Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Suzanne Gray - Mindless Troll and HLA Groupie
Juniper1:
Robert,
I need help in locating the letter Marla wrote
to all on fornits....I cannot find it anywhere.
If you can help, it would be appreciated..She seems to have dropped off the earth. It was in February..
Thanks
juniper
RobertBruce:
--- Quote ---On 2005-11-28 10:35:00, Anonymous wrote:
"yep still no proof, just baseless claims. as for licsenure, that's the states issue, talk to the legislature, they meet downtown in atlanta, i'm sure they will want to help you"
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Claim its baseless all you want, it doesnt change the truth of the matter. Oh and the licsensure issue isnt really one for the legislature, its more one for the court. See HLA claims to the state they are a traditional boarding school (as I have proven) yet advertises as a theraputic boarding school (also proven by me). Is this legal? Is it ethical? HLA has not found a legal loophole, they are operating illegally by lying to the state (again proven by me) and why do they do this? To avoid state regulations (one more time proven by me by illustrating what regs they would then be forced to follow).
RobertBruce:
--- Quote ---On 2005-11-28 10:51:00, Juniper1 wrote:
"Robert,
I need help in locating the letter Marla wrote
to all on fornits....I cannot find it anywhere.
If you can help, it would be appreciated..She seems to have dropped off the earth. It was in February..
Thanks
juniper"
--- End quote ---
Ginger will have it cached, if not then let me know and ill send it to you.
Juniper1:
Robert,
Could you send it to me? Ginger...I am sorry, I don't know how to access...Thanks so much.
juniper
Anonymous:
AMAZING FORUMS: Teacher Runs From HLA
Author Topic: Teacher Runs From HLA
marla posted 2/7/05 5:15 PM
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I am a rare adult survivor of HLA - I got out IN FEBRUARY 2005,with a little sanity left. After teaching special education for nearly 20 years, I only survived 6 months at HLA. The kids don't feel they can talk to their counselors - maybe its manipulation - maybe not, so they told me things, but I was not in a position to do much except listen without criticizing them and then report safety concerns.ACTUALLY I REPORTED A SAFETY CONCERN TO A COUNSELOR (D.S.) THE DAY I LEFT. IT WAS ABOUT A GIRL WHO HAD JSUT RETURNED FROM A PSYCH HOSPITAL FOR TRYING TO COMMIT SUICIDE WHILE SHE WAS ON "clean air" _ where there is supposed to be extra supervision - THE GIRL HAD CUT SEVERAL MORE TIMES (mostly small stuff)DURING THE 24 - 36 HOURS SHE HAD BEEN BACK AT HLA AND TOLD ME SHE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE AND THOUGHT SHE NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE PSYCH HOSPITAL - I TOLD DOUG S. - ONE OF HER COUNSEWLORS ABOUT IT AND HE SAID "WELL, TELL HER TO CUT AGAIN AND THEN WE'LL SEND HER BACK TO THE PSYCH HOSPITAL." They certainly can't tell their parents their real feelings and experiences without being punished for being manipulative by those who are assigned to monitor their mail, email and phone calls. HLA is not the panacea for all teen problems - most of which kids grow out of or learn to use to their advantage in the business world. Some HLA kids need counseling, some need AA, some need psych hospitals; most need love and time to mature - most are there because their parents were MANIPULATED BY ED. CONSULTANTS AND HLA advertisements. Want a GREAT LAUGH? Go to "struggling teens.com/archives/2001/6/visit01.html" this is a site from "Woodbury Reports, Inc." some ed. consultant deal out of Idaho. This site, while only a few years old, certainly did not describe the HLA I just left. The article claimed the campus was attractive - that's about the only info. I can agree with in their entire review. All the "players" names have changed, except Len, who still owns it and seems like a decent guy, only he leaves the "Mice to play" while he does all his other business things and they do whatever they find most convenient (and maybe even sadistically fun). The article says all teachers are certified - try maybe 20%! The site claims all the kids have IEPs - not! Even if they come in with an IEP, HLA does not have to abide by it because they are a private institution. 100% do not attend college! The cafeteria does not over look the lake - maybe they visited on a rainy day! Restrictions kids get less food and water and are supervised by folks with questionable objectives. Most of the counselors are straight out of college with no experience, so they buy into what the administrators feed them about treating kids in a very punitive way and being constantly suspicious, not to mention telling them behavior modification works. It has been proven that behavior modification in humans is temporary at best.PARENTS - DO YOURSELF AND YOUR WALLET A FAVOR - BEFORE PICKING ANY BOARDING SCHOOL, VISIT UNANNOUNCED AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, AFTER PLACING YOUR KID IN ONE, VISIT UNANNOUNCED. Refuse to be treated like a mushroom- kept in the dark and fed crap! (Parents need to know when their son has been beaten up by a group of homophobic guys. (Some of the kids who came to tell me their problems were gay and felt they were being discriminated against because of this by their counselors and others.) Parents need to know when their daughter has stepped in big puddles of blood first thing in the morning that were left behind by her suicidal roomate. Parents need to know that group therapy has been shown to be more harmful than helpful for "cutters." THIS IS ALL SERIOUS AND FROM THE HEART BECAUSE I TRULY CARE ABOUT THESE KIDS.
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