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There is great wisdom, we believe, in
separating older and younger teenage girls in residential
treatment. Keeping a young woman around other young women
who are more age appropriate is safer and more
therapeutic. Because younger students often migrate
towards older, more negative influences, grouping students
together by issues, age and experience allows Moonridge to
build an appropriate therapeutic environment for each
individual student. For a more in depth discussion about
the merits of separating age populations,
click here.
Moonridge
Academy, a CERTS facility, is a sixteen bed,
girls-only residential treatment center located in scenic
Southern Utah. It offers all of the services of a
comprehensive residential treatment center—individual
therapy 2 to 3 times weekly, daily group therapy, a strong
family therapy component that includes Parent Weekends
every other month, outstanding medication management, and
fully accredited academics—without forcing a younger
student to be exposed to older girl attitudes and
behaviors in ways that are typical of traditional
girls-only treatment centers. Further, because our
population is so well defined, Moonridge excels in using
specialized therapies designed for younger students.
Click here to learn more about Moonridge’s unique
clinical approach.
How We
Change Lives
A typical length of stay for Moonridge Academy ranges from
eight to ten months. In some cases (adoption, severe
trauma, or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) stays can be longer.
In general, Moonridge Academy’s focus on a younger student
population combined with our therapeutic intensity allows
us to shorten the residential treatment stay while
actually increasing the long-term success rate. This is
done by optimizing every element of our program to meet
the needs of our specific population. These program
elements include:
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Limited
enrollment--16 residents for a lot of individual attention
Specialized therapy group
sessions that deal with adoption, trauma, and other core
issues
Teaching model as opposed to
the “punishment paradigm”
On-site nursing
Safe and nurturing
environment
Outstanding medication
management (over 20 years of psych services with great
understanding of medications)
Experienced, licensed
therapists with extensive training in female adolescent
issues
Staff and therapists trained
in DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy)
Age specific therapies
(including Play and Sand Tray therapies)
Therapeutic intensity
(minimum of two hours of individual therapy weekly,
family therapy weekly, group therapy Monday-Friday)
Equine (horse) therapy and
recreational therapy weekly
On site sports court
Personal Greatness Program
Recreational horse back
riding program and regular outdoor excursions
Accredited Academics that
compliment the therapeutic program
Weekly service projects
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