Director of Admissions
Christian Egan
Admissions Phone
(435) 228-0092
Physical Address
1280 Whispering Horse Drive
Erda, UT
alpineacademy.org
Alpine Academy is an RTC that serves adolescent girls between ages 12 and 18. Alpine Academy is situated on 35 acres in a rural community just 30 minutes outside of Salt Lake City. Alpine believes in a synergistic approach to the healing process by integrating the efforts of the Clinical, Academic, and Residential teams in order to help each student develop the necessary skills to stop merely surviving life and to start truly living it. The framework is the Teaching-Family Model, recognized as evidence-based by several leading organizations. Trained and certified married couples live in and run our homes. Alpine Academy is proud to be the only NATSAP program accredited by the Teaching-Family Association and an approved sponsor site for the Teaching-Family Model. Alpine is an accredited school through AdvancEd and a certified non-public school for many states. Our goal is a traditional school setting with an innovative approach to meet the special academic needs of our students. NCLB highly-qualified teachers are in the front of every classroom performing direct instruction. A guidance counselor works to ensure each student is on track for graduation. Master’s level clinicians lead individual, family, and group therapy sessions weekly. Our clinicians are trained in a variety of modalities: -DBT -ACT -Mindfulness -EMDR -EAGALA -Sand-Tray -Music and Art Therapy (Contract) Our goal is to give them the tools they need to provide an individualized, hands-on approach for each client. Alpine implements a family-systems approach and aftercare is provided for all families.

General Information

Non-Profit
Privately Owned
Utah Youth Village/Alpine Academy

Residential Treatment

No
12 - 18
Yes
Yes
15 Months
70
Rural
Doubles
Students are Always in "Line-of-Sight" with staff
No
HIGH: Family Expected on weekly calls (or more) & to attend all family workshops (weekly , monthly or quarterly)
5%
0%
70%
25%
0%

Insurance

< 50%
N/A
No

Therapy - Individual

Yes, part of the program cost
4 Hours
2
All therapists are licensed by the state of operation
8 Clients
Yes

Therapy - Group

Yes
5 Hours
5 Hours
1 Hours
Yes

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

> 50%
Primary Eating Disorder or Substance abuse diagnosis. Pregnancy.
Yes
Yes

Treatment Modalities

Yes
Yes
Yes
Art
Breathing Techniques / Breath Work
Meditation
Yoga
Experiential activities and trips
No

Staff

1:4
Yes
Yes
High School Diploma
60 Hours

Academic

7 - 12
College
1:8
Traditional teacher-led class
Yes
Yes
Year Round School (either quarters, trimester, semesters)
Yes
Yes
Not Applicable
Yes

Transition Programming

Yes
Full-time Transition/ After-Care Coordinator for all families
No
> 50%

Accreditation

State License
State of Utah
Teaching-Family Model
Illinois Assoc. of Private Sp. Ed. Centers -IAPSEC

Nuts & Bolts

Yes
Call for more information
No
Call for more information
Salt Lake City [SLC]
0.5 Hours
> 50%
No
Yes
Teaching-Family Association
Link to Weekly/Daily Schedule
Any report of neglect or abuse prior or current.
1 Hours
Mission Statement
The mission of Alpine Academy is to provide a therapeutic environment of self-determination to create healthy sustainable change for youth and families through meaningful relationships and teaching, using evidence-based best practices.