Good morning,
I hope you all had a good long weekend!
The other forum on which I posted seems to have gotten a bit long, so I thought I would start a new one. Again, I'm looking for information about HLA. Other people have posted questions that apparently have not been answered. I have a few of my own.
The HLA website states, "most of our students struggle with issues of Oppositional Defiant Disorder." From what I have heard, this is not even a recognized diagnosis anymore. Do they have on-site professionals who evaluate and diagnose every child? Or do they just rely on the psychological profile that they are supposed to receive from the parents? What are the qualifications of these professionals, and of the consulting psychiatrist who visits weekly?
HLA seems to offer a lot of group counseling. Does anyone know the qualifications of the counselors? The website claims that they all have Masters degrees or higher, are clinically trained, and receive weekly supervision by Doctoral and licensed staff.
Does anyone know who developed the "elements of life" and on what they are based?
The website claims that all teachers hold degrees from the Bachelor to Doctorate level, and are state certified. Can this be confirmed? Are the special education teachers certified as such, and do they work with the parents and professionals who have diagnosed the learning disability to form an appropriate academic program?
"All of your child's incoming and outgoing mail will be read for appropriateness and content." Does this include e-mail? If so, how is a child supposed to report abuses? If this school is like others I have heard about, the people monitoring the mail will not allow derogatory information about the school to go out.
"Our students are not court-ordered to HLA and do not include violent or severely disturbed children." True?
I'm sorry this post is so long. I am also sorry if these questions have been answered in other forums. As I said, I haven't had time to scroll through the numerous posts. If anyone can help me out with these questions, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks! :smile: