Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
Carlbrook
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "PKW" ---Thanks for the advice, at this point I do have joint custody and I will forward a copy of the handbook to the mental health dept. I have spoken to so many people today my head is spinning. The most recent was the Director of the SACS-CASI who advised me that they only accredited the school for Education and that I should call the school to raise any concerns about their policies. She did state though that they "had to abide by all of Virginia State Laws" which she assured me they did. Of course she didn't know who would oversee that. I have a call in to the school, they left me a message on my cell stating that a copy of the Parent Handbook would be mailed to me today, but since I already have one I have some ? for her and to please reach me at home.
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start a new thread called looking for carlbrook survivors and people abused by tim brace...on a variety of forums and contact
isac, cafety, heal caica
psy:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---start a new thread called looking for carlbrook survivors and people abused by tim brace...on a variety of forums and contact
isac, cafety, heal caica
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do that, but not caica (long story).
Caica works with Sue Scheff, who gets paid by programs to refer kids (kids for cash). While she claims she would never send kids to bad places, she has (Whitmore, sue's favorite program to refer to, was cited by the GAO as the "worst of the worst"). Caica cannot be trusted. CAICA has stabbed parents in teh back before, too... just don't.
Word of advice: don't trust people who have ulterior motives and want to sell you something (even if they claim it's a better "product"). SImply, there is no way for parents (or anybody for that matter) to tell a good program from a bad one. Furthermore, there is no way for a parent to know whether a person referring to a program is getting paid (like the judge in PA). While it's not ethical, it's not illegal either, and it's very very hard to catch people who do it.
Anonymous:
Well, received my first letter from my son. He is pissed at his advisor and his teachers because they are telling him his girlfriend must have been a bad influence otherwise "why would you be hera". He is angry because he wasn't told what this place was like and doesn't know how long he is going to be there. I was told by his advisor not to text his girlfriend on his behalf. My first phone call is scheduled for next week via Laura (the phone lady) as mentioned on previous posts. Also received in the mail the list of books to read, what is expected of me at the first visit in June - oh and if he has not been behaving properly even though you have travelled all this way the visit with your son could very well be cancelled. Met with my attorney, gave him all the info I had so now and wait and see. Did find a email address for a law firm who is supposedly handling a class action suit against Hidden Lake Academy. Since Brace is the headmaster at Carlbrook and was also either the Headmaster and/or Director at Hidden Lake I hope I receive a response from this law firm.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "PKW0219" ---Well, received my first letter from my son. He is pissed at his advisor and his teachers because they are telling him his girlfriend must have been a bad influence otherwise "why would you be hera". He is angry because he wasn't told what this place was like and doesn't know how long he is going to be there. I was told by his advisor not to text his girlfriend on his behalf. My first phone call is scheduled for next week via Laura (the phone lady) as mentioned on previous posts. Also received in the mail the list of books to read, what is expected of me at the first visit in June - oh and if he has not been behaving properly even though you have travelled all this way the visit with your son could very well be cancelled. Met with my attorney, gave him all the info I had so now and wait and see. Did find a email address for a law firm who is supposedly handling a class action suit against Hidden Lake Academy. Since Brace is the headmaster at Carlbrook and was also either the Headmaster and/or Director at Hidden Lake I hope I receive a response from this law firm.
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GO PUBLIC with your story. That is the only way. These "schools" don't want the publci to know they hold their "students" prisoner. Why are you being so meek about this?
Antigen:
Yes. But bear in mind that there are varrying degrees and moods of publicity. I'm trying to find this old thread but having no luck. The OP was a 16yo girl who's boyfriend had been disappeared into a WWASP program. She started a Myspace page titled something like "Save Alex". I posted a static ad for that thread w/ the boy's picture taken from the girl's Myspace page. As I recall, at that time we had almost a complete corner on the market of people who were willing, able and inclined to investigate this topic.
* The good: Despite the bad and the truly ugly developments, some serious minded and well informed people provided the same kind of good advice as you're getting now. A few people sent copies of Maia Szalavitz Help At Any Cost to the various social workers, schoolpeople, clerks of court, lawyers, etc. Others personally contacted those same officials with their own experience and (eghhem) interacted with family members and friends on the forum. In the end, if I'm remembering right, a writ of habeas corpus got the kid out, but the judge asked him the kind of questions he knew to ask because of the information that had been provided to all parties.
* The bad: There was so much publicity and all bearing the kid's last name (he was a legal adult) that it brought a lot of stress onto everyone involved.
* The truly ugly: The things this kid's mother, sister and aunt said about both of these kids was just disgusting! For example, they took a punk rock band "friend" off of the girl's myspace and characterized that as both of them consorting with heroin addicts.
When you find those people willing and able to give concise, relevant information, put them in touch with the people charged with contributing to any decisions that may be made in his case. But I wouldn't advise anybody to go so far as using surnames or other blatantly identifying information in any public space unless you're up for living a very-real and quite protracted episode of Maury guest hosted by Jerry Springer. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It can be fun if you can keep your sense of humor about it. But it is a very hard row to ho.
:jerry:
Please keep us updated and don't hesitate to ask for any help you may need.
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