Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Questions about HLA
RobertBruce:
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On 2006-02-02 05:48:00, Dysfunction Junction wrote:
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As I understand it, the psyche community still holds that ODD is a legit dx, but has been badly misunderstood and far too broadly applied. According to the manual (what's it called, DJ?)
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It's called the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual).
The problem with "ODD" is that it is used as a "catch-all" by places like HLA to apply a dx to a kid who really has no psychiatric disorder at all.
If they fight with their parents, defy school authority, beat up their little brothers, etc., they are LABELED (not diagnosed, as HLA does no psychological testing whatsoever, but rather issues a "diagnosis" based on the parents' description of junior's behavior) "ODD" so that there is a "reason" for the parents to shell out the $7000.00 per month.
It's just a label applied to kids to justify extracting huge sums of money from the desperate parents.
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Actually, HLA does an extensive ammount of testing now. They have a full time tester who has a Doctorate in Psychology (from an APA accredited universtity). I admit that they did not have a testing program established when you were employed at HLA over 10 years ago."
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I was there long after Dysfunction and I was never tested.
When are you going to answer the questions put to you?
Its not like its a test right?
Deborah:
My son was not pre-evaluated. He was dx'd on the spot by staff. I asked what they based the dx on to which they replied, "His father's complaints". According to his father, he had 5 of the 6 'symptoms' of ODD. What a crock.
Now, how many traditional boarding schools are in the business of dx'ing potential 'problem' students? Technically speaking, if a facility is providing that service, wouldn't they indeed fall into the RTC catagory?
Anonymous:
This site is a bunch of B.S ..
Anonymous:
Yeh? Well, you do have the option of staying over at the Hyde forum. We won't miss you.
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