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Compassionate Behavioral Health Center in Provo, UT

Give your child the help they need with their behavioral and mental development by enlisting the services of Provo Canyon School in Provo, UT. Since we took ownership in August 2000, our behavioral health center has placed a heavy focus on the academic, therapeutic, and developmental needs of our patients. We have programs for boys at the middle school level, and for boys and girls at the high school level. By separating our residency services into these groups, we can tailor our treatments to our patients at different stages of their growth and development.
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We want to welcome you and your loved ones to our Springville Campus and or our Provo Campus, both located in the state Utah.

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Treatment Team

Dedicated team members provide compassionate, quality care to our patients each day.

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Services & Programs

High School Boy’s Program

High School Boy’s Program
Effective treatment for boys that require behavioral and mental health therapeutic intervention and support.

General Information:

  • Serving boys ages 13-18
  • Providing both short-term stabilization and long-term residential treatment options
  • Fully accredited, year-round academic support (general and special education)
  • Medical model behavioral health services (full-time psychiatrists, nursing staff)

 

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High School Girl’s Program

High School Girl’s Program
Specifically designed treatment for girls with complicated mental health and behavioral health challenges.

General Information:

  • Serving girls ages 13-18
  • Providing short-term stabilization and long-term residential treatment
  • Fully accredited, year-round academic support (general and special education)
  • Medical model behavioral health services (full-time psychiatrists, nursing staff)

 

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Middle School Boy’s Program

Middle School Boy’s Program
Latency-age and gender treatment focus to help youth dealing with transitional age mental health needs.

General Information:

  • Serving boys ages 12-14
  • Gender-specific and age-specific programs (middle school)
  • Fully accredited, year-round accredited academic support (general and special education)
  • Special education certified faculty

 

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Success Stories

I am now most definitely ready to have my daughter home

“I love being a part of family therapy it’s making things easier for both myself and my daughter to deal with what is going on outside of Provo Canyon School and I am now most definitely ready to have my daughter home so that we may start our life together.”

T.S.
Parent of a Current PCS Patient
Staff, especially her therapist, were professional and warm and accessible

“I think it benefited my child when she and our family really needed that higher level of care, and gave her a sense of accomplishment with doing well scholastically and completing the program. Staff, especially her therapist, were professional and warm and accessible, and made me as a parent feel some comfort in knowing my child was getting the help she needed.”

J. M.
Parent of a Former PCS Patient
Many of the staff/teachers made me feel like family and stood up for me

“PCS may not be a day camp but without them and the staff there, I definitely would have never graduated high school and would probably be dead. It took me several more years after leaving to finally find some level of peace and start taking responsibility for my own actions. I have several fond memories of PCS and the staff/teachers there. I was not the easiest kid to deal with or understand which is why I was there for almost two years but many of the staff/teachers made me feel like family and stood up for me.”

D. M.
Former PCS Patient
I thought the place was very productive for my granddaughter

“I thought the place was very productive for my granddaughter. The staff was excellent and they were on top of everything. They were very aware of what her needs were and what she was going through. I feel many of the staff went beyond the duty and they communicated with me. The weekly family therapy was as good for me as it was for her. I was learning how to handle the situations and I felt we could be very open and honest. She has been in four other places and this is the one that I saw the most progress. If I had known about Provo Canyon School earlier I would have sent her then and the past three years would have been better.”

S. B.
Former PCS Patient Grandmother
The staff would comfort me and help me work through it

“Before PCS while I was at home I never felt it was okay to express how I feel but in PCS I could be crying and the staff would comfort me and help me work through it. I always had my journal where I could write down how I was feeling and then relate it back to my therapist on therapy day. I had been in a previous facility where they turned a blind eye to lots of things and my therapist babied me more then he would push me and make me work through things in PCS with my therapist and others I went to on occasion really pushed and made you feel things you didn't want to feel because it was too hard or painful.”

V. C.
Former PCS Patient
Provo Canyon School provides tools for every student to be successful in life

"I am writing to provide feedback on my experience I had at the school and their staff. I have only wonderful things to say about my daughter's therapist. She was always there to give me advice on what to do in complicated situations. I always had piece of mind knowing my daughter was in a place where she would get nutritious meals, shelter, individual, group therapy and an education. I had the opportunity to visit my daughter 3 times, we made great memories. Provo Canyon School provides tools for every student to be successful in life but is up to the individual to utilize the skills offered."

M. W.
Parent of a Former PCS Patient

Provo Canyon in the News

Treating patients in crisis

Teen boy and girl smilingRegulated residential inpatient treatment is a last resort for most patients in crisis. Teen programs vary in structure, demographics, restrictiveness and standards of care. Some residential schools also serve suicidal teens and psychotic and violent youth under constant supervision.

Services for teens can specialize in substance abuse, eating disorders and developmental delays. Residential treatment involves a range of public and private programs that address youth mental health and behavioral challenges.

Years of bad press and harmful narratives around inpatient boarding may still shape public opinion and impact federal funding. In a recent article in the NY Post, author Christina Buttons recounted her positive experiences at Provo Canyon. She also wrote an article for the Manhattan Institute on the radical movement to divest from youth residential treatment.

“Most residential teen programs are licensed and regulated,” said Buttons. “The answer to imperfect care cannot be no care at all.”

Read the Manhattan Institute Article

A Special Patient Testimonial

Celebrating your success

Teen girl standing in the sunshine“Before attending Provo Canyon, I was running away from home for days at a time and hanging out with people who were contributing to my self-destructive behaviors. I’d gotten into drugs. I was stealing cars.

“During my time at Provo Canyon, I learned so much about myself and came to terms with my sexuality. I gained the structure and discipline I needed to go forward and be successful. I never witnessed nor heard of any abuse in my time there. I only saw love and care.

“The staff at Provo Canyon School were some of the nicest and most genuine people I’ve ever known and, by far, some of the most patient. They endure verbal abuse and threats. And yet they coach, mentor and improve the lives of us all.”

— Former patient

Patient Satisfaction

4.70 / 5
I knew my treatment plan goals.
4.66 / 5
I feel better now than when I was admitted
4.37 / 5
Overall I was very satisfied with my treatment

* Data based on patients surveyed between July-December 2024.

Our Facility

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Provo Canyon School - Springville Campus

763 North 1650 West, Springville, Utah 84663Contact Us
801-491-3910
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High School and Residential Treatment Center for Boys Ages 13 to 18

Provo Canyon School - Provo Campus

4501 North University Ave, Provo, UT 84604Contact Us
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