Self Description:
"Aspen Achievement Academy is a licensed outdoor treatment program that integrates a sophisticated therapeutic component with an accredited academic curricula."
Treatment Philosophy:
"Aspen guides each participant through a series of powerful metaphors that symbolize stages of growth, provide deeper insight towards developing self-reliance and generate a sense of responsibility for self and community. We create a modern "rite of passage" designed to assist adolescents in making the transition to responsible young adulthood."
Approach to Dual Diagnosis:
"Aspen's Masters level and PhD clinicians, who do both individual and group therapy with program participants, work extremely effectively with Dual Diagnosis issues."
Family Program:
"Parents participate in the program through: weekly treatment planning sessions, written therapy assignments, a family growth book, books & audio cassettes, and a 3 day workshop at the end of the program when parents are reunited with their child and take part in a family camping experience that includes family therapy."
Position on 12 Step Involvement:
"Aspen Achievement Academy's chemical dependency treatment program can best be described as a comprehensive integration of the highest level of clinical care and therapy available, 12 Step work, and relapse prevention planning conducted in the sober and powerfully healthy environment that only nature can provide."
Position on Confrontation:
"We believe that teens must discover their own guiding principles. Treatment is therefore based on assisting students in gaining insight rather than coercing compliance through heavy-handed behavior modification approaches."
Additional Characteristics:
"Established in 1988, Aspen Achievement Academy is one of the longest running successful outdoor treatment programs of its kind in the country. We have a fully accredited academic component and students may receive high school credit."
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GENERAL:
| Number of Beds: | 56 |
| Detox Available: | No |
Last Year's Admissions:
| Total Adolescent Admits: |
270 |
| Average Length of Stay | 50 days |
| Percent of Women | 40% |
| Percent under 25 | 100%
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| Percent with College Education: | 0% |
| Percent Covered by Public Assistance | 0% |
| Receiving some form of psychiatric medication other than for detoxification: | 60% |
Admissions Procedures:
| Night Admission Available: | Yes |
| Weekend Admission available: | Yes |
| Face to Face Interview or exam required before admission: | No |
SPECIAL POPULATIONS:
Facility has separate program for:
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Alcohol Addiction
Family
Men
Parenting/Life Skills
Wilderness Program
Women
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Facility has special track for:
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Abuse/PTSD/Trauma Resolution
Anger Management/Conflict Resolution
Cocaine Addiction
Crystal Meth Addiction
Depression
Grief & Loss
Heroin Addiction
Inhalant Abuse
Internet Addiction
Marijuana Addiction
Psychiatric (Dual Diagnosis)
Sexual Addictions
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Facility has group sessions for:
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Anorexia/Bulimia
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Relapse
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PAYMENT INFORMATION:
| Self-pay Cost: | $2765 per week |
| Public Assistance coverage may be accepted: | No |
| Medicare Coverage accepted: | No |
| Insurance Coverage verified before admission: | Yes |
| Follow-up Care included at no additional charge: | No |
LICENSING & ACCREDITATION:
| Licensed by: | State of Utah Dept. of Human Services |
| Type of License: | Outdoor Youth Treatment |
| Accreditation: | NONE |
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