospital, the middle is what has been missing.
Sources: CDC, ADHD Data & Statistics; American Academy of Pediatrics, ADHD Clinical Practice Guideline; National Survey of Children’s Health.
Talk to an Arizona counselor, 24/7Across Arizona
Getting to our centers from Sedona.
Both Nexus Teen Academy residences sit about two hours south of Sedona, North Scottsdale for boys, Cave Creek for girls, via SR-179 and the I-17. Admissions answers 24/7, and weekly family sessions run by secure video.
About 2 hours via SR-179
From Sedona it’s about a two-hour drive south via SR-179 to the I-17; weekly sessions run by secure video with planned in-person visits.
Parent training by secure video
The weekly parent-training session moves to secure video whenever the drive is unrealistic, and out-of-metro families route through Phoenix Sky Harbor.
School re-entry where you live
Discharge planning delivers the 504/IEP-ready summary to your own district, books the outpatient prescriber near home, and stages the return term.
Nexus Teen Academy, Scottsdale · boys’ residence
8611 E Cholla St, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
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Nexus Teen Academy, Cave Creek · girls’ residence
2695 E Saddle Mountain Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
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Scottsdale (boys)
North Scottsdale, 85260 · off Loop 101
Cave Creek (girls)
Saddle Mountain Rd, 85331 · 20 min north
Phoenix metro
Served from both centers
Yuma & SW Arizona
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