Population Served
? Females and Males, age 12-18 years old
? Full-scale IQ above 70
? Is impulsive/irresponsible
? Denies and/or justifies negative behavior
? Has problems with anger and aggression
? Demonstrates a low degree of empathy
? Lacks self-discipline
? Exhibits poor coping skills
? Is non-compliant with authority
? Is amenable to a normative culture
Who Do We Serve?
The typical student admitted to Clarinda Academy is a juvenile offender who does not have deep-seated psychopathology, but has learned negative behavior patterns that victimize others. Students typically show a low degree of empathy for others, have poor means-ends reasoning, are impulsive, have problems with anger control and aggression, are irresponsible, deny and/or justify negative behaviors (i.e., consider themselves victims when confronted), pride themselves on antisocial values and behaviors, lack self-discipline, and are counteractive and non-compliant with authority.
This sounds like a place where the courts send juvenile offenders. Sometimes the residential facilities are more abusive than actual juvenile hall and the children have more contact with the outside world.
You really need to do a thourough internet search if you have a relative there...[ This Message was edited by: nite owl on 2005-02-19 17:52 ]
