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Anonymous:
When I was at the Hyde Woodstock campus, there were approximately 60 kids in the substance abuse program. They met with a counselor, (don't know think he was either a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist.) on a regular basis.
All of the students and parents participate in "family sessions and discussion groups." This is what any professional would call a group therapy session. A normal boarding school does not require this of parents or students. Because of this Hyde should not advertise themselves as a prep school with a focus on character. They are a therapeutic boarding school without any licensed therapist on staff! This is not a healthy way to run a therapeutic boarding school, especially at $35,000++ a year, but until someone steps up to the plate and tries to get the government to intervene with private boarding schools, Hyde will continue to operate in this manner.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---When I was at the Hyde Woodstock campus, there were approximately 60 kids in the substance abuse program. They met with a counselor, (don't know think he was either a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist.) on a regular basis.
All of the students and parents participate in "family sessions and discussion groups." This is what any professional would call a group therapy session. A normal boarding school does not require this of parents or students. Because of this Hyde should not advertise themselves as a prep school with a focus on character. They are a therapeutic boarding school without any licensed therapist on staff! This is not a healthy way to run a therapeutic boarding school, especially at $35,000++ a year, but until someone steps up to the plate and tries to get the government to intervene with private boarding schools, Hyde will continue to operate in this manner.
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Right - Hyde admits that it accepts many kids with substance abuse and serious psychological problems and then pretends that it's a prep school with a character focus. When I was at Hyde I saw lots of things behind the scenes that convinced me that Hyde has the same sort of population you find at many therapeutic boarding schools, but at Hyde there are is no treatment program or trained professionals. After awhile I realized that Hyde is a disaster for many students who need lots of help that Hyde can't (or won't) provide.
Anonymous:
When I was at the Hyde Woodstock campus, there were approximately 60 kids in the substance abuse program. They met with a counselor, (don't know think he was either a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist.) on a regular basis.
This was meant to read that the counselor was NOT a licensed Psychologist of Psychiatrist. There are NO licensed counselors on staff at Hyde.
Anonymous:
It's so much easier to blame someone else (like Hyde School) for your problems adjusting to life, isn't it? Perhaps if you focused your energies on your own pathology rather than spewing vitriole against Hyde, you might find some real happiness...
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---It's so much easier to blame someone else (like Hyde School) for your problems adjusting to life, isn't it? Perhaps if you focused your energies on your own pathology rather than spewing vitriole against Hyde, you might find some real happiness...
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I deeply resent your judgmental language. It seems to me that if you truly embraced Hyde's ethos and values, you would not engage in this sort of dismissive, destructive exchange. Your language is exactly the reason why we left Hyde. When we enrolled at Hyde we had no idea so many people there point fingers in the same way you seem to. Now we know there are much better and more positive ways to treat people AND help them change, take a hard look at their issues, etc.
FYI: Our family has been earnest about examining our own issues. We have no problem doing so. What we have discovered since leaving Hyde is that Hyde is not a healthy place in which to examine one's issues. We've had far more success at our child's new school, where the staff are so much more skilled than Hyde's staff. The comparison is unbelievable; Hyde's staff seems very weak by comparison. It's a pleasure to be surrounded by so many competent staff who are insightful, skilled, and sensitive. We simply didn't encounter that very much at Hyde. At Hyde we found most staff to be aggressive, judgmental, and lacking in insight. By the way, we HAVE found real happiness. Leaving Hyde has contributed to that greatly.
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