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« Reply #270 on: April 10, 2005, 06:09:00 AM »
Almost 500 - keep signing......

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« Reply #271 on: April 10, 2005, 11:18:00 AM »
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"I, too worked at a school like this. I don't know if you will read this but if you do I just want to thank you for helping me put words to two things:  that these types of schools harden hearts and change the people that work there for the worse and also that the word sadism is descriptive of what is occuring.  This all really is a spiritual battle! ::nod:: "


In desperation I sent my child to a similar school to "save his life" as there was no help & support  for him in the community.  I was suckered by the slick promos and other parents into believing I was hocking our futures for integrated, whole child, developmentally appropriate education and treatment in a prestine environment that would allow child to pull back from self destruction and HEAL-- like the old "moral treatment" era before the advent of the big state institutions .  I would have NEVER considered a "boot camp"-- a program that tears down to supposedly rebuild.  I thought I was getting a program that built on positives and accentuated the gifts & strengths of the child. What a nightmare the reality turned out to be!!!! FOOLISH, FOOLISH ME!!! I "pulled" child.  Hey, in jail or a mental lock-down you still have civil rights and due process.  AND, the big parent hook, DEATH & SUICIDE?  It became clear that these were issues in the prestine wilderness, too.  At least the time-out, so to speak, was beneficial & gave me a chance to search out some alternatives in the community.  Our communities need help and programs to support keeping a child home who is in danger of needing a restricted treatment environment!!!!!!!!  There are lots of exposes of youth detention facilities (jail) and of other treatment facilities, too....Everything is so fragmented in the community!!!!!! Well, I agree with everything you have said here and my experiences left me wondering if all emotional growth boarding schools are fancied up boot camps.Thanks for sharing your truth.  Maybe somebody's desperate parent will think twice.  I don't know what else I could have done at the time, but EG boarding school was like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
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« Reply #272 on: April 15, 2005, 12:19:00 PM »
As a student attending Provo in the mid-eighties I witnessed many acts by the staff that were in violation of ones human and civil rights. I should have filed suit myself but did not have the support from family and friends at that age. I have since moved on. It took me many years to get over the miserable experience of attending Provo. AT the time Provo was an all boys school and the mistreatment of children was widespread!!!
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« Reply #273 on: April 21, 2005, 01:53:00 PM »
How can the authorities continue to allow this treatment facility to continue operating when they blatantly violate State and Federal Law. Provo Canyon School is in violation of Title 42 because  staff abuse children with mental illness. There have been reports of kicking, beating, fractured bones and dislocations of bones from excessive force during human restraints, chemical restraints given against consent, denial of an opportunity to file grievances - the list goes on and on. How many violations of FEDERAL law does it take for the State of Utah to close this so-called school down and investigate?
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« Reply #274 on: April 21, 2005, 03:12:00 PM »
While I was at Provo Canyon School, one girl was standing (this was part of their penal system-  for even the smallest infractions, such as having a wrinkle in your bedsheet, the child is made to stand for hours at a time, staring straight ahead, and starting over if caught moving their eyes around).  

This girl stood for so long, she passed out, fell on her face, and broke her jaw, which had to be wired shut.  I think she was a ward of the state of California.

 We all continue to stand after that, with warnings "You better not lock your knees".  They blamed this girl for her injury, saying she had locked her knees "on purpose".

I think the only way to have this place further investigated and maybe shut down is to KEEP TALKING.  Continue contacting the authorities and lawmakers.  Continue reaching out to survivors, friends & parnents, and the public.
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« Reply #275 on: April 23, 2005, 04:32:00 AM »
I spent four months at another residential treatment facility in Utah called Red Rock Canyon School.  I was lucky enough to get out early.  I'm also lucky my treatment was not as bad as what people have experienced at Provo Canyon School, but after my experience with Red Rock I am disgusted with these facilities.  They falsely advertise themselves to the public.  You think you're being sent to a place that will help you, but it ends up being the worst experience of your life.  I hope to see every last one of them closed down for good.  It sickens me to know that human beings are treated this way.  What did the kids do to deserve it?  Because they had problems?  Any parent who sends their child to any of these programs should be ashamed.  I'm in awe of the evils that exist in this world.  It's unbelievable.
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« Reply #276 on: April 24, 2005, 01:37:00 AM »
I've decided that in the future I shall refer to ProvoCanyon as ProvoCation:

1 a archaic : to arouse to a feeling or action b : to incite to anger
2 a : to call forth (as a feeling or action) : EVOKE b : to stir up purposely c : to provide the needed stimulus for
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« Reply #277 on: April 24, 2005, 07:41:00 PM »
CLOSE THE SCHOOL DOWN!!! MY SON CURRENTLY THERE.HE IS LATINO AND IS SUFFERING RACIAL ABUSE BY STAFF AND PEERS.
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« Reply #278 on: April 26, 2005, 05:21:00 PM »
It is necessary to do all that you can to protect your children from abuse.  Even if you need to hire an attorney to get your child free from this abusive behavior modification program.

Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proven innocent.
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« Reply #279 on: April 26, 2005, 05:32:00 PM »
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"CLOSE THE SCHOOL DOWN!!! MY SON CURRENTLY THERE.HE IS LATINO AND IS SUFFERING RACIAL ABUSE BY STAFF AND PEERS.

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THEN GO FUCKING GET HIM!!!!!!
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« Reply #280 on: April 26, 2005, 06:15:00 PM »
When I was at PCS, no one was allowed to speak Spanish, because it was considered "gang-related".  Speaking French, however, was OK.

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« Reply #281 on: April 26, 2005, 07:50:00 PM »
So it was OK to speak French but not Spanish. How did they determine that Spanish was "gang related?"  There are many types of gangs.
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« Reply #282 on: April 26, 2005, 07:52:00 PM »
Sounds a bit racist to me.
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« Reply #283 on: April 26, 2005, 09:14:00 PM »
Maybe Mormons dont like Catholic Hispanics?  :roll:

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.
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DannyB on the internet:I CALLED A LAWYER TODAY TO SEE IF I COULD SUE YOUR ASSES FOR DOING THIS BUT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

CCMGirl on program restraints: "DON\'T TAZ ME BRO!!!!!"

TheWho on program survivors: "From where I sit I see all the anit-program[sic] people doing all the complaining and crying."

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« Reply #284 on: April 26, 2005, 09:19:00 PM »
Most Mormons are now Hispanic - nearly five million......
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