This is a great point...
Dysfunction Junction
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Joined: 2005-03-06
Posts: 681 Posted: 2005-11-16 07:33:00
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I generally don't state my opinion. I state facts. I talk about events that I have witnessed and have seen with my own eyes.
What's disturbing about your claim that the "school" is "amazing" now is that kids who have been there as recently as a few weeks ago corroborate everything I said was going on a decade ago. That speaks volumes. It says that HLA has indeed not changed the way it does business or runs its "program."
Unfortunately, for those who would say HLA has learned from its early mistakes and has corrected them, it clearly has not and continues to abuse children psychologically and sometimes physically, as was the case when I worked there. Even worse than what I witnessed there are the many accounts of sexual relations between staff and clients. This includes an executive staff who allegedly had sexual relations with a client, was fired for it and was subsequently quietly rehired and promoted after the child involved had left the program.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." It's a shame because HLA certainly has the financial resources to treat their clients in accordance with accepted mental health practices, but they simply choose not to do that. I submit that the reason they behave this way is obvious: It's easier and they make more money.
If my "opinions" are "dated," please offer your explanation why children are currently being psychologically and physically abused at HLA. Please also explain why staff who have sexual relations with children are still working at HLA.
Thanks.
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