At Edgewood Ranch an important facet of mending the hearts and lives of broken children - and often their families as well - involves dealing with a variety of emotional, attitude and behavior problems. Many of the children have learning disabilities. Many have taken up bad habits learned at home and from others in their community.

Each child is assigned one of three full time counselors and meets regularly with that counselor. In private sessions, as well as in groups, they are assisted and encouraged to look for solutions to their problems and to come to terms with family relationships. In addition, there is a licensed therapist on staff three days per week to help those children who suffer from deeper problems.

At Edgewood Children's Ranch it is recognized that any lasting change in a child's behavior is possible only if there is a change in the family situation that contributed to his or her problem in the first place. Therefore, besides the requirement that parents regularly attend chapel services with their children, they must attend weekly classes in which they are taught necessary parenting skills. In these classes they overcome feelings of isolation as they meet other parents with similar problems and they become encouraged hearing of successes experienced as a result of the total Edgewood program.