Mrs. Gray,
Don't you think that people that worked at HLA or "students" at the facility have the most insight into what goes on there? Wouldn't you agree that this is so?
Also, who are the "fired," disgruntled ex-employees posting here? I seem to recall a teacher who resigned. Then there's me, another resignation. Who was fired? Are you talking out of your ass once again? It appears so.
"HLA is one far-ass cry from the SEED or the old Straight programs." Yes, it is. It is more sophisticated, less outwardly appalling, and manifold more expensive. Does that make it any less abusive? How about any more effective? Study after study after study shows that these treatment modalities are ineffective at best, incredibly damaging at worst.
BTW, I do find it amusing that you, Mrs. Gray, cannot handle "program tactics" on a part-time basis, thru cyberspace. Again, how do you think CHILDREN feel when they are berated like this face-to-face, day after day, night after night, ad infinitum, until the parents' money runs out?
What about the CHILDREN who have had "different experiences," as you say it, but are treated in a one-size-fits-all facility that "treats" everything from "homosexuality" to "oppositional defiance"?
Did you know that over 90% of the "students" at HLA have been labeled (not diagnosed, as they never receive psychological evaluations) as having "Oppositional Defiance Disorder" and that ODD has recently been dropped as a diagnosis by the mental health community because it is NOT a disorder at all? What's the next "moneymaker" "diagnosis" these kids can be labeled with at HLA?
I don't know why you continue to rail against the facts of the matter, Mrs. Gray. It's interesting from a psychological point of view...
