Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Aspen Education Group
New Leaf Academy
Anonymous:
First, let me state the the letters that follow my name are Ph.D., M.A., and M.S.Ed. I am certified in L.D. I have a daughter there who has bipolar and LDHD issues. My ex sent her there (N.C. campus) without an interview. No assessment was made. No determination as to whether she is a fit. The place is bogus and run strictly for profit. The website is misleading (that's not a real bedroom--your child will live in a cramped basemnt room with little daylight and a bathroom with no door). The grounds are disgusting. The classrooms are trailers. There is no gym. Food is substandard. Staff is unqualified and counselors are part time. Mine does not even other to make her weekly calls to me. Mail is opened and withheld (contrary to published statements). They do not discuss family or personal issues. The teaching faculty is minimally qualified. Most are not certified. The school is not SACS accredited, though they claim they have applied. The texts are the same series/publisher used by the N.C. public school system. The library has less than 300 books in it. The field is hilly and useless for sports. There is no gym. Fencing--highly touted--is rarely taught as the instructor is often away.
The girls there seem unhappy.
Need I say more? Oh---better have $20,000 ready at admission--preferably in small unmarked bills.
Anonymous:
Have they no shame??
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---To add to my post of December 24 and to answer some questions.
No I do not know anything more about daily therapy at the school other than what the web site contains. I only know that my aquaintance (who is the non-custodial parent of the student) is not allowed to be involved in any face-to-face therapy with her child and a therapist. Instead my friend is only allowed a ten-minute conversation with her child per week. The counselors are pressuring the child to make these phone conversations (which are monitored and recorded) "structured". That is, they require the child to ask my friend "therapeutic" questions. If the parent does not want to respond to these questions, the child and the counselor at New Leaf terminate the call. All discussions between my friend and the child are turned over to the custodial parent for use in an on-going custody/visitation dispute.
In the end what has New Leaf accomplished with this child? Before the student entered New Leaf she was hostile to the custodial parent and loving toward the non-custodial parent. Now she is openly hostile and contemptuous of the non-custodial parent. I do not know what her relationship is with the custodial parent. So, is the situation better? Who knows??
As for screening the parent and child, yes absolutely. The parent(s) must be able to pay. And New Leaf at North Carolina will not address children with severe emotional or behavoiral problems.
They do not want children who have abused drugs or alcohol, been runaways, are sexually promiscuous, have been violent or suicidal, or have children with severe learning or emotional disabilities. They do not have the expertise to deal with these problems.
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Anonymous:
the NLANC library has well over 1500 books.
Anonymous:
Carefully chosen Id geuss. Hell I probably have 800-900. ::)
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---Carefully chosen Id geuss. Hell I probably have 800-900. ::)
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Yes, they were carefully chosen by a professional librarian, who made the best with what money she was given. :)
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