From the research I did today I couldn’t find any requirements saying EdCons cannot recommend schools which provide therapy. It seems to be within their theater of work. I suspect fornits people feel it isn’t right because they don’t want anyone to be recommended to a TBS or wilderness program. But it seems the EdCons are doing their job from what I can see unless someone has more information that I overlooked.
Seriously?
You think the problem anyone has with Ed Cons is because they really just don't want ANYONE to be referred to ANY TBS or wilderness EVER?
Thats quite an agenda...
It couldn't POSSIBLY be that the posters here had a personal experience with an Ed Con and /or the specific program said Ed Con referred them (or their child) to that was less than satisfactory?
And, as to the spectrum of an Ed Con's "theater of work" ... you should probably check out the thread on ODD.
I know, irrefutably, that at least a few Ed Cons are "acknowledged" by certain schools, including HLA, for their referrals.
If these people, who are just "doing their job", accept under-the-table commissions from these programs, or "bonus fees" that confused families are strongly "encouraged" to give them BY the programs, then does that not constitute an ITSY BITSY conflict of interest?
Is that not a bit different than just "doing their jobs"?
Is that not a bit more akin to abusing the trust put in them by distraught families, lining their pockets with extra cash from "appreciative" programs, and even intentionally referring children to programs that aren't appropriate for them if those particular programs are more "appreciative" than the other, more apropos placements?
It happens.
I don't know how extensive your "research" on Ed Cons was, but to suggest that they are all wholesome persons practicing an entirely wholesome profession based on.... your day's research(??!)... and then propose the idea that "fornits people" are not against the Ed Cons THEMSELVES, but are against each and every non-traditional program into which these "professionals" refer their clients, is ignorant and more than a little presumptuous.
I hope you are not in the business of solving crimes, because your "suspicions" fall FAR short of the truth and are entirely devoid of insight.
(I apologize if I sound overly harsh... but your blanket statements had to be called on their inaccuracy. However, I will say in your defense that it is extremely unlikely that any Ed Con or program's website would include any of the corrupt and (at least potentially) illegal activities they might engage in. If you know the truth about these kickbacks and such, than its probably because you've personally dealt with one of these profiteering Ed Cons, you are affiliated with a program who "buys" them, or you are one yourself. Additionally, I feel the need to acknowledge that there MUST be some Educational Consultants who ARE honest and "doing their job" with integrity. The last thing I want to do is make my own blanket statements condemning all Ed Cons...)
