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Therapy Utah Achievement Center offers a range of therapeutic options, with each student receiving up to 10 hours of therapeutic intervention each week. Therapeutic intervention is offered in following forms: individual, family, recreational therapy, intensive group, family and psycho-educational. We use Master level therapists. Utah Achievement Center students may attend Alcoholic and Narcotics Anonymous meetings if necessary. Students are thoroughly assesssed upon admission, in order to devise the Treatment Plan that will most support the student on her path to success. The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. -M. Scott Peck Therapy at Utah Achievement Center is a collaborative approach. Therapy involves therapists, program directors, necessary staff, and parent or guardian. The base therapy program is individualized to each student’s needs. Student and guardian will have to complete therapy assignments before moving on to the next therapy level. The positive approach to youth development is not about crisis management and not about stopping or preventing problems. However, the program is about investing wisely in our youth, increasing their exposure to positive, constructive activities, and instilling values and skills that will guide them the rest of their adult lives. Therapy will focus on External and Internal Assets – Family Support – Drug/Alcohol “The 7 Challenges” – Positive family communications – Service to others – Adult role models – Positive peer influence – Creative activities – Equality and Social Justice – Integrity ” Honesty ” Responsibility – Planning and decision making – Interpersonal competence – Cultural competence – Resistance skills – Conflict resolution – Personal Power – Sense of purpose – Positive view of personal future |
