Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
"Intervention" Program
hmmmmmm:
They do not sleep on the dirt. They are given "ridge rests" which are pads used to seperate the person from the ground. They do alot of hiking during that time, but they are fed and are given plenty ofwater. The majority of the rough part about intervention is the amount of exercise they get during the 7 days or whatever length of time it is. I am unsure of the sandbag portion, but I do know that they have to carry packs...much like at Ridge Creek.
Troll Control:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---An intervention usually comes at the order of Len Buccellato (sometimes from the head of the counseling dept). It is typically reserved for a kids that do something outrageous such as bringing a heavy drug onto campus, or seriously beating up another kid. It is meant soley to make a kid miserable enough to not do what ever they did again.
It rarely makes lasting changes to the kid, but the real purpose is to send a message to the rest of campus that that kind of behavior will lead to seriously miserable consequences.
--- End quote ---
How often are there serious physicals there (kids getting beaten up)?
How often are kids caught with drugs/alcohol?
Have you witnessed other types of incidents such as sexual assaults or staff having sexual relations with kids?
Deborah:
This was posted in the Mission Mountain Forum:
"Another aspect of behavior modification used by Mission Mountain School, called an ?intervention?, is a period of intense physical work, reduced sleep, stricter rules and more intense group therapy. It is used for breaking into an ?underground?, the secrets the girls would keep from the group in order to be sneaky or plan a run. During an intervention we would have very strict inspections of our work, work all day in the hot sun, and if someone was resistant, or we didn?t pass inspection, we would start the day over again. This was used to ?break? down our defenses so that we would share what was going on with us. When an intervention lasts long enough, one gets physically, mentally and emotionally worn out until there isn?t enough energy left to hide ?what?s really going on?. The longest intervention I was on at the school was 22 days."
http://wwf.avigation.net/viewtopic.php?t=16759
How does HLAs Intervention compare? Is "working in the hot sun" all day really necessary to get to "what's really going on"?
That hasn't been my experience. Comments? I don't recall ever reading anything that resembled this in any of my counseling courses. Might someone be inclined to make something up to get off Intervention?
juniper2:
According to one family, 2 water bottles, 2 pre-packaged meals..the children slept on dirt, and did not have blankets... Apparently there are letters and phone calls to the school regarding what transpired....they stand by their claim....
Anonymous:
According to another mother, her son and another boy were forced to carry a very heavy metal pipe on their shoulders through the
woods in near freezing temperatures wearing only a tee-shirt and jeans. The weather was wet so their clothing got saturated as
did their sleeping bags. They had no shelter so they slept in the
frigid weather out in the open. They were given minimal food. This intervention
lasted 5 days and by the end of it this one boy had lost approximately 15 pounds and was seriously ill with a high fever.
If this is not child abuse and endangerment I don't know what is.
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