Uinta Academy Overview
Uinta Academy is the nation’s leading multi-dimensional residential treatment center for teens and young adults. We specialize with teens who struggle with relationships or attachment or who have experienced trauma. Uinta’s clinically intense and sophisticated treatment program is balanced by a warm, nurturing, family-style living environment. Teens and young adults who come to Uinta are pleasantly surprised that they live in a home in a residential neighborhood, that the mountains are right outside their door, and that they get to do all the normal things that teenagers like to do.
Uinta Academy offers intense clinical treatment in the form of individual, family, and group therapy delivered by licensed professionals. A research-based therapeutic milieu, accredited academic program, equine-assisted psychotherapy, a robust integrated cultural arts program, recreational therapy, and a healthy lifestyles element round out the program at Uinta.
Uinta is comprised of four homes that are interspersed in a rural community. The homes are located in close proximity so students can make friendships with people in all the homes.
- East home – Residential treatment for up to sixteen students ages 12-17.
- West home – Residential treatment for up to sixteen students ages 12-17.
- Transition home – For teens in the final stage of treatment. The reduced structure and increased autonomy prepare girls for the step home.
- Young Adult home – Residential treatment for eight young adults ages 12-20.
Uinta Academy is licensed by the Utah Department of Human Services and a member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. Our academic program is accredited by AdvanEd and the Utah State Office of Education.
"Teens who come to Uinta are pleasantly surprised that they live in a home in a residential neighborhood, that the mountains are right outside their door, and that they get to do all the normal things that teenagers like to do."
About Our Name
“Uinta” is a Native American term that means “high” place. This name embodies our goal to help every girl achieve her highest potential. The Uinta Mountains in Northeastern Utah are considered a special place by the local Native American tribes.
About Our Location
Uinta Academy is located in the rural community of Wellsville, which is 7 miles west of Logan, Utah. Uinta’s homes sit at the base of the Wellsville Mountains and have an incredible view of the entire Cache Valley, which is bordered on the east by the Bear River Mountains. Shopping, medical facilities, and cultural and recreational activities are minutes from campus. Logan is the home of the Utah Festival Opera and the Ellen Eccles Theatre which hosts concerts, community theater events, ballet, and national touring companies. The Cache Valley Center for the Arts hosts the Gallery Walk and the Summerfest Arts Faire. Utah State University hosts many artistic and cultural events, including traveling art galleries, symphony performances, plays, and public lectures. Cache Valley and the surrounding mountain ranges abound with recreational opportunities and we are within a half day’s drive of six national parks, including Yellowstone. Visitors fly into the Salt Lake International Airport which is a 75 minute drive from campus.
Cache Valley has a humid continental climate, which means we experience all four seasons. Summer temperatures average around 80 degrees with occasional thunderstorms. Winters temperatures average around 30 degrees, accompanied by moderate snowfall.
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