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My son is currently at Aspen Ranch
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kk:
Just thought I would let everyone know what has been going on. My son has been home now since pulling him from Aspen in December. He is at the public school on a 504. He is getting all A's. He is on the Forensics team, is back in Japanese, will be back on the Debate Team, is studying for his ACT's, is still on medication, and going to a great therapist, along with myself and the rest of the family when needed. He try's to keep in touch with some of the kids from Aspen. Other than normal teenage stuff he has been fairly respectful. As long as he is happy and moving along with his life, doing the things that he needs to do to make him independant one day I am happy. That is all. Thanks for being here to help me.
Anonymous:
KK why did you decide to bring your son home, and why did it take so long to let people know?
kk:
I brought my son home because, as I stated in the first place, I was not really happy about Aspen Ranch. My son was not being tortured there, but he was in a behavior modification type program that was a one size fits all. I thought I was spending all this money sending my son to the "best Doctors and Therapist" and he would get specialized one on one help, and it was a bunch of bull. Aspen is just a money making cattle ranch. His therapist was trying and there were some people trying but overall, it was like just rope in a bunch of rich drug doing kids and will take your parents money and we will keep you here and teach you a lesson and you won't ever want to do drugs again because you won't want to come back here. My son didn't do drugs, he really was not a bad kid, the whole pissing on the picture was just a prank, he had some anger issues, but he was diagnosed with high functioning autism, anxiety disorder, OCD not ODD that is what all the kids are labeled at Aspen. He also has a verbal I.Q. of over 140 that was being wasted at a place that does not really care about academics. Anyway I am rambling.
The reason it took this long to write back is because I have been very busy I have 3 other kids,
and just keeping my son on the right meds and at his therapist appointments and he is studing for the ACT's etc. I just have not had time to let everyone know that I pulled him out.
I will say that I spent from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. sometimes wondering around every part of Aspen Ranch ,came there without letting anyone know and they were fine with it. So if you have a really out of control situation it is not bad for a few months, I have to admit just the shock of him being away and seeing all that I think gave him alot to think about. I have asked him if he felt violated or abused in any way and he did not.
Anyway, if you have any more questions I will be happy to answer. Sorry about the punctuation, I am to tired for paragraphs!
KK:)
Anonymous:
Wow, this site is ridiculous. i was curious to find out about what people are saying about the aspen schools because i know someone who is concerned about her cousin and is not sure what to do. i went to swift river academy years ago and it was completely out of control. i didn't like my experience there at all and like many of the postings here, i noticed that many rich parents sent their kids away to get them off their backs - not out of any sort of real love or concern. in turn, their kids were spoiled, cruel brats - the kids that most students run from high school to get away from. some of these kids were clear reflections of their parents. but what i find so interesting about the comments on this forum is that they sound just like those kids. laughing at a statement about her son urinating on her picture??? wow, that's pretty mature. maybe that person needs a little re-education. anyway, for the mom who's having trouble with her son... i don't think a forum such as this is the best place to come for advice. why don't you go to an ed. consultant to find a boarding school that fits your son's needs better? and maybe the ed. consultant can help you find a good family therapist and if you think he's mildly autistic, get a diagnosis and find a place for him from there. there are programs that cater to autism - i imagine they run around the same tuition cost as therapeutic boarding schools, but search around. how did you hear about aspen ranch? ed. consultants usually have a lot of information about a variety of programs - more than postings on a forum. and if you can't get good information from someone in your area, search in bigger cities and make some phone calls - the bay area and ny have a wealth of information and services.
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