Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Aspen Education Group
My son is currently at Aspen Ranch
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--- Quote ---why don't you go to an ed. consultant
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dumb advice.
--- Quote ---http://www.strugglingteens.com/ec/index.html
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dumbest advice ever.
kk:
I used an Ed Consultant, that is what got me in this mess to begin with. She is the one that suggested Aspen, and then after I got the diagnosis of High Functioning Autism, OCD, Depression, etc. she would still give me names of places that were so of the wall, and not at all for my son's needs. She would get all huffy and explain to me that I was just asking for too much that a school could not provide everything for my son. I beg to differ, when I am forking over well over 120 thousand dollars a year in tuition alone that school better cater to every last need of my child health, physical mental well being. That is why I never sent him away. That is why he stayed at home. He is in therapy, and his meds are carefully watched, we have an open and honest relationship. We talk all the time. He told his therapist he did not want to lie to me and that he felt that it was important that it was in th open that he had recently expermented with marijuana at a party and he felt bad if it came up and he didn't want to ever lie to me. I gave him credit for that. I told him I don't condone it in the house and I do not want it to effect his grades or school, and he should never drive under the influence. We talked about the health dangers etc. He knows it is not something I was happy about but he says it is something is doing in moderation, I am a realist, there isn't to much I can do. I am happy he is honest. That is more than I can say for Ed Consultants or any of the schools the whole industry is a bunch of horse shit. Some people might be trying to do good, and a different enviroment is definetly a good choice but, send a kid to a strict aunt if you have and a good therapist. got to go
Anonymous:
I'd love to see what all these posters would do should they be 1) forced to give up their anonymity, and 2) actually be truthful about their personal experience with any of these places/programs. What I see is a lot of whining about what they think they ought to whine about. A big bucketful of lemmings.
Our daughter is at Aspen Ranch. She's relieved that she's getting the help she needs (and never was jammed into the mentioned diagnosis buckets). She finds the horse work soothing. The staff keeps to some structure, but is caring and decent to deal with. We can communicate with staff daily, with no complaints.
I won't discuss her reasons for being there other than to say she was severly traumatized, causing problems far beyond what home and local therapy could handle. She's working on things without undue pressure, no punitive measures, likes the environment and is very cooperative. And talking to us on the side, "Parent Week" isn't a big show, with conditions being miserable the rest of the time....it actually is fine the rest of the time.
So my take - don't listen to these snivelers. If your child needs help, Aspen Ranch is a nice place if it's a good fit style-wise with your child (i.e. some don't relate well to the "ranch/outdoors" idea and might be better suited to a more "gussied-up" urban environment).
:tup:
Anonymous:
And if you believe that load, i have a bridge to sell you.
AtomicAnt:
--- Quote ---On 2006-05-26 12:08:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I'd love to see what all these posters would do should they be 1) forced to give up their anonymity, and 2) actually be truthful about their personal experience with any of these places/programs. What I see is a lot of whining about what they think they ought to whine about. A big bucketful of lemmings.
Our daughter is at Aspen Ranch. She's relieved that she's getting the help she needs (and never was jammed into the mentioned diagnosis buckets). She finds the horse work soothing. The staff keeps to some structure, but is caring and decent to deal with. We can communicate with staff daily, with no complaints.
I won't discuss her reasons for being there other than to say she was severly traumatized, causing problems far beyond what home and local therapy could handle. She's working on things without undue pressure, no punitive measures, likes the environment and is very cooperative. And talking to us on the side, "Parent Week" isn't a big show, with conditions being miserable the rest of the time....it actually is fine the rest of the time.
So my take - don't listen to these snivelers. If your child needs help, Aspen Ranch is a nice place if it's a good fit style-wise with your child (i.e. some don't relate well to the "ranch/outdoors" idea and might be better suited to a more "gussied-up" urban environment).
:tup: "
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Condemning anonymity while hiding behind it. Brilliant.
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