Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Liscensure Questions
Anonymous:
traditional boarding school?
there's certainly no confusion in this staff's mind about HLAs classification.
I know that from this side of the fence, it is difficult to hear all the negative things that are being said. I chose to work at HLA b/c I believe in the concept of a therapeutic boarding school. I don't expect anyone to be thrilled with their time there. But HLA is there b/c someone, lots of someones, care about what happens to kids. I know everyone has different ways of working with people...kids and adults....not all of those are always positive. Things are the way they are b/c each person filters the rules and curriculum through his or her own experiences.
I haven't been there very long, and I don't know what it's like to watch people drive down the road when I have to stay. However, there is a reason that you and all of your HLA-mates were sent there. It's a big thing to accept responsibility for your actions and be able to admit that as crappy as it was/is....you needed something to help you get your shit together. I love the fact that you're honest with what you feel about your experiences, and I love hearing about what happens once your time is up. It's good you have this...there is strength in numbers.
http://tinyurl.com/sw2wq
RobertBruce:
Thank you for being honest about the fact that HLA is according to the staff a theraputic boarding school, and is in fact lying to the state regarding their purpose.
However.
I will take issue with some of your other statements.
Some (not all) students did need something to help them get their shit together. Some however (myself among them) were sent there for no reason whatsoever and were made to suffer through it without reason. Further, although many did need something to help them get their shit together HLA was not nessecarily it.
HLA takes the approach of a cookie cutter therapy. One size fits all. Unfortuatly it does not always work like that. They also employed a great deal of abusive and brainwashing tactics that would be hard pressed to benefit anyone.
Im not saying no one was ever helped by HLA. Im simply stating the fact that many were not, many were hurt by it. As well many never needed to be there in the first place. As well any small amount of good HLA may do is probably cancelled out by the overwhelmingly negative aspects which have been the brunt of these conversations.
Anonymous:
HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY ACCREDITATION
(December 7, 1999) Rusty Ray, Director of Academics at Hidden Lake Academy (HLA), Dahlonega, Georgia, 706-864-4730, A STRUCTURED RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, announced the school has been accepted as a Candidate for Accreditation with the Southeastern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). SACS has stringent requirements, and a school must be in existence for at least five years before it can even begin the process of applying for accreditation. In the negotiations, Ray reported, the representatives of SACS were so impressed with what HLA was doing that they recommended they apply for accreditation as a TRADITIONAL PRIVATE SCHOOL, which has higher academic requirements than the category the school started the application with as a Special Purpose school.
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... een01.html
HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY SACS ACCREDITATION APPROVED
(September 21, 2001) Hidden Lake Academy, Dahlonega, Georgia, 800-394-0640, a THERAPEUTIC COED BOARDING SCHOOL for ages 13 ? 17, has been ?approved for accreditation with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) as a TRADITIONAL, NONPUBLIC SCHOOL. The criteria for this accreditation are far more stringent than those required for a Special Needs School.?
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... een01.html
HIDDEN LAKE ACAD. ACCREDITED BY SACS AS TRADITIONAL SCHOOL
(December 9, 2001) Dr. Len Buccellato, founder and Chairman of Hidden Lake Academy, Dahlonega, GA, 800-394-0640, was recognized by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, (SACS) at the SACS Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, for being the first THERAPEUTIC BOARDING SCHOOL nationwide to achieve full academic accreditation as a TRADITIONAL SCHOOL.
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... heard.html
Structured Residential School
Traditional Private School
Special Purpose School
Therapeutic Boarding School
Traditional NonPublic School
5-part, 18 month Program
aka Emotional Growth School
Chameleon? Based on the situation?
As for SACS requirements for a Traditional BS being ?far more stringent?, they may be in terms of ?academics?. What are the requirements for the primary purpose- Therapeutic?
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... rt=0#83063
We?ll have to see just how stringent SACS requirements are, if they see fit to accredit an RTC that was shut down by the Tx DPRS. They were previously a wilderness program, re-opening in the same location as an ?Academy?. The state will no longer place kids at the new facility.
Semantics. Slight of hand.
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... t=0#120646
NATSAP has graciously taken them into their fold. May have even advised them of the benefits of changing classifications.
http://natsap.org/programs_list.asp
RobertBruce:
Further proof that HLA claims to be two seperate things. Both a theraputic boarding school, and a traditional boarding school. Which ever is more convienent at the time.
Anonymous:
No. They claim to be a therapeutic school, but also meet the requirements of a traditional school according to SACS. Most people see this as a good thing. In fact, it is a big selling point for the school.
Do you really not understand that Robert? It is not that difficult.
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