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Anonymous:
I have a kid who graduated HLA last year. She was completely out of control and after trying everything, HLA was a last resort for us.

I think it did help her face many of the issues she was dealing with but was too afraid to face. Getting and staying sober was what she needed to do to really look into herself.  They really did help her with that.

I also think there is ALOT wrong with the place.  There were some amazing counselors there. I'm hearing that many of the really good ones are gone now and there are lots of changes in management, etc.  It almost seems like the counsellors are "beaten down" and not allowed to do what they are hired to do, so they get disgruntled and kind of give up and leave.

We sent our kid there because we had NO other alternative. And with all of its faults (and there were many of them) it managed to help her.  I don't know whether at this point I would recommend the place to other desparate parents.

It's really kind of sad, because this place had alot of promise. Did it just change or was it always like that?  I know that none of the kids liked it there and I don't expect them to.  They don't get sent there to have fun.

But if there any parents out there who have had any positve experiences I'd be interested.  I'm not interested in hearing any more bashing.  I've heard all that and I agree with alot of it.

Thanks.

OverLordd:
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Anonymous:
I'll ignore the part about "loving my child" because  I don't want to get into a big fight, like what I've   seen over and over in this place.  If I didn't love her enough to try everything, including sending her there, she'd be dead.  You just have to trust me on that. Or not. Whatever.  As I said, she came back better than when she left.

The bad things were that there was too much staff turnover, which made for little continuity in the kids' treatment.  The academics were not as good as they could have been (no real SAT prep for kids taking the SATs) and they had the same rules for 14 year old kids that they did for 18 year old kids, which I thought was inappropriate.  

My daughter was never abused. She's pretty normal now, in college and adjusting well.    If you know of anyone who was abused, I would expect that you would report the school and warn others against it.

OverLordd:
(Removed)[ This Message was edited by: OverLordd on 2006-01-17 12:21 ]

Anonymous:
I worked there. Im from Dahlonega. Are you going to North Georgia?Did you work at HLA?

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