Odyssey House of Utah Adolescent Residential Program

Adolescent Residential Treatment Program and School (Including START)

A Journey of Healing...
Our Adolescent Residential Treatment Program is located just east of downtown Salt Lake City and provides full-service residential care to adolescent teenagers (13-17) and is among one of the most successful and long-standing programs in Utah. We are a dual-diagnosis enhanced residential treatment program which enables us to do what we do best... help teenagers work on themselves as a whole and discover the underlying issues that form the root of the addiction so that our clients may emerge healthy, successful, and independent. We are also an accredited educationl institution so clients are able to get high school credits with us and graduate with a diploma. We involve the family in the healing process and return youth to the good people they are.

The best part is that we offer aftercare to our clients for free for life. We truly want to give every client a chance to succeed and we do not give up on hope - ever.

Integrity, Responsibility, Accountability... A Recipe for Health
Our treatment approach is unique in that we employ a modified Therapeutic Community model that has been customized to the most important needs of adolescents and is based on the most up-to-date best practices in the field. The Therapeutic Community harnesses the best of both worlds: professional, clinical expertise and the ability of adolescents to relate to each other and support those who are going through the same journey they are. Many of our staff have graduated from Odyssey House themselves and can truly support the clients as they know exactly what their needs are and have succeeded themselves. Clients hold each other to healthy standards and hold each other accountable as friends should. They teach and encourage each other to live responsibly, with integrity, and accountable for their own actions.

START Program...

The Adolescent START Program was developed to offer short-term residential treatment services to those who were in the early stages of addiction. THe START program has since become the beginning phase of each adolescent client's residential treatment. The strength of the START program's design lies in the therapists' ability to track the client's progress in the Therapeutic Community as well as their individual therapy sessions and determine the client's ASAM level that will dictate their future plans for care. The START phase will last between 30 and 60 days depending on the client's progress. Progress is reviewed weekly for each client and special attention is paid to their ASAM level. Since Odyssey House has a complete continuum of care, we can transition clients between ASAM levels seamlessly.

Staff is available 24 hours a day to attend to the needs of the residents. To help address parental concerns, we strongly encourage parents to participate in their child's case reviews and attend a parent interview. Moreover, we offer a monthly parent group to provide program orientation, support, and family education.

A Day in the Life...
Our Adolescent Residential drug treatment program has developed a plethora of individualized groups and services that enhance the Therapeutic Community. Each day, clients are given the support of several group therapy sessions and activities that help them learn how to live the rest of their lives sober. Clients not only engage in therapy; they learn how to have fun without drugs and alcohol and how to be successful in school and in whatever life brings after school whether it be college or employment. We make sure that the clients have a healthy balance of therapy and play as long as they are living their lives in a healthy manner. Below are some of the services that we offer and all of them are included in the program:

• Case Management
• Individual Therapy
• Motivational Groups
• Crisis Intervention
• Gender Groups
• Family Therapy
• High School Education and College Support
• Life Skills Training
• Sexual Trauma Recovery Services
• Lifelong Aftercare Services

Length of Stay...
We like to say that an adolescent's length of stay at Odyssey House will not be one week longer or one week shorter than it needs to be. Each client's length of stay will differ as programs are individualized for each client's needs. We utilize ASAM Placement Criteria, an industry renowned best-practice, to match the correct level of care for each client and we review each client's progress continuously. Because we have a complete continuum of care ranging from residential treatment to substance abuse education, we can move a client along seamlessly in their levels of care. If certain time constraints exist, please feel free to talk to our admissions department to see if we can come up with a viable solution.

We encourage a smooth transition back into the family's home so that a client may live a sober, successful life with the important family support that is so necessary for healing.

Hope Renewed...
Adolescent graduate whole, healthy people with the world's opportunities at their fingertips. After all, a life free of addiction has limitless potential. Our alumni group provides support for clients for the rest of their lives for free and we are impressed and touched by the generous gestures of many of our graduates. Whether it be a graduate donating to Odyssey House or stopping by to cook everyone a meal, it is a common occurrence to see hope renewed in our clients by seeing them "give back." Sobriety is about teaching and helping others achieve it, and our alumni definitely does more than their share of touching lives.

The Beginning of the Journey...
You have already visited our website and taken initial steps towards finding solutions. We want to be a resource to help you along your journey. For more information about our Adult Residential Program, call one of our admissions professionals at 801-322-3222 or visit our admissions page right now.