Oakley School

Oakley School was a coeducational therapeutic boarding school located in Oakley, Utah, enrolling students of high school age. The school announced its closure in May 2017.[1] The school was established in 1998 as a transitional placement for students who had been released from the Island View residential treatment center.[2] It was acquired by Aspen Education Group in 2004, along with Island View.[2][3] Since August 2013, it has been "partnered with" InnerChange, LLC.[4]

For the Oakley Training School of Mississippi, see Mississippi Department of Human Services.
Oakley School

A former student featured the since-closed Oakley School in the documentary Now Return Us to Normal.[5] In it, the filmmaker Leslie Korean and her diverse classmates confronted the trauma they claim was brought on by their years at the behavior modification school.[6] Koren and others described feeling traumatized as they recounted therapeutic processes.[7] Strategies included isolating students upon arrival, controlling who they could talk to and in what settings, taking away certain privileges, and sessions designed to psychologically break students.[7]

In 2021, Newport Academy, a nationwide network of residential treatment centers for teens struggling with mental health issues, opened a facility on the former campus of the Oakley School.[8]

References
  1. "The Oakley SchoolHome". www.oakley-school.com. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. Stednitz, Larry (September 20, 2005). "Oakley School". Woodbury Reports.
  3. "Aspen Education Group Acquires Island View & Oakley School". Woodbury Reports. December 2, 2004.
  4. "Leading Therapeutic Boarding School Partners with InnerChange" (press release). August 5, 2013.
  5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6099442/
  6. https://filmfreeway.com/returnusdoc
  7. https://thefilmstage.com/now-return-us-to-normal-review-a-poetic-personal-road-trip-reflecting-on-the-unintended-consequences-of-wilderness-schools/
  8. Cramer, Alexander (September 8, 2021). "Teen treatment center opens on Summit County's East Side". Park Record. Retrieved 21 February 2022.


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