Every person is unique. In a treatment setting, what works for one girl may not work for another. Factors such as therapeutic approaches, average age, and personal interests can make a difference in the eventual success of treatment and in the length of time required to get there. For this reason, the CERTS family of schools and programs offers a variety of programs to better ensure a solution tailored for the needs of each individual girl. The following is a list of the schools and programs that make up CERTS. If you would like immediate help in choosing the best option for your daughter, please call (801)755-8802 to speak with the CERTS Admissions Director.
 

Residential Treatment Centers

Kolob Canyon Residential Treatment Center
Kolob Canyon is a 12-bed facility that works with girls ages 14-17 suffering from depression, eating disorders, self-mutilation, anger and defiance, a learning disability, adoption issues, or a history of substance abuse. This clinically intensive program is highly successful in treating core issues of self hatred and depression. The setting for Kolob Canyon is a beautiful, 23 acre horse ranch in Utah’s Canyon Country that provides more opportunities for the girls to work with horses than are available in other CERTS programs.

Moonridge Academy
Moonridge Academy is a 16-bed facility that works with girls ages 11-14 who are exhibiting some of the challenging behaviors listed above including oppositional defiance, self-mutilation, and/or suicidal ideation. Moonridge Academy is clinically intensive, but uses experiential therapies to compliment traditional therapeutic approaches to provide “age-specific” therapy. Also, an average younger student age means that students are less exposed to the attitudes and issues of older girls.

La Europa Academy
La Europa Academy is a unique 20-bed, fine arts-based facility that works with girls ages 13-17 that exhibit the behaviors and issues treated in the other CERTS programs. However, La Europa’s specialized programming blends the healing power of the fine arts (e.g. art and art therapy, drama, dance, and music) with all of the clinical intensity of the other CERTS treatment centers to create a unique and powerful approach to releasing self-destructive emotions. La Europa’s superb setting is also highly conducive to inner growth and healing.
 

Boarding Schools

Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy
Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy is a structured, co-educational boarding school specifically designed as a transitional program for graduates of treatment centers. While some students can go directly from the treatment setting back to home, other students do better when there is an in-between, transitional step that provides safety, structure, and 24/7 supervision. The Academy offers outstanding, fully accredited academics and is a natural “next step” for the CERTS treatment programs. Students participate in numerous self-esteem boosting activities that are not possible in the traditional treatment setting—cross country ski treks, white water rafting, ice climbing, horse packing, mountain climbing, etc. The “hands-on, go and do” educational philosophy of The Academy translates into international service projects in Mexico, educational field trips throughout the United States, and many other meaningful projects. All students are involved in a challenging Student Leadership program that assists them in taking charge of their own lives. This less restrictive, but still supportive environment can provide an important in-between step to the “structure” of the treatment centers and the comparative “freedom” of home.