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Abuse, lic. violations at Youth Care or other Aspen programs
« on: September 25, 2007, 06:26:13 PM »
Youth Care in Draper Utah was notified on Sept 1 that their license was suspended for 90 days due to the death in June of the 14 year old boy who was not taken to the ER when he became extremely ill.

They have contested this suspension, citing their 17 year history of no complaints of abuse or licensing problems. A hearing is to be scheduled in October to determine the status of the license.  It has not yet been decided whether this will be an open publice hearing. Meanwhile, the kids that are currently there stay, but they are not allowed to have any new students. The staff who neglected to provide emergency treatment have been terminated, and the other staff-a supervisor and nurse- have been placed on paid adminsitrative leave. Several other staff have resigned.

The District Attorney has not yet charged anyone with any criminal action; the case is still open.

Anyone with information pertinent to this case, or information about any previous abuse or license violation can send me a PM or post here.
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Abuse, lic. violations at Youth Care or other Aspen programs
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2007, 03:28:27 PM »
Facility: ASPEN EDUCATION GROUP
Specific Site: YOUTH CARE OF UTAH
Location: (Not Mail)  12595 MINUTEMAN DRIVE, DRAPER, UTAH 84020
Contact: TRINA PACKARD, EXEC DIRECTOR Phone: 801 9425354
Mail: PO BOX 909
DRAPER, UT 84020 County: SALT LAKE
License: Type: Extension Begins: 10/10/2007 Ends: 2/22/2008
Service: Residential Treatment Specific: ON CONDITIONAL STATUS
Capacity: 43 Gender: Ages: 11 thru 17
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« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2007, 03:57:15 PM »
Try if you can find this lawyer from the Cafety link:

http://cafety.org/index.php?option=com_ ... &Itemid=87

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A California teenager who says she was abducted from her home and forcibly placed in a 14-bed lockdown facility in Draper is asking a federal judge to release her, arguing it violates her constitutional rights to liberty, speech and privacy. Sarah Utterman, who turns 17 today, petitioned U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell for immediate release from Youth Care of Utah Inc., where she has been since August of this year.

The document, filed Wednesday, says Sarah's mother, Anne, paid a "large sum of money" to have the teenager taken from her home and put in the Draper facility after she was expelled from high school.

 "The whole thing, as far as I am concerned, is an outrage," said the girl's attorney, Thomas Burton. "Basically, we feel it is unconstitutional to hire someone from out of state to spirit a teenager away to lockdown simply because they do not like what they are doing."

Burton claims the teenager's mother consented to place her daughter in the program on the recommendation of an independent educational consultant "connected" with Youth Care.


Good luck
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Abuse, lic. violations at Youth Care or other Aspen programs
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2007, 04:00:59 PM »
actually, that attorney has blown a lot of WWASP cases by apparently missing court filing deadlines and such...
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