Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Unqualified Staff Members -
Troll Control:
--- Quote ---My kid spent two years at HLA. For the most part, the "real" counselors (those with actual degrees) were useless because they had to adhere to ridiculous rules set by the crazy people in charge. The counselors who actually thought they were being hired to work with kids and HELP them ended up leaving in disgust.
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This assessment is bang-on. This is exactly what happened in my case (and many others that I personally know).
It's a progression. It starts with the pie-eyed newbies fresh out of college with altruistic intentions to help kids.
Soon they become aware that what they were told in their interview wasn't quite right or honest. They slowly become aware that the system doesn't work and kids are not having their needs met and aren't receiving proper or adequate care.
Then they redouble their effort thinking they really can make a difference if they only try hard enough so they work extra hours and stay for weekends - whatever it takes. They realize that if they cast aside the program paradigm and do what they were actually taught to do they can make real headway.
Soon thereafter they get confronted by management for not implementing the program and letting the kids "manipulate." They begin to express real concerns about the efficacy of the program and explain how the kids on their caseload are actually being retarded in natural maturation and aren't improving.
It invariably ends with a meeting with the headmaster telling them "It would be best for you just to resign immediately." They are escorted off the premises, no goodbyes, no proper turnover to new counselors, confused and hurting children wondering what happened to the only person who cared for them and the next noob steps in to start the merry-go-round once more.
What the kids are left with is a bunch of concerned but impotent brand-new, un- or underqualified inexperienced direct-care staff who become de facto "babysitters."
$5700.00 a month for a babysitter is hardly a bargain. Not to mention all the kids' problems return home with them when they leave the program - unabated, untreated, and oftentimes exacerbated and aggravated.
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"Compassion is the basis of morality."
-Arnold Schopenhauer
Anonymous:
Your mom got lucky
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Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-06-02 11:50:00, Dysfunction Junction wrote:
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My kid spent two years at HLA. For the most part, the "real" counselors (those with actual degrees) were useless because they had to adhere to ridiculous rules set by the crazy people in charge. The counselors who actually thought they were being hired to work with kids and HELP them ended up leaving in disgust.
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This assessment is bang-on. This is exactly what happened in my case (and many others that I personally know).
It's a progression. It starts with the pie-eyed newbies fresh out of college with altruistic intentions to help kids.
Soon they become aware that what they were told in their interview wasn't quite right or honest. They slowly become aware that the system doesn't work and kids are not having their needs met and aren't receiving proper or adequate care.
Then they redouble their effort thinking they really can make a difference if they only try hard enough so they work extra hours and stay for weekends - whatever it takes. They realize that if they cast aside the program paradigm and do what they were actually taught to do they can make real headway.
Soon thereafter they get confronted by management for not implementing the program and letting the kids "manipulate." They begin to express real concerns about the efficacy of the program and explain how the kids on their caseload are actually being retarded in natural maturation and aren't improving.
It invariably ends with a meeting with the headmaster telling them "It would be best for you just to resign immediately." They are escorted off the premises, no goodbyes, no proper turnover to new counselors, confused and hurting children wondering what happened to the only person who cared for them and the next noob steps in to start the merry-go-round once more.
What the kids are left with is a bunch of concerned but impotent brand-new, un- or underqualified inexperienced direct-care staff who become de facto "babysitters."
$5700.00 a month for a babysitter is hardly a bargain. Not to mention all the kids' problems return home with them when they leave the program - unabated, untreated, and oftentimes exacerbated and aggravated.
_________________
"Compassion is the basis of morality."
-Arnold Schopenhauer"
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I wrote the original reply about Ed Clark.
Sadly, this assessment, is so right on the money it isn't even funny. This is exactly what happens at HLA. It all comes down to Dr. Buccellato not running the school effectively. Almost everyone their wishes he would sell the school so they could actually to the things that they want to do there.
Troll Control:
--- Quote ---It all comes down to Dr. Buccellato not running the school effectively. Almost everyone their wishes he would sell the school so they could actually to the things that they want to do there.
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This is also what I hear. Do you have contacts there that are still employed? What kinds of things are they saying about the Boss?
Anonymous:
I love Hidden Lake Academy. I feel honored to be a part of there rich history of progress and helping shape and mold our troubled youth into positive members of society.
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