Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
HLA Truth............
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-02-03 06:16:00, Dysfunction Junction wrote:
How do you reconcile providing treatment plans with being a "traditional boarding school"? Georgia ORS prohibits traditional boarding schools from providing treatment plans.
I guess it's time to fire off another letter and make a few calls. Apparently, these folks have been holding out to ORS that they don't provide treatment plans, but do provide IEP's. It looks like they got it backwards.
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On 2006-01-14 11:05:00, Anonymous wrote:
How is physical restraint used?
Who is allowed to restrain kids?
Teachers, ex-military 'restriction' personel, peer group counselors?
What holds are allowed?
How are staff trained in the use of restraint?
What outside entity confirms that training is conducted for all personel?
What constitutes a 'threat' to self, others, property that would require a restraint?
Have there ever been any injuries caused by restraint?
If you aren't a principal at HLA don't bother answering.
If you are an ex particpant, why were you restrained? Describe the hold and the circumstances.
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On 2006-01-26 22:25:00, juniper2 wrote:
Why does HLA still continue to insist that they do not have 'court -ordered children? And, please
don't play semantics..
Did they get rid of the 'Fall-out' book?
Did they stop having the children carry
boulders around on restrictions? THe front landscaping has been complete for ages...
Have they cleaned up the lower left field?
Is a frightened child's word still 'manipulation?
Oh, and by the way, Academia..Have you all figured out whether you have a Science Lab yet?
Has HLA gotten rid of every teacher, nurse and counselor that got too close to the children
and were honest with the parents..?
Any answers, respectfully of-course....Oh, and if anyone wants to know who "Truth' is...Private
message me...I have a strong feeling. 'Could be
wrong, but I doubt it...
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LMJ630:
These questions also, please. Also, please state your affiliation with HLA. I don't want to know your name or anything, and I have no intention of harassing you. I just want to know your frame of reference when you are answering questions. Thank you.
The HLA website states, "most of our students struggle with issues of Oppositional Defiant Disorder." From what I have heard, this is not even a recognized diagnosis anymore. Do they have on-site professionals who evaluate and diagnose every child? Or do they just rely on the psychological profile that they are supposed to receive from the parents? What are the qualifications of these professionals, and of the consulting psychiatrist who visits weekly?
HLA seems to offer a lot of group counseling. Does anyone know the qualifications of the counselors? The website claims that they all have Masters degrees or higher, are clinically trained, and receive weekly supervision by Doctoral and licensed staff.
Does anyone know who developed the "elements of life" and on what they are based?
The website claims that all teachers hold degrees from the Bachelor to Doctorate level, and are state certified. Can this be confirmed? Are the special education teachers certified as such, and do they work with the parents and professionals who have diagnosed the learning disability to form an appropriate academic program?
"All of your child's incoming and outgoing mail will be read for appropriateness and content." Does this include e-mail? If so, how is a child supposed to report abuses? If this school is like others I have heard about, the people monitoring the mail will not allow derogatory information about the school to go out.
"Our students are not court-ordered to HLA and do not include violent or severely disturbed children." True?
LMJ630:
Eudora and Dysfunction kindly corrected me - ODD is still considered a valid disorder. I thought I had read somewhere that it was not. Please disregard that sentence in the previous post.
Troll Control:
290-2-5-.05 Licenses and Exemptions.
No person, partnership, association, corporation or entity shall operate a child caring
institution in the state without first obtaining a license to operate the institution by
demonstrating compliance with the necessary requirements set forth in these rules.
Institutions operated as a part of a local church ministry or religious nonprofit school or a
nonprofit religious charitable organization may request to be commissioned in lieu of
licensed. All provisions of these rules shall apply to institutions that request to be
commissioned, and for the purposes of these rules, the term license shall have the same
meaning as commission.*
(e) Exemptions. Anyone operating or desiring to provide a service believed to be exempt
from licensure shall apply to the department for exemption. The exemptions granted by
the department are exemptions from licensure, and do not affect the authority of local,
regional or state health department officials, the state fire marshal or local fire prevention
officials to inspect facilities. These rules shall not apply to the following kinds of
programs providing care to children:*
1. Child welfare agencies and other facilities and institutions wherein children and youths
are detained which are operated by any department or agency of state, county, or municipal government.*
2. Any bona fide boarding school whose PRIMARY PURPOSE of admission is EDUCATION, provided that such facility in order to claim exemption shall operate under a published academic educational curriculum which meets the requirements of the State Department of Education, shall have classroom facilities which are not used for residential living, shall not have been granted nor have assumed legal custody of children attending the facility, and SHALL NOT PROVIDE SERVICE PLANNING AND CASEWORK SERVICES as described in these rules.*
Can you explain why your facility is in active violation of this rule, "Truth"?
Anonymous:
Think we'll ever get any answers? :???:
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