Special Education/Schools

• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• American Sign Language Instruction
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Special Education
• Sign Language Interpretation
• Hearing Aids
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Assistive Technology Training
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Telecommunication Relay Services

Provides an online directory of all districts and charter schools in Utah.

Four Outpatient Family Clinics: Provo, American Fork, Spanish Fork and Wasatch County. Services include: Individual/Group/Family Therapy; Case Management' Medication Management. Nursing Services, Peer Support, Specialized groups such as: Domestic Violence treatment, Parenting Skills, Anger Management; Psychological testing, as needed; Skills Development and Behavior Management.

The Wellness Recovery Clinic (WRC) provides services to individuals who are uninsured or underinsured who meet income criteria.

Mountain Peaks Counseling offers services to those who have insurance other than Medicaid and those who wish to pay cash for services.

Vantage Point Crisis Services for Youth provides 24-hour a day, 7 days a week crisis residential services for male and female youth ages 10-17 who are ungovernable, at risk of becoming runaways, or experiencing serious parent-child conflicts.

Juvenile Receiving provides a 24-hour a day, 7 days a week reception, screening, and evaluation service for juvenile offenders who do not meet criteria for secure detention.

More Services for Children, Youth, and Families, as part of an individualized Recovery Plan.

Provides services to children ages 3-5 who have been diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder through Giant Steps Preschools in Orem, Saratoga Springs Spanish Fork and Provo. Giant Steps also provides supportive education programs for parents and families, open to the public, to encourage, educate, and advocate for their child’s needs.

XCEL Adolescent Day Treatment Program provides social skills, emotional regulation skills, and coping strategies for adolescents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and teens with developmental delays.

New Vista provides outpatient, day treatment, and step-down services for male and female youth, ages 9-18 who have sexual behavior problems.

Aspire is a residential care/treatment program for female youth, ages 12 to 18, who are in DCFS custody.

Stride is an after school day treatment services to assist children ages 5 to 12 who are experiencing challenges with behavior and social skills due to mental illness.

Sandra Wilkes, LCSW: Diagnostic Evaluation - Learning Disorders, Outpatient individual mental health therapy 

Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

To effectively teach students the state standards to ensure academic success

Provides individual education for students with severe disabilities from ages five through 21.  Many on-site therapies and recreational activities available to students.

Services Include:

• Music Therapy
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Physical Education
• Pool
• Psychologist/Social Worker
• Speech Therapy
• Vision Specialists

• Special Education
• Vocational Education
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Youth Job Development

South Valley School provides training for special education students in independent living skills, character education and vocational preparation in full-time and part-time programs. All students leave South Valley School with a post-graduation plan, in an effort to help them succeed in the transition from school and throughout the rest of their lives.
Greenhouse, Woodshop, Framing/Engraving and Transition.

Dr. Patrice Johnson

• Parent Support Groups
• Special Education
• Specialized Information and Referral

• Hearing Aids
• Sign Language Instruction
• Audiological Evaluations
• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment
• Braille and Tactile Aids

Provides support and education to those with disabilities to live independently through education, personalized services, and technology.

• Peer to Peer Networking
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Adult Out of Home Respite Care
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Advocacy
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Independent Living Skills Instruction

Also Red Rock - Beaver County Outstation, Red Rock - Iron County Outstation, Red Rock - Sevier County Outstation.

Services for Children: Braille and Reading Instruction, Offers instruction in braille.
Preschool Programs: Maintains vision screening clinics for preschool and kindergarten children throughout the state.
In addition to providing vocational rehabilitation services, DSBVI offers a multitude of training and adjustment services.

Services also located in Ogden, Provo, Salt Lake

• Special Education

• Audiological Evaluations
• Hearing Aids
• Developmental Assessment
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Special Education

• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Hearing Aids
• Audiological Evaluations

Offers an intensive learning experience for the student with autism, based on years of experience, research, and monitoring by staff who have expertise in autism and related developmental delays.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following CDC guidelines and Governor Herbert's recommendation, the center will be dismissed for the remainder of the year. Please contact the center for more information about at-home services.

• Developmental Assessment
• Special Preschools
• Elementary Schools
• Autism Therapy
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Speech Therapy

Partners with Valley Behavioral Health

• Refugee Resettlement Volunteer Opportunities
• School Districts
• Special Preschools
• Special Education
• Speech Therapy
• Summer School Programs
• Computer Distribution Programs
• Instructional Materials

Kids World Academy is a private school for children preschool through 6th grade, with and without disabilities in an inclusive environment, customizing learning for every child. Kids World staff works with children with Autism, PDD, Speech Delays, Down Syndrome, Aspergers, Behavior challenges, Cerebral Palsy, and Developmental Delays. Also provides services for children who have or are at increased risk for physical, developmental, and behavioral disorders.

Brandon Francis, M Ed, Director
M - F 9 - 5, Closed New Year's Day • Memorial Day • Fourth of July • Labor Day • Thanksgiving • Christmas

• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Elementary Schools

An early education program that provides home- and center-based services to children with hearing loss whose families want their children to learn to listen and talk.

Program Options Include:

• Parent-Toddler Group
• Preschool Group
• Kindergarten Group
• Summer Camp
• Family Education and Support Group

Offers educational services to the neighborhoods of Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Midvale, Sandy and the town of Alta.

• Secondary/High Schools

Provides preschool and early childhood education programs.

Special Education services are available for eligible students which includes preschool through 12th grade (including post-high school transition services).

Wasatch High School North Campus ensures each student understands and can demonstrate essential skills needed to live a successful and fulfilled life.

The Kauri Sue Hamilton School is a center-based school for students with significant disabilities. Students receive a comprehensive educational program and specialty services including music, speech, occupational and physical therapy and adaptive P.E. The facility includes a therapy swimming pool, two playgrounds, two multi-sensory environment rooms, therapy treatment rooms, a health clinic, 18 classrooms and a cafeteria and gymnasium.

Helps parents help their children, youth, and young adults with all disabilities to live included, productive lives as members of the community. Provides information, empathetic peer support, training and advocacy based on the concept of parents helping other parents.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and state guidelines.

• Special Education
• Specialized Information and Referral

Provides social, behavioral, and communication skills to children with autism.

Services Include:

• Autism Therapy (ABA)
• Social Skills
• Behavioral Learning Therapy
• Potty Training
• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Solutions Academy
  • Classes range from Preschool-12th Grade

Home services in Davis, Tooele, Weber, Juab, Sevier, Wasatch, Utah, Salt Lake, Washington, Millard, and Grand counties.

Autism Solutions Academy is a Carson Smith approved school.

A residential treatment program, with a strong emphasis on both education and therapy, featuring a structured, therapeutic living environment, a fully accredited high quality education program, and a full range of group, individual, family and chemical dependency counseling. The therapy work is more insight-oriented, something we felt was critical to longer term success.

Spectrum Academy is a charter school in Utah for students with medium to high-functioning autism and Asperger’s. They provide small class sizes with individualized instruction and innovative social skills curriculum. This school serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Elementary Schools

Provides tuition-free public online school that serves students in grades K–12 throughout Utah.

Offers Utah students online-schooling options.

River's Edge is one of three special education schools located in the Jordan School District. River's Edge School specializes in serving students who need emotional, social, and behavioral support. The school faculty members are dedicated to educating all students to high levels of academic performance as well as teaching them to be responsible, respectful, and safe.

Special programs that are available to all qualifying students are: Speech, Occupational Therapy, Guidance, and Vocational Training.

River's Edge School is the most restrictive special education placement in Jordan School District. It serves approximately 40 students; the staff-to-student ratio is approximately 1 to 5. 

Provides support and education to those with disabilities to live independently through education, personalized services, and technology.

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Advocacy
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Orientation and Mobility Training

• Advocacy
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan

A Technical Assistance Manual for positive behavioral supports and selection of least restrictive behavioral interventions. The LRBI document provides guidance and information in creating successful behavioral systems and supports within Utah's public schools; September 2015.

Provides social, behavioral, and communication skills to children with autism.

Services Include:

• Autism Therapy (ABA)
• Social Skills
• Behavioral Learning Therapy
• Potty Training
• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Solutions Academy
  • Classes range from Preschool-12th Grade

Home services in Davis, Tooele, Weber, Juab, Sevier, Wasatch, Utah, Salt Lake, Washington, Millard, and Grand counties.

Autism Solutions Academy is a Carson Smith approved school.

Spectrum Academy is a charter school in Utah for students with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s. They provide small class sizes with individualized instruction and innovative social skills curriculum. The STARS Campus serves high needs children grades K-5.

• Elementary Schools
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Secondary/High Schools

Provides social, behavioral, and communication skills to children with autism.

Services Include:

• Autism Therapy (ABA)
• Social Skills
• Behavioral Learning Therapy
• Potty Training
• Developmental Assessment
• Autism Solutions Academy
  • Classes range from Preschool-12th Grade

Home services in Davis, Tooele, Weber, Juab, Sevier, Wasatch, Utah, Salt Lake, Washington, Millard, and Grand counties.

Autism Solutions Academy is a Carson Smith approved school.

• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Special Education

Helps parents help children, youth, and young adults with all disabilities to live included, productive lives as members of the community. Provides information, empathetic peer support, training and advocacy based on the concept of parents helping other parents.

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Special Education
• Disability Related Parenting Programs

Provide free assistance to families of children with special education needs. Services are offered to parents and professionals through one-on-one consultations. The Parent Consultant serving families in Canyons School District offers:

• training
• information
• referral
• assistance

Provide free assistance to families of children with special education needs. Services are offered to parents and professionals through one-on-one consultations. The Parent Consultant serving families in Granite School District offers:

• training
• information
• referral
• assistance

Provide free assistance to families of children with special education needs. Services are offered to parents and professionals through one-on-one consultations. The Parent Consultant serving families in Salt Lake School District offers:

• training
• information
• referral
• assistance

Provide free assistance to families of children with special education needs. Services are offered to parents and professionals through one-on-one consultations. The Parent Consultant serving families in Tooele School District offers:

• training
• information
• referral
• assistance

Provide free assistance to families of children with special education needs. Services are offered to parents and professionals through one-on-one consultations. The Parent Consultant serving families in Box Elder School District offers:

• training
• information
• referral
• assistance

Offers educational services and administers K-12 schools in the communities of Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Midvale, Sandy and the town of Alta. Offers special education, special preschools, speech therapy, computer distribution programs, and vocational rehabilitation.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and state guidelines. All updates sent to district families via the Skylert notification system; if not receiving, please call the helpdesk.

• Special Preschools
• Special Education
• School Districts
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Speech Therapy
• Computer Distribution Programs

Provides screening, assessment, therapy, medication management, crisis intervention, and case management services for those with mental illness, substance abuse and behavioral health concerns. Services available throughout Salt Lake, Tooele, and Summit counties in a variety of settings including outpatient clinics, day treatment, mental health evaluations, step-down residential programs, and community-based programs.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Currently offering medication delivery through ValleyRx pharmacy and remote therapy by phone and telehealth.

• Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
• Mental Health Evaluation
• Adolescent/Youth Counseling
• Geriatric Counseling
• Play Therapy
• Homeless Drop In Centers
• Child/Adolescent Residential Treatment Facilities
• Low Income/Subsidized Rental Housing
• Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
• Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
• Job Finding Assistance
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Therapeutic Foster Homes
• Psychosocial Therapy
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Substance Use Disorder Intervention Programs
• Street Outreach Programs
• Behavioral Learning Therapy
• Psychiatric Case Management
• Psychiatric Day Treatment
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
• Special Education
• Case/Care Management
• Counseling/Information Support Volunteer Opportunities
• General Counseling Services
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
• Child Guidance
• Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
• Marriage Counseling
• Parent Counseling
• Sex Offender Counseling
• Runaway/Homeless Youth Counseling
• Sexual Assault Counseling
• Psychiatric Medication Services
• Substance Use Disorder Education/Prevention
• Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
• Court Ordered DUI Evaluations
• Drug/Alcohol Testing
• General Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
• DUI Offender Programs
• Substance Use Disorder Counseling
• Substance Use Disorder Crisis Intervention

• Advocacy
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Specialized Information and Referral

Provides support and education to those with disabilities to live independently through education, personalized services, and technology.

• Advocacy
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Adult Out of Home Respite Care
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Specialized Information and Referral

Advocates and researches strategies to support early intervention and special educational needs of children with exceptionalities. Website shows the latest information about special education research and development throughout the United States. Effects public policy and makes federal budgetary recommendations.

Offers products for sale that are hand-selected by experienced special needs professionals. Items are kid-tested and therapist, teacher and parent approved.

Products Include:

• Adapted Arts and Crafts Materials
• Adapted Toys
• Assistive Technology Equipment
• Assistive Technology Equipment Acquisition Assistance
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Control and Signaling Aids
• Low Vision Aids
• Speech Aids
• Visual/Reading Aids

Provides a four year postsecondary curriculum of study to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Services Include:

• Person Centered Planning
• Support staff attends the class with the student
• Additional assistance through a two hour support class.
• Work specialty area. Most students are placed on-campus with a support staff member in their first year and gradually they have the opportunity to explore off campus placements.
• Students live on and off campus.

Students completing their four years with the Mason LIFE Program will graduate with a George Mason Certificate of Completion with a catalog concentration and a work specialty area.

Study.com is an online platform that uses short, entertaining video lectures developed by licensed teachers to make education more inexpensive, effective, and engaging. Provides comprehensive education and resources with individuals with disabilities.