Accessing Services Through Our Admissions Team

Our therapeutic residential treatment programs for youth experiencing mental health challenges are easily accessible for youth deemed the right fit for our services. Please call or email so we can gather some background information such your family’s current situation and immediate needs. Our goal is to help you decide if Venture Academy is a good match for your child’s needs and for us to determine whether our services are the right fit for your child.
Fill out our form or call 1-866-762-2211 today.
Please note that like many youth treatment programs or similar programs in Canada, Venture Academy operates on a fee-for service basis. While many of these programs across Canada are fee for service, it is often that government actually pays those fees. This is a fee for service program where parents or the guardian are responsible for the fees unless there is a third party funder involved. Please also note that our rates are similar to what many other organizations charge.

Rolling Admission

Venture Academy understands the potential urgency of our clients’ needs. We welcome admissions at any time throughout the year. Venture Academy can help families by accommodating an admission usually within a few days of application approval.
Your application will be reviewed and we will responded to you usually within 24 hours. Venture Academy operates year round with admissions Monday to Friday during regular business hours. Admission details are arranged and confirmed on an individual basis.
We urge parents not to wait. It’s critical for any high quality organization to understand their clients – who is a fit and who most likely is not a fit for the program. Many parents assume that they need to wait until it gets so severe that their child needs a program like ours. And they do wait. And only then do they give us a call at which time parents are often surprised that we will not entertain an admission because their child falls outside the parameters that we have set for our admission criteria. In other words the situation is far too extreme.
This is why we urge parents not to wait to get help. Help may be through us or it may be through another organization. But if you’re already in a position where you are looking for a live-in treatment program for struggling teens, then there are significant issues that have been unable to have been successfully addressed by counsellors, therapists, the school, social services or a combination of all of the above. We urge parents to keep looking to get the help they need for their child.
Feel free to contact us for an initial screening conversation as a first step.
Admissions Information

Admission Testimonial – From a Thankful Mom

“My sister, daughter, and I were met and greeted in the parking lot, which, in my view, was a far more personal touch than it could have been. Both made us immediately feel at ease and following our good-byes (which were respectfully observed and not rushed), my daughter did not seem at all hesitant to leave with the staff. I was very grateful that my sister was allowed to accompany me during the admission/orientation process.

The therapist was very good to us – he was respectful at all times, non-judgemental, and very reassuring. I felt comfortable opening up to him and believe he will be a good match for my daughter. He did a great job explaining the processes and answering all our questions.

A staff member then joined us for her part of the orientation – what an awesome lady! All information was presented in an organized, easy-to-follow way and was very comprehensive. She even made all the paperwork less painful. Both assured me often that my daughter was in a good place, would be well taken care of and the focus at first would be to help her feel safe. That meant a great deal to me.

I knew that I had made the right decision for my daughter and I and had no doubt Venture Academy was the right place for her. After meeting the staff that day and spending hours with them – that just cemented it. I left Venture Academy that day without my daughter, but feeling confident she was safe and in good hands.

Thank you seems so inadequate, but “thank you!”

– Kris, Vancouver