Alumni, you don't consider it abusive to have a student's personal emails, letters and journals read aloud in GROUP for the purpose of having Cheryl Sudweeks to humilate and demean that student?
You don't consider it abusive to have Cheryl Sudweeks to tell a student in group that a student's parents do not love them, do not want them and do not care about them?
You don't consider it abusive when Cheryl Sudweeks gives the order "Get him out of here," and several boys take one student outside and begin beating the heck out of him as the rest of the students watch out the windows?
Guess you come from some really really bad backgroung if you can just write these examples off as NON-ABUSIVE.
Cheryl Sudweeks is not a therapist, and is not qualified to lead a group session. Her methods of doing so are emotionally, psychologically, and even at times, physically abusive.
Parents do have the RIGHT to be involved, and to ask questions, and to intervene. Parents have a contract with the Sudweeks that should assure that no abuse goes on period. But the Sudweeks do not honor their end of the contract...they think they can do as they please, as abusive as it may be.
But many parents have said--ENOUGH. This must stop.