Systems Based Practice: Local Resources for Child Psychiatry

Non-Medical Services

Outpatient Therapists:
- University of Utah Behavioral Health Clinic (Fee for Service; 801-585-1212)
- Primary Children’s Center for Counseling (IHC Behavioral Health Intake 801-662-7000; 801-
265-3000)
- Valley Mental Health (Spanish; Medicaid; 801-264-2325; www.vmh.com)
- Youth Services (Spanish; Free; 801-269-7500; www.youth.slco.org)
- Centro de la Familia (Spanish; 801-521-4473; www.cdlfu.org)
- EAP for University Employees/families (801-587-9319; http://uuhsc.utah.edu/eap)
- Private therapists in the community – refer patient to their insurance company for provider list

In-Home Therapy:
- Empowerment Counseling (801-604-1134)
- Utah Youth Village – Families First (www.youthvillage.org/familiesfirst.php)
- Youth Services

Abuse and Neglect:

- Primary Children’s Center For Counseling
- Safe and Healthy Families (801-662-3600)
- Youth Services offers shelter and counseling
- DCFS (800-678-9399; www.hsdcfs.utah.gov)
Respite Care:
- The Crisis Nursery at the Family Support Center
o Sugarhouse: 2020 S. Lake Street (740 East) 801-487-7778 Open 8am-8pm 7
days/week
o West Valley: 3663 South 3600 West (801-967-4259) open 24/7
o Midvale: 777 W. Center Street (7720 South) 801-255-6881 open 24/7

211 – great resource for multiple social services in the community. Dial the number 211 or visit the
website, www.211ut.org. Available in English and Spanish.

Parenting Classes:
- Valley Mental Health
- Jordan School District (Spanish;
http://www.jordandistrict.org/community/programs/family/index.html)
- Youth Services

Books/Self Help:
- SOS Help For Parents (Spanish)
- 1-2-3 Magic
- Love and Logic
- Websites

Medical Services

Outpatient Medication Management:

- University of Utah Behavioral Health Clinic
- Valley Mental Health for children with Medicaid
- Primary Children’s Center for Counseling (Intake 801-662-7000)
- Private community MDs – refer patient to their insurance company for provider list
Day Treatment (all day, 5 days/week, including school) & Intensive Outpatient (few hours per day 4-5
days/week (some insurance companies will refer to this level of care as Partial Hospital Program):
- UNI Kidstar and Teen Scope Day Treatment Programs (801-587-3154)
- VMH KIDS program
- Wasatch Canyons Adolescent Day Treatment (IHC Intake 801-662-7000)
- PCMC Residential North has capacity for a few latency age kids for day tx
- Davis Behavioral Health (an intensive outpatient program)

Residential Level of care:

- Wasatch Canyons for Adolescents
- PCMC Residential North for Latency age children
- Valley Mental Health ARTEC program (801-963-4200)
- Odyssey House treats adolescents with substance abuse/dual dx
- Lifeline treats substance abuse/dual dx (801-936-4000; www.lifelineutah.com)
- Private Residential Facilities (typically parents pay out of pocket)
o Gateway Academy (boys only)
o Alpine Academy (girls only)

Utah State Hospital:

- offers very few bed capacity for acute inpatients for the southern part of the state
- predominantly treats children and adolescents long-term who are in DCFS custody

Wilderness Programs: provide a unique level of care in which adolescents are living in the wilderness and
receiving therapy. Some have psychiatrists associated with them, so could provide med management if
needed. Private pay and typically adolescents from out of state.
- Second Nature (www.snwp.com)
- Red Cliff Ascent (800-898-1244; www.redclifascent.com)
Inpatient Level of Care:
- UNI
- Wasatch Canyons (IHC Intake 801-662-7000; 801-270-4322)
- McKay Dee Hospital (801-627-2800)

Miscellaneous Services By Issue

Developmentally Disabled Population/Children with Special Healthcare Needs:

- UNI HOME program (Medicaid; 801-581-5515, healthcare.utah.edu/home/)
- Department of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD; 801-538-4200;
www.dspd.utah.gov/)
- Utah Department of Health Children with Special Healthcare Needs (801-584-8284;
health.utah.gov/cshcn/)
- Early Intervention (800-961-4226; www.utahbabywatch.org)
- Lisa Samson-Fang, MD – Developmental Pediatrician (801-581-3501)

Drug and Alcohol Abuse Services:

- Many of the above providers also work with substance abuse issues
- Salt Lake County Substance Abuse Hotline (Medicaid, Sliding Scale; Spanish; 801-468-2009)
- Project Reality offers drug testing (801-364-8080)
- Cornerstone offers adolescent groups, counseling, and drug testing and is funded by VOA
(801-355-2846; www.cornerstoneslc.com)
- Odyssey House has community treatment and residential for primary substance abuse
disorders (801-363-1001)
 - Lifeline

Autism Spectrum Disorders:

- Autism Speaks - a nationwide reference with links to resources across the state
(http://www.autismspeaks.org/community/fsdb/state.php?sid=52)
- Evaluation/Follow-up
o University of Utah Behavioral Health Clinic
o Utah Department of Health Children with Special Healthcare Needs
o School Districts for evaluation
- Carmen B. Pingree School (801-581-0194; www.carmenbpingree.com)
- Autism Assessment and Treatment Center (801-386-8069; www.autismutah.com) - offers
social skills, parent/sib support groups
- GIANT Steps program – Utah County, for ages 3-5 (801-226-5437)
- Redwood Learning Center – In-home ABA program (801-523-0715; www.redwoodlc.com)
- ASSERT – Utah State University, Dr. Thomas Higbee (435-797-1933;
http://sped.usu.edu/ASSERT/index.html)
- Outpatient therapists who specialize in Autism Spectrum Disorders
o Barbara Lester, LCSW
o Sam Goldstein, PhD

School Help for Families:

- Referral to local school psychologist
- IEP/504
o Utah Parent Center (www.utahparencenter.org)
o US Dept of Education (info also in Spanish;
www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html)
- Tutoring
o Nancy Thorup
o Oxford Learning Center
o Sylvan
o SEPS (www.sepslc.com)
o Other kids at school
- Private Schools may be good option for learning disabilities, kids who haven’t done well in
public school, anxious kids may benefit from smaller schools
o Challenger
o Realms of Inquiry (HS only)
o SEPS
o Lutheran, Jewish, or Catholic Schools
o Woodland Hills (Aspergers)
o SPECTRUM Academy (Aspergers)
o Provo Canyon School
o School District programs
- Online Schools may be another good option for kids who haven’t done well in public school
o BYU Independent Study Program – JHS, HS, and college
(http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/index.cfm)
o Salt Lake Community College (www.slcc.edu)
o Calvert Home School Program (http://homeschool.calvertschool.org)

Services for Pre-School Age Children:

- The Children’s Center (801-582-5540; www.tccslc.org)
- Outpatient Therapists who see preschool children
o Johanna McManemin, PhD
 o Nancy Reiser, LCSW
o Katy O’Bannion, PhD (801-266-0342)
o Laura Brockbank, PhD
o Cher King

Grief/Bereavement
- The Sharing Place (801-466-0422; http://thesharingplace.org)
- Primary Children’s Bereavement Program (801-662-3701)

Psychological Testing
- Psychoeducational Clinic – through the U of U Dept. of Educational Psychology (Does not
accept insurance, sliding scale available; http://clinic.ed.utah.edu/index.html)
- David Ericksen, PhD
- Jennifer Gale, PhD
- Sam Goldstein, PhD
- Mary Hales, PhD
- Jenise Jensen, PhD
- Dorothee Serpas, PhD
- Julien Smith, PhD
- Matthew Wooley, PhD