Facility profile Utah

Oakley School

Closed Oakley, Utah

Oakley School was a therapeutic boarding school in Oakley, Utah, operated by Aspen Education Group. It operated from 1998 to 2017.

About Oakley School

It is now offering dance and yoga classes.source 100% of seniors who applied to a four-year college were accepted.source 28 students graduated in June 2008.source 37 seniors graduated June 8, 2007; 95% accepted to four-year universities.source It added weekly individual and family clinical sessions, five-day academic week (from four), and Saturday/Sunday experiential module program.source

It changed enrollment contracts so students are no longer committed for a set period of time regardless of progress.source It was described as an integrated program (Oakley School Social Model) where avoidance is not tolerated; students engage in AP/Honors coursework, sports teams, community service projects and group therapy.source It cost $6,950 per month plus $1,750 one-time enrollment fee.source Stays lasted 7 months to 4 years.source It was originally a transitional program for teens released from Island View RTC.source

It partnered with InnerChange LLC.source It charged a $1,750 enrollment fee.source The Oakley School announced its closing in April 2017; students could stay until June 30, 2017.source

It was licensed to work with high school students through their 19th year.source It was accredited by CARF International, three-year accreditation.source It was a member of new partnership with InnerChange, a clinical and operational consulting organization supporting residential treatment centers.source It was a member of NATSAP from 1999 to 2017.source It was accredited by Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS), now Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC).source

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Incidents on record

  1. Abuse

    Survivors report punitive punishments, isolation tactics and verbal abuse, including an isolating punishment level called Off Form where teens lost all privileges and could not speak.source

  2. Injury

    A survivor reports staff accidentally mixed snow cone flavoring with antifreeze at an event, sending a few dozen students to the hospital.source

  3. Sexual abuse

    A survivor reports a newer girl alleged a staff member named Eddie assaulted her, was immediately isolated on Off Form, and that Eddie was later promoted to head counselor of a girls dorm.source

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  • InnerChange past operator

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Documents on file (39)
Woodbury Reports Mentions (27)
Merged from: Newport Academy (3)
Woodbury Reports Mentions (3)

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