Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Unqualified Staff Members -
Troll Control:
If it were important to have qualified staff (it clearly isn't) then there would be only one way to achieve that: pay better wages.
The problem is that "spreading the wealth" will never happen with the greedy Little Napoleon at the helm. He views all that money as his and his alone.
Anyway, what's your take on why more parents don't raise a fuss or ask questions? What kinds of things are they told to deflect their inquiries?
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-06-08 09:34:00, Dysfunction Junction wrote:
"If it were important to have qualified staff (it clearly isn't) then there would be only one way to achieve that: pay better wages.
The problem is that "spreading the wealth" will never happen with the greedy Little Napoleon at the helm. He views all that money as his and his alone.
Anyway, what's your take on why more parents don't raise a fuss or ask questions? What kinds of things are they told to deflect their inquiries?
"
--- End quote ---
Tough question...
First, I think it is because most of the kids at HLA seem to making improvement. They are fighting less with their parents, they are making good grades, and they are communicating on a deeper level than they have in years. If their child is making improvements, then they are not going to worry about the rest because it is working for them.
If questions are raised about the ammount of staff turnover, they are told that this is a natural thing that happens in any business setting and that HLA is helping their child deal with changes that are going to happen throughout their life. If a parent causes too much of a problem with any complaint they will simply be told to come pick up their child. Most of the time a parent will back down if they are told that. The last thing that most of these parents want is to have their child back at home, having to deal with them again. That is often what HLA banks on in an attempt to keep the kids there. The parents lack of other alternatives.
Troll Control:
Thanks for the reply.
So, I guess if folks get too nosy, they use the "nuclear option" - "Come get Junior." That can be a huge threat and seems like an effective way to bring cloture to any discussion. Unethical, but effective.
Anonymous:
True. One of the ironic things about HLA is that they really push the fact that a child will have the same set of counselors throughout the program. With the most recent graduation, however, not one group graduated with the same set of counselors that they started out with.
Counselors either quit or were fired. Most of the counselors got burned out when they had to take on their second Peer Group. That is also something that not all parents are made aware of when they enroll their children. The fact that their childs counselor will be working with two groups instead of just their childs. It really spread the counselors thin and takes away most opportunities to really bond with the kids. When I took on my second group, it was all I could do to keep up with the paperwork. Spending time with kids became secondary. If you wanted to keep your job you had to get the paperwork done. All of the management knew that the job was impossible, but their hands seemed to be tied as well because Dr. Buccellato would not make the changes that needed to be made.
Anonymous:
The entire counseling Team , except for the top guy, strongly opposed the counselors taking on a second peer group, just not effective.
to make the money he wanted to make, he refused to listen to the team
make the religous director take a peer group or be fired?
make hr teach classes to save a position
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