Academy At iVy Ridge is a complete brainwashing shithole facility. My brother was put in that dump for about a month and a half. The shit they do to those poor children is DISCUSTING...yeah you heard me its DISCUSTING! i get sick when i think about it...dont EVER send your child into that place, you are making a HUGE mistake! please take my advice....they have a great way of brainwashing the parents into thinking the place is a get away vacation for your child that will help them overcome their problems.. IT WONT! they abuse those children in so many ways i couldn't even begin to tell you...it's so sad. Let me tell you a little story...My brother was in the computer lab with other kids doing his school work on the computer and one of the kids got into an argument with the aids (it wasn't physical or anything extreme-) so the aid got up and tackeled him to the ground with others, smashed his nose in and blood went flying all over my brothers shirt. The kid was screaming and crying because they broke his nose. Then they had him pinned to the ground with their knee rammed into his neck so that he couldn't move. Now that's just one of the many stories I have heard of...Here's some more information for you. When the kids had to use the bathroom they were only allowed to go at certain times of the day and were only allowed 1-3 minutes to remove their waste. Now come on you can't tell me that isn't sick..That causes poisining to the body, you can't make someone hold their waste like that especially if its fecies...Many of the kids in there (including my brother) got constipated and dangerously sick...Vomiting and -(excuse my language-) shitting all over the place..looking like death. The kids would have to take either really cold showers or really hot showers there was no inbetween. The food they feed them is GARBAGE, total and complete GARBAGE, it's worse than canned food...It's so wrong...I'm telling you please listen to me and spread the word to try and shut this damn place down!!!!. I have my best friend that I knew from back in the day and he went there as well but he was in there for a YEAR!!! ..His mom got brainwashed, sadly..My friend's out now but I don't think he could ever recover from the DAMAGE that place has done to him mentally, emotionally and physically...I can't tell anyone what to do but all I'm saying is please listen to me and take my advice...If you love your kid you'll understand..I've been through it with my family, I know first hand..Thank you for listening to me...-Karen