BRYCE CANYON ACADEMY Adolescent Residential Treatment Center

 

Bryce Canyon Academy is a residential treatment center and therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens. Bryce Canyon Academy offers an intense therapeutic, educational, and behavioral modification program. They emphasize and promote family reunification, whilerespecting the dignity and importance of each individual student. Bryce Canyon Academy creates an environment that will impact positively on students attitudes towards learning academic, social, and life skills. Each individual learns to be accountable for their actions and learns to understand consequences that result from making both positive and negative choices. Students will acquire tools needed and see the benefits of becoming a productive member of their family and society.

IS YOUR TEEN SUFFERING FROM...

•Family Conflict, Argues, Abusive
•Blatant Disregard of Rules
•Manipulative
•Substance Abuse
•Can't Accept "No" for an Answer
•Lying - Stealing - Sneaky Behavior
•Abrupt Change In Personality
•Uncontrollable Anger/Emotions
•Can't Accept Feedback
•Legal Problems
•Lack of Motivation
•Negative Attitude
•Skips School
•School Suspensions
•Grades Have Fallen
•Can't Keep Friends
•Fighting Violence
•Court issues
•Gang Involvement etc.

TERM – 6-9 months

 

TUITION - $2,950.00 per month (At this rate it is only $4.10 per hour to have trained professionals working with their child!)

 

AGES – 12-18 – Male & Female – Not Co-Ed – They also have an age 18-24 program as well for 18 year olds to transition into

 

INSURANCE – Insurance will cover the therapy sessions – the parents pay their tuition up-front and then the program will bill the insurance company for the therapy sessions – depending on the individuals insurance, they may get reimbursed around 500 to 700 per month for the therapy sessions.

 

CAPACITY – 48 students

 

INTAKE DAYS – They prefer Monday – Friday, however they will take emergency enrollments any day or time.  Transport agents are fine as well.

 

 

UNIFORMS? – No, the students wear their own clothing

 

STUDENTS PER ROOM – 4 – Open style floor plan for all rooms so there is constant supervision at all times when the students are in their rooms

 

PARENT COACHING – Family Therapy sessions every 2 weeks

 

ACADEMICS – Accredited with Northwestern – The students use books and packets for their academics – transcript needed upon enrollment – 2 certified teachers in the class room

 

PHONE CALLS HOME – Student does not call home for the first 30 days – After the 30 day time period, there is 2 calls per week home

 

UPDATES – Academics – sends 1 update per month – Therapist updates parents during the family therapy calls

 

MEDICAL – Students on medications is fine – Clinic is 4 minutes away

 

ASSESSMENTS – Only the therapist does the assessments

 

THERAPY – Group therapy every day – Individual Therapy 1 time per week – Family therapy once every two weeks

SPIRITUAL – this is not coined a religious treatment center, however, they do encourages spiritual growth with optional Bible studies, etc.  They will honor the religion of the student’s choice and no force is used for a student to participate in spiritual aspects of the program.

 

LEVEL SYSTEM – This program has 6 levels – Level 1, no privileges and no calls – Level 2, calls, few privileges and family can visit on campus only – Level 3, The student can leave campus with their parents for a total of 8 hours – Level 4-6, the student can spend 2 nights and 3 days off campus with parents each month – Each level will take at least a month to accomplish

 

Cooking – Students are offered Culinary Classess and they can also obtain their food handlers permit and cook in the kitchen

 

Staff Ratio – 1 staff to 4 students while in lower levels – once on level 4 and above the ratio is 6 to 1

 

Activities – Lots of outdoor activities, horseback riding, basketball, fire pit, hiking, etc.

 

START UP FEES - $2500.00 Enrollment fee – 1^st and last month tuition due upon enrollment – Total - $8,400.00 – Must be a Cashier’s Check from the bank

 

THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR 2 YEARS AT CURRENT LOCATION – They are just in their infancy but have a lot going for them.  They are located in an old hotel and it is NOT the Ritz!  It is bare bones basic but neat, clean, and organized.  The staff are truly invested and at the price, it is amazing!

 

TESTIMONEY FROM A STUDENT:

Bryce Canyon Academy has helped me in more ways than I could have ever imagined. Although the road for me has not always been smooth here, one of the many lessons you learn is how to overcome the struggles life throws at you. Some of the countless lessons this program teaches consist of helping kids to do better in school, make better choices, surrounding themselves with good influences, having healthy relationships and discovering the many benefits to staying drug-free! BCA has really made me stop and re-evaluate the bad choices that I was making back at home, enabling me to see what I was doing wrong and make better decisions. I've learned valuable lessons here at BCA that I can apply to my whole life which will result in a better future. When i graduate the program, after a lot of hard work, my life back at home and the relationships with my family and friends will be better than they ever were before. BCA isn't a place for bad kids, it's a place for kids who have made bad choices, but will learn to make better ones in the future!

Arianna (BCA Student)