I was an employee at Lava Heights Academy. I wanted to work in a field where I could help…read morestruggling youth. This was the absolute worst place I have ever worked. The Directors and most Supervisors were a joke. No one has any idea what they are doing and it negatively affects the kids that are there to get help. The choices that are made for by upper management are based strictly off of what will bring in the most money and NOT what will help these kids. If I were a parent looking for a treatment center I would stay far away from this one. There were a handful of staff that actually cared about the students growth and expressed their concerns to upper management and the next thing you know those individuals were let go. Lava Heights should be shut down for the things that have taken place here. I have reported several incidents to the Sequels compliance Manager and still nothing was done. I feel so bad for the kids that are stuck in this awful place. Some incidents included: Staff taking students to unauthorized places and then telling these students to lie about where they went, MANY med errors where incident reports "magically" disappeared, no Thanksgiving dinner because they had a "big" lunch, Snacks were taken away on the weekend due to budget issues, allowing female students to be in the boys group because they identify as a male and visa versa, Directors constantly telling staff and students that they would do something and NEVER following through, Inappropriate restraints and Management would tell staff a specific way to word the incident report, these poor kids don't get to go out to as many activities as they make it seem. Lava does not have a PE, Dance, or Music teacher as they advertise on their website. Most of the staff on their site haven't been there for years. The claim to be an arts and music therapy treatment center but the kids aren't even allowed to listen to music until phase . AGAIN I WILL SAY DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE FOR HELP.

i was a student/kid here years ago. the place is horrible. the staff treated us like crap. i was…read morealso woken up at 5 am with 2 strangers standing over my bed in my own home with my mom crying outside pretending to care, these strangers told me if i didn't get out of bed and go with them that they would restrain me. that is a traumatic and terrifying experience for a 13 year old child. . do not send your kid too these centers. i was sexually abused by both staff and students and nothing and i mean NOTHING. was done about it. The worst staff i've ever dealt with. GROWN MEN PINNING LITTLE GIRLS INTO THE DIRT FLOOR for restraints. So many injuries all these kids had from being restrained. I threw a PEBBLE at the wall and got pinned to the ground by a supervisor named wyatt. Kindall another supervisor was practically evil. Half the grown adult staff were horrible. and the only staff that was good was the 19/20 year old staff!! This place looks good online with the horses ans stuff. but it's horrible. rod the equine director was amazing. he was the only person helping me hang on. we were fed terribly. if you did a bad thing you'd get meals taken away from you. if you got 3 strikes they'd put kids in a room with no windows no bed nothing just an empty room and you'd sit in there for days. Gosh This whole place got sued and i'm so happy all of us are finally sticking up and speaking out about the abuse. it's hard for me to even talk about this point in my life. the hatred i had for my parents to even give up on me and send me there. that place treated us like it was jail. and the center is all adopted kids. Hi hello i was abused and all kinds of stuff before i was adopted. OFC we are gonna have behavioral issues!! places like this should not exist and i will not say no more on this. i pray you parents don't give up on your children and keep them close.

Our daughter has been at Three Points Center since last fall. In that time, we have noticed a…read moredecent amount of change thanks to the care and concern from the staff of Three Points Center. This place is special- they focus only on adopted kids. They recognize that many adopted kids have attachment issues and need a style of care that is different than other residential treatment centers. For example, they are not penalizing. Each week, we visit our daughter via a Zoom call for family therapy. Our therapist is thoughtful and helpful. We are welcome to visit anytime we want. Every few months Three Points Center offers a "parent weekend" where we get to meet with the staff and learn about how we can help our daughter. The founder, Dr. Norm, is one of the most genuine and neat people I have ever met. Within minutes of talking with him, you can tell his heart is helping these special kids. Adopted kids are special and have special needs. Three Points Center is one one the few places that recognizes this. We need more places like it.

I'm 24 now I got sent here at 15-16 and it was a horrible experience don't send your kids to places…read morelike these. It's disgusting!!! The trauma I have from here is insane and I'm still working through it. They abused kids and so did the owner Adam! Also there's a video of me having a medical emergency and they didn't do anything and made me pull Home Depot sized buckets and stomped on them and told me it wasn't full enough while I was crying. I remember the staff just laughing at me. It was traumatic. If I could give -888 stars I would.

Left me with lifelong trauma they do not and never will care about your daughter. They say your…read moredaughter can graduate within 3 months with hard work but the reality is even if they are doing good they will report to you that she is struggling. your daughter can not openly communicate with you during therapy or by the five minute social calls on level "positive attitude" you are forced to act like you love it there or they shut the call off. it is a horrible damaging place that i would NEVER send any child too. not even my worst enemy

I recently accepted a position at Northstar Treatment Center in LaVerkin, UT. I have been highly…read moreimpressed with staff's level of knowledge, communication, integrity and genuine caring for their clients. The management supports and empowers their people to provide the highest level professional care. It's a good place.

BEWARE!!!!! Thiis place is terrible. If you have any ideas of get help for dual diagnosis or…read moreco-occuring condition, the help is nonexistent. I had to fight tooth and nail just to get my prescribed.(non narcotic medication. But it was withheld for 5 days You hand very little access to medical. About 7-10 minutes a week. Point is, this place is terribly managed posting fake 5 start reviews on their website. I ended up having to come a complain with the department of health care services. Do yourself a favor and stay away!!!