"In my opinion phone calls should never be restricted between a parent and a child."
Isabelle Zehnder
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Comment #18
I was sent to a residential treatment center in Nephi Utah known as the "Whitmore Academy" when I was fourteen. It was advertised more as a boarding school with a family-like environment.
I spent a year there unable to call my parents without the calls being monitored. I was subjected to mind control, verbal, and physical abuse. I was forced to harm other residents who were "acting out" knowing that if I didn't, I would recieve worse treatment. During my time there I learned that they were not accredited as a school, nor were the therapists licensed. With new reality shows making so much money and constantly branching off each other, I'm very worried about the renwed interest in the teen help industry. I can see this easily turning into a fad and spawning a rash of cults and money-making enterprises just like there was in the 80s.
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Comment #15
Have you attended a BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION PROGRAM, BOOT CAMP, WILDERNESS PROGRAM, or BOARDING SCHOOL? If so, we would like to ask a few questions. 1. How long were you in the program? 2. Do you feel that was too long? 3. While you were in the program, were you a victim of abuse or did you witness abuse? 4. Did you recieve proper education while in the program? 5. Did you receive adequate medical treatment? 6. Were you fed a healthy, well-balanced diet? 7. What was your overall experience like? 8. Did you find it helpful or harmful? 9. How did it affect your relationship with your family? 10. Do you resent your parents for sending you away or do you feel they did the right thing? 11. Do you believe your problems could have been resolved at home with local help rather than being sent away? 12. Do you feel you were sent away as a necessity or more a convenience for your parents? Answers to these questions will help us determine whether programs, as a whole, are helpful or harmful, and will serve to help us determine alternative solutions for parents. We appreciate your feedback. For more information, please visit:
http://www.caica.org http://www.nospank.net http://www.tbfight.comIS TB Fight involved with CAICA?
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