Safety Standards

The Oakley School considers your child’s safety to be of primary importance.  As a member of the nation’s most comprehensive network of behavioral health programs for youth, Aspen Education Group, we proudly abide by the following safety guidelines:

• Current physical exam completed within one year required upon admission
• Access to hospital within 15 minutes of campus
• Experienced and Qualified Nursing Staff on site as well as 24 hour on call RN available
• Psychiatrist and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner available on site weekly for psychotropic medication management
• Yearly TB testing
• Yearly flu vaccine provided
• Medication oversight by two RNs to prevent errors
• All Staff required to be First Aid and CPR Certified through classes taught by Safe A Heart
• Experiential Education and Trails Staff are all Wilderness First Responder  Certified through the Wilderness Medicine Institute or Wilderness Medicine Associates
• All staff required to take Infectious Control and Blood Borne Pathogens training
• Ongoing Training on Milieu Management and Safety Protocol
• Extensive Emergency Response Plans written, recorded and trained to for emergency situations such as power outage, flood, fire, earthquake, bomb threat, strangers on campus, injury, illness, poisoning etc. 
• Regular searches of student’s belongings to prevent dangerous substances or objects from entering campus
• Random and Regular drug testing for Students
• Random drug testing for Faculty and Staff
• Automated external defibrillator (AED) on site
• Fully licensed as a Therapeutic Boarding School by the State of Utah Department of Human Services.