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New Leaf Academy
Anonymous:
I would like to point out that most if not all the comments from the girls on the above web site are for the Oregon school. Some of the comments are from students who attended the school before it was taken over by the Aspen Group. New Leaf at North Carolina is a much younger school. It was started in the spring of 2005 (I think).
When my friend's child started at New Leaf, N.C. (summer of 2005), there were approximately thirteen students. Since then, they have increased enrollment. But I do not think they plan to have much more than fifty students.
Deborah:
FYI
July 2004- AEG acquires New Leaf Academy in Bend, Or for girls. Founder/ Dir Craig Christiansen
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portlan ... ily29.html
http://www.strugglingteens.com/news/asp ... wleaf.html
That site is ran by Richard Wanderman, an educational consultant that specializes in LD but hawks Aspen programs.
http://www.ldresources.org/?cat=32
Anonymous:
Covergaard makes an excellent point. One wonders just how many children at New Leaf (and other therapeutic boarding schools) are children of divorce? Naturally, these children are very frightened and angry, but do they truely suffer from emotional disorders that justify placement in New Leaf. In my friend's case, the custodial parent did not want the child to have any visitation with the non-custodial parent. Very often, custodial parents use placement in private boarding schools far away from the non-custodial parent as a mechanism for preventing visitation. However, the courts usually rule that if the custodial parent wants a private school education for the child, he (or she) must pay for it. The exception to this type of ruling is if the placement is medically necessary for the child. So the custodial parent hires therapists and educational consultants to present "expert" testimony to the court. The therapist recommends a facility like New Leaf (which is a "therapeutic" rather than an academic school). The courts rule that New Leaf is medically necessary and the non-custodial parent must pay half the cost! So my friend is in the position where she is legally required to pay some of tuition at New Leaf but is completely denied contact with her child! It is all so very sad and it makes me so cynical and distrusting of the "industry" of educational consultants, pyschiatrists, pyschologists, and therapeutic boarding schools.
Deborah:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Covergaard makes an excellent point. One wonders just how many children at New Leaf (and other therapeutic boarding schools) are children of divorce? Naturally, these children are very frightened and angry, but do they truely suffer from emotional disorders that justify placement in New Leaf. In my friend's case, the custodial parent did not want the child to have any visitation with the non-custodial parent. Very often, custodial parents use placement in private boarding schools far away from the non-custodial parent as a mechanism for preventing visitation. However, the courts usually rule that if the custodial parent wants a private school education for the child, he (or she) must pay for it. The exception to this type of ruling is if the placement is medically necessary for the child. So the custodial parent hires therapists and educational consultants to present "expert" testimony to the court. The therapist recommends a facility like New Leaf (which is a "therapeutic" rather than an academic school). The courts rule that New Leaf is medically necessary and the non-custodial parent must pay half the cost! So my friend is in the position where she is legally required to pay some of tuition at New Leaf but is completely denied contact with her child! It is all so very sad and it makes me so cynical and distrusting of the "industry" of educational consultants, pyschiatrists, pyschologists, and therapeutic boarding schools.
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Quite the scam, huh? Very similar to my situation. HLA not only diagnosed my son, but also provided perjured testimony in order to keep him there when I contested his placement. They told the state they were a boarding school to avoid regulation, yet provided psychological services to my son.
If that weren't enough, they labled me "adversarial", falsely accused me of harrassing staff at home and on campus which resulted in being placed on "bans" with HLA. All calls had to go through their corp attorney. Was rarely able to speak to my son after that fiasco.
There are other similar cases posted here at Fornits. Once the program has the kid in their grips it can be an expensive legal nightmare to get them out.
Anonymous:
Does anyone actively have a child enrolled at NewLeaf Academy in Bend Ore.
If so what has your daughters expereince been?
thank you
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