Because therapeutic day schools are focused on academics

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One author, writing in the Wall Street Journal, theorized that Americans in Gen X – today's hovering "helicopter" parents – are too close to their children to allow them to attend boarding schools. School consultant Kelly Makes calls it the "Mom is My Best Friend" theory.

Finally, author Amity Shlaies, in her article in the magazine American, writes "the British have their boarding schools," but "for Americans, sleep-away camp is the first and most important attempt at utopia, a better life outside of life. She notes that while many Americans are lifetime campers and third and fourth generation campers, "Europeans are indifferent to the idea of a summer community of children."

Perhaps that's why there are now hundreds of "Harry Potter Summer Camps" that give email data a chance to dress up as their favorite characters, play Quidditch in the gymnasium, and join discussions about their favorite books. Whether or not these children learn to fly at Harry Potter Summer Camp is kept secret from muggles who wouldn't know a wizard from a quaffle.

Speech and Language therapy helps students who struggle with verbal communication. The problems may be caused by a learning disability, lack of exposure to the language, a neurological condition like ADHD, or emotional issues.

Many of the unique extracurricular activities that are offered at therapeutic boarding schools are not available. Students have the opportunity to learn some of the same life skills, but in a less concentrated manner, and more often as a part of classroom or other scholastic-related activities. Therapeutic day schools do, however, offer standard extracurricular activities such as sports, theatre, and other clubs.

As mentioned before, a student's home life becomes part of the focus at a therapeutic day school. Parents attend either individual or family therapy sessions where they are guided, encouraged and equipped in helping create a positive home atmosphere for both the student and the rest of the family. At the same time, the students learns how to be a positive, productive member of the family, working within set limits and boundaries without withdrawing completely from the family or causing unnecessary drama or tension.

A therapeutic day school offers a holistic approach for the entire family that focuses on a student's academic performance while supporting the family unit and helping create a harmonious living environment.