HLA FAQ

[Anonymous]

Who the fuck knows with these programs.  It's not uncommon for them to deny medical care anyway on the basis the child is manipulating the staff...only to find out later there really was an issue.  Frankly, I'm surprised there haven't been more deaths.  I know persoanlly people who have been denied access to treatment for bogus reasons.  Either that, or given phony diagnoses to keep them suppressed under a label. ODD is one. Bipolar is another. ADD, anyone? Not to mention how many addicts weren't addicts etc....

Meanwhile, people with real social anxiety disorder or bipolar are placed in traumatic, dramatic encounter groups that does everything but treat what ails you.  

I'm not really sure if the staff really believes all kids in the programs are manipulative liars OR that's just the credo to keep parents compliant.  And I know many staff just projected their own illnesses on you.  Look a little skinny? Of course you have an eating disorder--I had one, too!  Tried a line of coke 6 months ago--you are in denial. You are an addict--like me!  But whatever.

As far as Deborah's comment about "issues."  Well, I don't recall anyone really dealing with issues. I know for a fact mine weren't.  But I sure walked away with a few more than I bargained for.   And the truth is, you invest so much of yourself to survive the program that most of us tend to hold on to the ideal that some (unnamed) issue was dealt with while we were there.  It takes awhile to come to terms with the fact that all that emotional rape was for nothing.

It takes a long while.

--Shanlea

[RobertBruce]

Mam'm the policy was put into place because the school cares more about the bottom line than it does about your childs well being.

[Lacey]

Wait a sec, I remember trips to the doctor costing parents MUCH more than $25.00. Maybe thats just my skewed memory, but I remember it being a charge of upwards of $75...

Hah, and the dentist on campus. What a joke. I went there once in my time. They told me I had 14 cavaties!! I'd had one in my entire life. My mother told them not to touch my mouth, that I had a visit coming up in 3 weeks and I'd go to our dentist at home. After my visit with our home dentist, I was told I had 2 cavaties.

[Anonymous]

You're lucky they didn't tell your Mother that you were manipulating her about your dental health, and that you would soon end up dead, insane, or in jail if you failed to get your teeth fixed by the HLA approved dental expert.

[kid_thorazine]

On 2006-04-30 05:49:00, Lacey wrote:

"Wait a sec, I remember trips to the doctor costing parents MUCH more than $25.00. Maybe thats just my skewed memory, but I remember it being a charge of upwards of $75...



Hah, and the dentist on campus. What a joke. I went there once in my time. They told me I had 14 cavaties!! I'd had one in my entire life. My mother told them not to touch my mouth, that I had a visit coming up in 3 weeks and I'd go to our dentist at home. After my visit with our home dentist, I was told I had 2 cavaties. "

Yeah that dentist sucked, so far ive had to had one root canal and a shitload of other work done becauser he didnt fill my (non-existent according to my dentist here) cavities properly, the fillings came out while i was at HLA and HLA wouldnt even give me a dental appointment with that guy to get it fixed, so eventually the inside of my tooth rotted out and i ment to the hospital and they had to shoot me up with morphine to make it feel better. (that part happened shortly after i graduated) And then i had to pay a bunch of money to get a root canal and get two other fillings that the HLA dentist gave me redone.

[RobertBruce]

Lacey I think they mean just to load the kid in the van...on top of the doctor visit fee itself.

As to this dentist...Im shocked. You mean HLA would really have someone come and make faulty dx's just to get more money out of parents?

Im shocked.

[kid_thorazine]

yep they have an on site dentists office in the gym building, it seems pretty well equipped and a lot of the staff use it too (or at least this was true two years ago when i was there) Though the Dentist and his assistants seem to be total hack jobs.

[Anonymous]

THe dentist is no longer there.

[kid_thorazine]

not muych of surprise seeing as that it appears they are haivng so much trouble paying the bills.

[Troll Control]

http://www.hiddenlakeacademy.com/FrequentQuestions.aspx

What happens if my child is not feeling well?

We have a full-time nurse on staff seven days a week. A pediatrician visits campus at least once a week to see students (twice a week when needed). For routine appointments/check-ups, we ask that parents try to schedule appointments during the student's home visits. If this is not possible, we are able to take students to appointments for an additional fee (if the visit is not local). Parents will need to let the nurse know what appointments are necessary. In most cases, the nurse will schedule the appointment and a staff member will escort the student to their appointment. If a student has a medical emergency, we will take them to Chestatee Medical Center's Emergency Room (Dahlonega), or to Northside Hospital's Emergency Room (Atlanta).

uh oh...  a little more false advertising/misrepresentation of services.  doing a little "official" lying now?  it's well known that the employees lie like a rug, but this is actionable false advertising.

[juniper2]

I was told they are charging for transporting because Lenny B. feels they are not making any
money on the medical side....Also,
Also heard a story from a Mum about her child having a broken --------- for a few weeks, but the nurse thought the child was manipulating..Parents finally insisted x-rays be done..The child suffered for a couple of weeks.
As of last Friday, not to worry about seeing a nurse there is none,fired.

[Troll Control]

I was told the same thing.  They wanted their "cut" of ANY services the kids get - dentist, doctor, psych, etc.  EVERY service.

It's amazing.  They cut the service, then outsource it AND charge a premium.

Either the parents are dumb and rich or just too rich to care about getting jobbed over and over again.