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I think the staff has no idea what they are doing. They want your money and the way they do a thing is entirely wrong! I went here for about two months, and those are the worst two months I ever lived in my entire life. Currently, I'm a patient in another rehab center, and y ...
About Provo Canyon School – Springville Campus
Here they have an inpatient psychiatric treatment program that provides innovative, evidence based care for behavioral health and substance use issues designed to help both students and their families. They use academic instruction and life skills training based on the specific needs of each patient.
They have interdisciplinary teams that work together with each student to give support and guidance while having ongoing communication throughout treatment. They also can work in tandem with teachers and community agencies during your stay here.
You can get help with short term stabilization or long term residential care and they also have year round academic support for both general and special education students. They have what they call medical model behavioral health services from full time psychiatrists and nurses.
Their diagnostic programs are focused on substance use behavior, ADD/ADHD, trauma, anxiety and social behaviors. They also help with depression, bipolar disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.
They can help with a number of personality disorders and reactive attachment disorder, which is a mood disorder where a young person can’t form healthy emotional bonds and is afraid of parents or caregivers.
Two of their main specialties here are working with boys in a chemical dependency and substance abuse and recovery program as well as dialectical behavior therapy which can help you manage emotions while improving family and social relationships and also may help deal with several types of mood disorders.
They have a program for middle school aged boys and a nearby campus with programs for high school girls.
Latest Reviews
If you love your children, please do not send them to Provo Canyon School — at either location. This program is not about healing; it is about control, fear, and trauma.
When I was first placed at the Provo campus, I immediately lost all dignity. On arrival, they strip you down, make you squat and cough, and then hand out medication to everyone, whether you need it or not. Children are treated like numbers, not people. My identity was reduced to my laundry number, 318. Solitary confinement (called a “dial 9”) was used constantly for the smallest reasons — refusing medication, not wanting to get up, or simply speaking up. This is not therapy; it is punishment.
Later, I was also placed at the Springville campus, where I saw even younger children — as little as 5, 6, and 7 years old — being treated exactly the same way as the older kids. Watching small children restrained for throwing tantrums was heartbreaking and deeply wrong. No child should ever go through that.
At Springville, the staff even created a program just for me called Right Before Speak. Because I told the truth about my father’s verbal abuse, they forced me, for an entire year, to write down everything before I was allowed to say it — even if I just needed to use the bathroom or ask for food. This damaged me in ways I am still healing from today. In school, by the time I finished writing my answer, the class had already moved on. That program silenced me and made me afraid to communicate, a struggle I still carry as an adult.
I spent nearly three years in this system, and as a 30-year-old parent now, I can say with certainty: Provo Canyon School does not help children. It harms them. It strips away trust, creates trauma, and leaves lifelong scars.
Parents, please reconsider. If you are thinking of sending your child here, know that this is not a safe or healing place. I would never, ever put my own children through what I endured.
2025- If your child’s support or treatment needs are severe DO NOT SEND THEM HERE!!!! My daughter REGRESSED exponentially while here! Their system of having a child’s therapist be the main person in charge of their treatment is completely flawed. My daughter’s therapist was at a loss for how to negate some serious issues she was having so I was referred to the student life director. When i was explaining my daughter’s behaviors and actions the director was audibly GASPING over the phone. She had NO IDEA of any information about my daughter even though she had been in treatment there for seven months!! Also, take all incident reports and boundary violations with a grain of salt as I discovered they aren’t even written by the staff members who were involved in or witnessed said incidents. Lastly, if your child is hyper-sexual or has poor sexual boundaries do not even consider sending them here. If students engage in sexual acts staff member will only verbally encourage them to stop. That’s all. Grown adults stand around watching minors engage in sexual acts with no intervention to stop it other than words. Provo states they do not recognize students’ immediate safety and welfare to be in danger when they are engaging in sexual acts so they refuse to physically intervene and stop said acts. An absolute joke.
It Deserves To Go Out Of Business!!! 😡
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Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.
Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
Inpatient
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
Aftercare Support
Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
Treatments
The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.
When you enter a drug rehab in Utah, the process usually involves four stages: treatment initiation, early abstinence, maintaining abstinence, and advanced recovery. Treatment methods can rely on medications, counseling, or both, in either an outpatient or inpatient setting.
Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.
Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.
Clinical Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.
Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy meant to be short-term and comprehensive. It was intended to help clients become more self-sufficent and move forward without the need for expensive, ongoing therapy. It includes an emotional self-help method called “rational self-counseling,” the purpose of which is to give clients all the skills needed to handle future emotional issues by themselves, or with significantly less professional help.
Recreational therapy (aka therapeutic recreation) uses creative and fun activities to help with addiction recovery. Recreational therapists lead patients in entertaining and engaging activities like sports or games; art (drawing, painting, sculpture); drama, music, and dance; and/or community outings (field trips) to improve patients' physical, social, and emotional well-being.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
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Staff & Accreditations
Staff
Tim Marshall, M.Ed.
CEO
Ryan Strobehn, Ph.D.
Director of Nursing
Jennifer Morgan Smith, LMFT
Chief Clinical Director
Jeffery Hill, MD
Medical Director
Donnell Johnson, M.Ed.
Director of Education
Trish Martinez
Executive Director
John Shumway, JD, SHRM-SCP
Director of Human Resources
Emily Scoffield, LCSW
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Accreditations
The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.
Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes
Accreditation Number: 1444
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1992 by congress, SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on American's communities.
SAMHSA Listed: Yes
Contact Information
763 North 1650 West
Springville, UT 84663
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