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Peachford
Anonymous:
i was sent to peachford my first day at HLA. the reason i was sent was because i refused to comply with their "strip search." im not sure if they asked or told my parents if i was going, but i can tell everyone one thing, i was treated ten times better at peachford then i was at HLA. thats for sure.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""sm"" ---i was sent to peachford my first day at HLA. the reason i was sent was because i refused to comply with their "strip search." im not sure if they asked or told my parents if i was going, but i can tell everyone one thing, i was treated ten times better at peachford then i was at HLA. thats for sure.
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That sounds unbelievable. If I weren't a staff there at the time and saw it happen with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe. But yes, this is true.
Anonymous:
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--- Quote from: ""Deborah"" ---What's the connection between Peachford Behavioral Health and HLA?
http://alcoholism.about.com/gi/dynamic/ ... ordbhs.com
I understand they are owned by Universal Health, the same outfit that owns Ascent, Boulder Creek Academy, Provo Canyon, King George, Northwest Academy, and others.
http://www.uhsinc.com/hospitals.php?type=behavioral
Bought up all the CEDU programs when Brown Schools went bankrupt.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 407&EDATE=
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Peachford is an outside short term psychiatric ward, not directly linked to HLA. No, it didnt have anything to do with the interventions. They are two different kinds of punishment.
Interventions were used for punishments to behaviors not having to do with harming oneself (violence, drug use, extreme refusals, etc). Basically they were used to break someone down so that they knew exactly what was in store for them if they repeated this behavior.
Peachford was used much less frequently. I only knew 2 or 3 people who went there in my entire 2 yr stay. People went to Peachford when HLA was not sure if they could keep them safe at HLA. Like people who were extremely suicidal or wouldnt stop cutting (why these people were admitted in the first place always blew my mind.) Like for example:
A room mate that I had toward the end of my stay had found her mom hanging in the moms closet by a belt like 2 years ago or something. The girl was totally nuts (cutting, would choke herself with a belt to "feel closer to her mom", and all this other stuff). I got totally freaked and told my counselor, and they put her on Restrictions and on Clean Air (sleeping in the hallway in a sleeping bag so night staff can watch you.) Finally staff walked in on her trying to hang herself and she was sent to Peachford. Then she did something else crazy there, and I think was eventually sent to a longer term psych ward.
So it was people like that who went to Peachford (also extreme anorexia or bulimia I'm pretty sure). Its like a short term crisis center.
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The girl was totally nuts (cutting, would choke herself with a belt to "feel closer to her mom", and all this other stuff). I got totally freaked and told my counselor, and they put her on Restrictions and on Clean Air (sleeping in the hallway in a sleeping bag so night staff can watch you.) Finally staff walked in on her trying to hang herself and she was sent to Peachford. Then she did something else crazy there, and I think was eventually sent to a longer term psych ward.
How in good conscience could HLA take on a child who had such severe issues? Did HLA really think their unlicensed staff could cure this girl or provide her with the professional therapy she needed? I can only imagine how terrifying this experience must have been for the girls who lived in the same dorm with this girl. I guess it's anything for a dollar.
juniper2:
--- Quote from: ""sm"" ---i was sent to peachford my first day at HLA. the reason i was sent was because i refused to comply with their "strip search." im not sure if they asked or told my parents if i was going, but i can tell everyone one thing, i was treated ten times better at peachford then i was at HLA. thats for sure.
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Strip searching was never authorized by parents nor was it stated to parents, nor is it in the Parent Handbook. Please call Kit Wallace at CPS.
Lacey:
--- Quote from: ""juniper2"" ---
--- Quote from: ""sm"" ---i was sent to peachford my first day at HLA. the reason i was sent was because i refused to comply with their "strip search." im not sure if they asked or told my parents if i was going, but i can tell everyone one thing, i was treated ten times better at peachford then i was at HLA. thats for sure.
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Strip searching was never authorized by parents nor was it stated to parents, nor is it in the Parent Handbook. Please call Kit Wallace at CPS.
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Lol we were strip searched every single time we came back on campus from a break. They lined us all up in the gym when we got back and took us one by one in the back and we got naked. Girls had to squat and cough, had to lift up their boobs to they could see that there wasnt anything taped underneath... It sucked.
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