Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
New Haven Home For Girls
Anonymous:
Well, we have a datasheet on our wiki with links to several survivor groups on both Myspace and Facebook. Let people judge for themselves how these survivors speaks of the level system used at the facility.
On the datasheet there is a link to a story from a survivor. The survivor writes:
--- Quote ---New Haven Residential Treatment Centr in Utah has destroyed what could have been. I arrived in early November in 1995 at the East Campus, in Spanish Fork, Utah. I arivd or a serious case of depression and isolation. The first two months were hell, et I seemed to have gotten something out of it therapeautically, from then on it was pure hell. There was nthing left and I was being violate. Emotionally, physically. was being abused by both staff and students. Thank God for my Brother, after writing to him, herescued me. I have never been the same. This should be shut down. It is decieving and it fucks with your head. As of now I am living with my parets and studyin to be an accountant. My life could have been different, yet I am living in fear. Fear of life. Parents, do not send yor chidren to an rtc, they do more harm than good, you can save them.
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Oscar Petterson - standin for Rotsne, while he is on sickleave
Che Gookin:
Gee.. that just sounds exactly like the kind of place I'd want to see a child at.
not.
Anonymous:
There are many RTC's in Utah, and to paint them all with the same brush does a disservice to many. More problematic that that, though, is the disservice done to families looking for help in dealing with a very troubled teenager who may be in danger. The most reputable RTC's (including New Haven)voluntarily adhere to the much stricter guidelines of NATSAP. I have first hand experience with New Haven and I hope, by posting in this forum, to convince any parents who are looking for help with their daughter to check it out for themselves.
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "new haven alumni mom" ---There are many RTC's in Utah, and to paint them all with the same brush does a disservice to many. More problematic that that, though, is the disservice done to families looking for help in dealing with a very troubled teenager who may be in danger. The most reputable RTC's (including New Haven)voluntarily adhere to the much stricter guidelines of NATSAP. I have first hand experience with New Haven and I hope, by posting in this forum, to convince any parents who are looking for help with their daughter to check it out for themselves.
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Madam, I hate to burst your bubble, but do take note of the operative here being the word "guideline." There is, in fact, not a whole lot that is "strict" about NATSAP save for the admonition to "not embarrass the rest of the organization too much." NATSAP functions primarily as a lobbying and marketing tool on behalf of its members, not on behalf of--nor for the benefit of--parents.
Do keep in mind that these places are primarily run as businesses and that they need to make money to remain solvent. It is very much in their interest to keep parents like you convinced that they provide a necessary service. It is up to you as a parent to read between the lines and do your research to find out what the hell you have gotten yourself into.
New Haven RTC is part of a group run by Solacium Holdings. LLC. There have been some changes in that lineup since the original post in that link, but I don't think New Haven was affected by them. That thread also contains some other links.
AuntieEm2:
Well, RTCs are all about pleasing the parents, aren't they. "Send us your free spirit and we will send you back a Stepford daughter--only $200,000."
And naturally the more you pay for something, the more valuable you perceive it to be--it's at the heart of every con game. "This can't have been an abusive place staffed by incompetents--I spent $200,000!"
An objective accounting of what it costs to provide the services of an RTC would suggest that tuition should not cost more than $700 a month, tops. So why do they charge upwards of $7,000 a month? Well, why do people pay $27,000 for a handbag, or $1,500 for a pair of shoes? Because with enough slick marketing and a good con, people will buy anything.
In the end, it is the experience of the child that is far more important than that of the parent, far more to the point. If even a fraction of the posts I read here from survivors are true, then the risk of sending one's own child to an RTC is too grave--the abuse too commonplace, the education too substandard, the irreparable damage to families too widespread.
It's a fact that with time and patience troubled teens outgrow their wild behavior, as they have for millenia. There is no need to risk a permanently ruptured relationship between parent and child.
Isolate and terrify a child, and lo and behold, he or she will profess undying gratitude and love if you will please, please, please bring them home. But do not be fooled into thinking you will have a future relationship based on on trust and love.
There are countless survivors who post here anonymously. I expect most of their parents are unaware that they are online writing about lasting effects of trauma and abuse, and continuing difficulty with relationships with parents.
Auntie Em
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