Aspen Achievement Academy was a wilderness therapy program for adolescents, based in Loa, Utah.
[1] According to the program's promotional materials, Aspen Achievement Academy enrolled adolescent males and females, ages 13–17, with a history of moderate to severe emotional and behavioral problems, such as low self-esteem, academic underachievement, substance abuse, and family conflict.
Some parents use the services of a teen escort company to transport their children to the site.
It had memberships in the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs and the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Industry Council.
Aspen Achievement Academy has been a subject of several media reports and works of popular culture: Aspen Achievement Academy (AAA) was founded in 1988 by Doug Nelson, Dr. Keith Hooker, Doug Cloward, and Madolyn Liebing, Ph.D.