27 were here. I was told I was fine or to stop exaggerating when I opened up about feeling depressed. Unlicensed therapists, verbal and emotional abuse, medical neglect, and psychological manipulation. Please, don't send your child there." She previously worked as the Clinical Director of Kolob Canyon RTC, another CERTS program. Researchers must ask permission before submitting their surveys or interview requests. It is marketed as a Residential Treatment Center for girls aged 11-14. The amount of food we ate was larger than what I was used to and I was very small. The food they serve is fattening and unhealthy, and they force the girls to eat it. Multiple staff members would swear and threaten me if I did anything wrong, even walking too slowly. The school has denied in court papers that it is legally responsible. National Interstate Compact Laws (ICPC): This refers to laws adopted by each state that require case workers or parents to have certain documents filled out when a child is going from one state to another for treatment or adoption services. At that time, it was just a house on a hill surrounded by wilderness and dirt. Support investigative reporting like this. Multiple staff members would swear and threaten me if I did anything wrong, even walking too slowly. This is a checklist that a worker with the Office of Licensing takes with them when they walk through a youth residential treatment center or wilderness program. Its about whats going on today. One girl almost died because she had anemia and was told she was faking it when she told staff she was sick. They would restrain us before accessing the situation and would use restraining as a punishment. Scars, moles, scrapes. Together we can make a difference! I was once again demoted to level 1 and lost my privileges of privacy in the bathroom and social interaction for several weeks. Throughout the ten months I was there, I was constantly manipulated and borderline emotionally abused by multiple staff members. I remember telling the staff and my therapist that I felt like a zombie, and they said I was being dramatic. I had (diagnosed) ADHD, which led to emotional and physical abuse from my parents growing up. While the therapists are good at their job, the management is LACKLUSTER at best, and they are prone to taking the easy way out vs REALLY helping or caring for their girls. Clearly sick students (fainting, puking, in severe pain) were denied access to doctors and hospitals until they nearly died. Level systems have been used in many confirmedly abusive programs, including the notoriously abusive. But sometimes the abuse continues for another reason: The children who say they have been harmed arent believed. We are a community of survivors and advocates who oppose the abusive Troubled Teen Industry. The levels are reported to be: It has been reported that the girls' contact with their parents is extremely limited. I was sworn at for not walking fast enough. She suggested lowering the number of kids in a facility, and increasing staff. The Salt Lake Tribune is making public thousands of inspections and critical incidents reports in this free, searchable database. This money paid for the state to fulfill records requests. I was sworn at daily, regularly forced to eat so much food that I threw up and I was only allowed to use the bathroom at certain times. When The Tribune initially asked for these records, the Office of Licensing estimated it would cost more than $6,250. Find a different boarding school for your daughter. , I was a student here, the staff is extremely out of line. Any comments about blueFire and/or Moonridge would be appreciated, Scan this QR code to download the app now. They are abusing children. We were all given the same portion of food no matter if you were smaller or bigger, if you couldnt finish your plate they would give you a consequence (paper where you right how you were wrong)or drop your level. She currently works as a Lead Therapist at Evoke Therapy Intensives. I had (diagnosed) ADHD, which led to emotional and physical abuse from my parents growing up. For Robert, a 24-year-old who grew up in Utah, it didnt register when he was young that what was happening to him at youth facilities was abuse. This means, in total, the cost of receiving these records was just under $2,000. Provo Canyon School is fighting a lawsuit in which a mother alleges her 14-year-old son was sexually abused by another boy in 2017. Based on their findings, the State of Maine decided that it would not pay for treatment at the facility. I would rather soil myself than be watched. Safety is when you always have to stand next to a staff member and you are watched in the bathroom. Utahs Office of Licensing inspects and regulates each facility, and sometimes finds neglect, child abuse or sexual misconduct.
