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Welcome to Lakeside Academy Location/Contact Information 387 E. 450 S. Clearfield, UT 84015 Ph. 801.773.9149 Fax: 801.773.9152 State of Utah Information Service Code: YSF-Y Guaranteed Beds: 15 NOJOS: Level 6/Sex-specific Residential Intensive Treatment Agencies Served: Division of Juvenile Justice Services (DJJS) Program Overview Lakeside Academy serves higher-risk males, ages 13-15, who engage in sexual misconduct with a broad range of sexual-offense behaviors and who are often sexually-preoccupied. Lakeside Academy is a 24-hour (awake) intensive community-based residential treatment program. We provide maximum, non-secure supervision and intensive clinical intervention. Lakeside Academy is not a locked facility but is treatment staff secure. The boys residing in Lakeside Academy have serious and significant sexual acting out issues, potentially having persistent or fixated patterns of offending, use of force or weapons in committing their offenses. These youth also exhibit a propensity to act out with same-aged peers in addition to younger victims. Lakeside Academy residents also present with multiple vulnerabilities and deficits in their abilities to meet their needs. Youth admitted to Lakeside Academy present a significant risk for reoffending sexually, and therefore, require intervention in a structured and restrictive residential treatment setting. Due to the manner in which these youth sexually offend and the number and variety of risk factors identified in these youth, they score in the *moderate-to-high and high risk* range on acceptable national risk assessment tools. These young men possess risk too great to remain in the community or be placed with less-sophisticated youth in lower levels of care. NOJOS Certified Therapists Sex-Specific Treatment Holistic/Developmental Approach High Recreation Emphasis (8000 sq. ft. indoor gym) State-of-the-art Cafeteria Family, Individual, Group Therapies Sex-specific Treatment for DDMR, Aspergers, and Autistic Disorder Presenting Youth Issues Lakeside Academy’s youth present in treatment with multiple developmental issues, environmental issues, deficits in executive functioning, cognitive distortions, emotional issues, self-concept deficits, social competency and social relatedness deficits, childhood maltreatment, and awareness deficits including, but not limited to the following: Failure or disruptions in the developmental stages; Attachment deficits; Learning disabilities; Developmentally delayed and mentally retarded; Autistic Disorder; Negative family environment; Parental of familial separations; Negative peer influence; Emotional self-regulation problems; Limited rules for appropriate social behavior and interaction; Poorly-developed or primitive senses of morality; Failure to understand consequences of their behavior; Limited self control over ADHD, Anger management, Impulsivity; Conduct disordered; Depression and anger issues; Limited emotional expression; Deficits in self-esteem, worth, independence and confidence; Sexual, physical and psychological abuse; Exposure to domestic violence; Lack of empathy; Little remorse for behaviors; Narcissistic qualities. Treatment Consistent with Youth Health Associates’ therapeutic philosophy, Lakeside Academy endorses the use of holistic/integrated approach to treating youth who engage in sexual misconduct. Lakeside Academy uses a blend of traditional sex-specific treatment―development of full accountability for all offense behaviors, insight into offense dynamics and choice to offend, building realistic and effective relapse prevention strategies, development of a family safety plan, development of healthy sexual attitudes and boundaries, and develop and sustain victim empathy―into a more developmentally-consistent model for working effectively with our residents. Therapeutic interventions do not focus solely on sexual problems, but also address the youth’s growth and development, health, social skills, resilience and resolving the youth’s own victimization and co-occurring disorders. Lakeside Academy’s treatment strategies also include sex education and healthy sexuality work, life-skills training, skills development training, independent –living skills and psychiatric/medication management services. We provide a psychosexual educational emphasis in group treatment to provide our residents with information regarding maturation, human development, healthy sexual functioning and the current laws regarding sexual conduct. Many of our youth have had multiple, deliberate trauma exposures in their lifetime, and therefore, trauma-specific treatment interventions are utilized when necessary. Lakeside Academy believes that our youth must have the opportunity to resolve his own childhood victimization with sensory interventions, separate from the focus on his sexual offending to assist him to resolve trauma, enhance his emotional coping skills and develop a healthy sexual identity. Treatment Modalities Resident activities and movements are controlled or monitored by treatment staff on a twenty-four-hour basis at Lakeside Academy. We place strong emphasis on structure, intensive behavior management and containment to promote public safety. All schooling for Lakeside Academy is provided on-site. Lakeside Academy relies upon behavioral systems and behavioral modification programming to gain compliance from residents. Individual, family, group and recreational therapies, as well as the therapeutic milieu intervention, provide the basic structure of programming for Lakeside Academy. Additionally, our residents participate in group therapy that focuses on sex-offending issues. Youth admitted to Lakeside Academy typically cannot be adequately treated in a non-sex-specific or traditional residential programs. An integral part of our programming and therapeutic intervention is to decrease sexually-abusive behavior problems. The treatment of youth who engage in sexual misconduct requires specialized training and a unique treatment approach, which Lakeside Academy offers each of our residents. All of our clinical professionals are NOJOS certified, and have extensive experience working with this particular population. Lakeside Academy provides the following treatment modalities and components: Sex-specific group therapy two to three times per week focused on allowing the youth to work on accomplishing the treatment goals and expectations of sex-specific treatment with the support of a peer group; Cycle work focusing on the identification and understanding of contributing factors (thoughts, feelings and behaviors) that occur before, during and after a youth’s sexual misconduct, and development of coping strategies specific to each factor to interrupt unhealthy cycles and establish a relapse-prevention/self-regulation plan for such factors; Sexual-arousal modification, including use of strategies to help the youth understand their sexual attractions and arousals, differentiate healthy from unhealthy sexual functioning and develop the self-regulation and coping skills to control deviant impulses; Sex education and healthy sexuality development in individual therapy, and/or a psychosexual education group setting, to teach the youth about human sexuality and enhance their understanding of developmentally expected, healthy, appropriate adolescent sexual unfolding and expression; Life-skills training in a group setting centered on the mastery of life and social skills; Individual therapy one to two times weekly addressing both sex-specific and more general psychological issues and needs; Family therapy weekly (as determined appropriate by clinician); Highly structured academic programming; Psychiatric and medication management. Graduation Criteria Youth admitted to Lakeside Academy have significant abusive-behavior patterns that require long-term treatment intervention. The length of stay at Lakeside Academy is twelve to eighteen months, with six to twelve months of follow-up aftercare services. Due to our experience and advanced level of programming, Lakeside Academy is generally able to graduate a youth from the program in twelve months. The Lakeside Academy Clinical Team recommends that our residents undergo a graduation assessment to determine if: Family issues and environmental risk factors have been stabilized and/or reduced; Co-morbid issues have been addressed/stabilized; Level of functioning/skills has improved; A stable support system has been developed; Risk has been lowered; Etiological and maintenance factors, as well as treatment issues identified in the intake assessment, have been addressed; Protective factors, resiliency, internal and external assets have been increased; Progress has occurred on sex-specific treatment goals. Referral Contact Brian Garlock, LCSW 801.628.6160 brian@yhautah.com

	Jason English
Jason English North Home Supervisor Jason has worked with youth in different capacity since 2001. He has spent many hours coaching youth sports such as football and basketball. Jason started with YHA in 2001 as direct care staff, moving to lead and then Home Supervisor. Jason has a natural capacity to include every boy in his home no matter what their skills in activities. He finds pleasure being engaged with youth at different levels and further connecting with each boy developing trusting relationships. “Watching these boys change into young adults makes this job worth it. Young minds are interesting, and as a coach I feel obligation and


	Kirt Wise
Kirt Wise, LCSW Therapist Kirt has a BA in Social Work (2003) and Master of Social Work (2005). Kirt is also a NOJOS (Network of Juveniles Offending Sexually) Clinical Provider. Kirt started with YHA in 2000 as line staff. He enjoyed working with youth so much; he decided to further his education, becoming a therapist. Kirt has many years of practical experience with diverse populations, including sex offenders, pornography addiction, substance abuse, anger management and other psychiatric issues such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, ODD, CD, etc. Each area expanded Kirts knowledge and ability to successfully utilize a variety of therapeutic techniques. Kirt is a valuable member of the YHA clinical team.