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Dahlonega Nugget - Article on HLA Lawsuit
Anonymous:
"Betty Green is an "Addictions Counselor?"/Peer Group"
This kills me. When my kid was there, she was a School Communicator. Then she was listed on the HLA website as a person who worked in the Shipping Dept. Now she's an Addictions Counselor.
Unbelievable.
RobertBruce:
--- Quote ---I am surprised that two disgruntled parents can cause enough havoc for their activities to reach the front page of The Nugget. Let me tell you another side of this story.
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I hope it's a good one. Rest assured though Di-Di, there are many more than two.
--- Quote ---Len Buccellato, the president of Hidden Lake Academy (HLA), has been on the Board of United Way for Lumpkin County since its inception four years ago. One hundred percent of the school's employees have contributed every year to the United Way campaign. Is there another business in the community that can claim that record?
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100% really? Sooooo are they forced to contribute?
--- Quote ---Another HLA owner, Ken Spooner, has been an active member of the Community Helping Place (CHP) Board for several years.
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So Ken is an owner now? I was't aware of this.
--- Quote ---Through his efforts, HLA has sponsored the Gold Party-an event that raises considerable funding for food, clothing, and furniture for the poor of Lumpkin County. Income from the Gold Party amounts to about $40,000 a year; our county commission has just designated $5,000 a year for the same population. Is there another business in the community that can claim that record?
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Hey..you gotta pay off the right people sometimes. Too bad it didn't last.
--- Quote ---I have personally witnessed the daily work of HLA students in the social service agencies of this community. Each student, as a part of her/his learning experience, contributes several hours a week to supplement paid staff and volunteer time. Some of the organizations where you will regularly see HLA students are: NOA, Head Start, PAWS Animal Shelter, Senior Center, one of the nursing homes.
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So are the kids forced to do this? Don't some places consider that slavery?
--- Quote ---Is there another school in the community that gives its students such enriching opportunities for service?
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What the public schools there don't have optional service clubs?
--- Quote ---Students also participate in the churches of this county.
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Anything to get out of there for a little while.
--- Quote ---I have personally observed and worshipped with incredibly perceptive students who contribute their own religious experiences.
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Di-Di you go to church to worship, not to watch children.
--- Quote ---Is there another school in the community that encourages students to seek answers to life's questions?
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Yes...all of them.
--- Quote ---I know Clay Erickson as a caring human being who gives students an opportunity to learn that we all have made mistakes in our lives. Is there any parent in this community who would not want her kids to profit by examples from her own errors?
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Wasnt it just Dr. Erikson a short time ago? What happened?
--- Quote ---Lumpkin County needs to be proud of Hidden Lake Academy and its contributions to our daily life. I am hoping that each of us will provide support during this unfortunate time for them.
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Yeah...cause otherwise wifey is out of a job.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---"Betty Green is an "Addictions Counselor?"/Peer Group"
This kills me. When my kid was there, she was a School Communicator. Then she was listed on the HLA website as a person who worked in the Shipping Dept. Now she's an Addictions Counselor.
Unbelievable.
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Betty Greene is not qualified to be an Addictions Counselor. She's not certified by any of the agencies.
B.A. Keuka College - New York. M.S. - North Georgia College & State University LAPC. Betty is active in the local Holly Theatre and donates her free time to community agencies.
From a previous post:
It appears to me that HLA needs two licenses to operate and provide the services they currently provide.
One: Residential Care Facility
http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pa ... x.html&d=1
Two: Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Program (Considered a "Health Care Program")
http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pa ... x.html&d=1
Ever wonder why the RCF regs don't stipulate anything about Addiction/Substance Abuse treatment requirements. DATDP regs are a completely different license and set of regulations a program must adhere to if they provide treatment and/or education for Substance Abuse.
Did ORS know that HLA was providing Addictions Services? Surely if they ever bothered to look at the HLA website they would've seen a "Dir of Addictions Services" and an "Addictions Counselor"; although neither are Certified as Addictions Counselors. This fact alone should have dispelled any notion that HLA was exempt from licensure.
From the DATEP Regs:
290-4-2-.02 Title and Purposes. These rules shall be known as the Rules and Regulations for Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs. The purpose of these rules is to provide minimal requirements for the licensing and inspection of drug abuse treatment and education programs, not subject to regulation as licensed hospitals, or approved Emergency, Receiving, Evaluation and/or Treatment (ERET) services or licensed Narcotic Treatment Programs monitored by the State Methadone Authority.
(d) "Drug abuse treatment and education program" or "program" means any system of treatment or therapeutic advice or counsel provided for the rehabilitation of drug dependent persons and shall include programs offered in residential and/or non-residential settings.
(e) "Drug dependent person" means a person who is in imminent danger of becoming dependent upon or addicted to the use of drugs or who habitually lacks self-control as to the use of drugs or who uses drugs to the extent that his health is substantially impaired or endangered or his social or economic function is substantially disrupted.
(f) "Drugs" means any substance defined as a drug by federal or Georgia law or any other chemical substance which may be used in lieu of a drug to obtain similar effects, with the exception of alcohol and its derivative.
(o) "Residential Intensive Treatment Program" means a residential program staffed by professional and paraprofessional persons which provide highly structured treatment and therapeutic activities that focus on stabilization, abstinence, and skills required for recovery; [and] are not classified as a "residential sub-acute detoxification program".
(r) "Special Program" means a program that provides therapeutic services to drug dependent persons which does not fit into existing program classifications.
290-4-2-.05 Licenses. No governing body shall operate a drug abuse treatment and education program in the state without first obtaining a license or provisional license. A licensed program may offer one or more of the program services described in these rules.
(4) Clinical Director. The governing body of the program shall designate a clinical director who is responsible for all treatment services provided.
(6) The clinical director must be either a doctor of medicine licensed to practice in this state, or a licensed practitioner who is licensed to provide treatment, therapeutic advice or counsel for the rehabilitation of drug dependent persons in compliance with state practice acts, or a certified addiction counselor. [HLA of course, has none.]
Re: The Addictions Counselor/Director
Clay Erickson
Director of Addiction Services
B.A. - Pacific Southern University. M.A. ? Antioch University
http://www.hiddenlakeacademy.com/loadPr ... ?userID=35
So, they removed his MD. Under who's order?
Still don?t see any credentials that qualify him to hold the position of Director of Addiction Services.
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... c&start=30
Betty Greene
Addictions Counselor/Peer Group
B.A. Keuka College - New York. M.S. - North Georgia College & State University LAPC. Betty is active in the local Holly Theatre and donates her free time to community agencies.
?M.S.: Master of Science in Psychology Individuals with an M.S. degree in psychology have a background in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders and have a focus on clinical research. Professionals with this degree are often more inclined toward research than clinical practice.
L.A.P.C.: Licensed Associate Professional Counselor
May only practice under the supervision of an L.P.C. They must earn the L.P.C. within five years of obtaining the L.A.P.C. The practice must be a paid practice.
Who supervises Betty Greene?
What Are the Certifications for Addiction Counselors?
Certified Addiction Counselors ( CAC ) are not licensed so the consumer/client has no guarantees or protection. CACs are very effective in the field of addiction. Only a licensed therapist (as mentioned above) can deal with issues other than addiction. A licensed therapist may, in conjunction with a CAC , work with the client if he/she is addicted. No direct referral to a CAC should be made by anyone other than a licensed professional.
In other words, an AC must be an LPC and be Certified with GACA or must be an Assoc Counselor under the supervision of an LPC.
http://www.gaca.org/
This info came from a very helpful site that lists all licensed professionals and the requirements to hold those positions in the state of Ga.
http://www.archatl.com/offices/cyp/vass ... apists.htm
Deborah:
--- Quote ---Mr. Aiken summarizes the allegations of a class-action lawsuit without mentioning some important facts about Hidden Lake Academy that your readers should know, including the fact that Mr. Aiken was once employed by Hidden Lake Academy.
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Mr Aiken also did not provide any personal opinions about HLA, simply the unbiased facts of the lawsuit.
--- Quote --- treats students struggling with a number of issues...addictive, compulsive, and self-destructive behaviors, behaviors..... the most challenging students to treat and usually come to HLA when the parents failed to find anything else that could help them.....a last chance boarding academy....an alternative to prison.....inherent with risks and the possibility of violence and retaliation.....Great risk comes with the territory for such a school like this...offered a chance to redeem and rehabilitate themselves.... requires boot-camp style discipline, but this is so much better than prison, where personal favors, violence, hard labor and hopelessness are the norm.
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Sounds like Juvenile Delinquents.
Guess how they describe the kids and the programs purpose depends on which audience they are addressing.
HLA "treats" kids? Is ORS aware of this?
Treatment facility, or Private Boarding school that doesn't provide therapy?
Time to get off the fence.
You can't be a "Treatment Facility" to the public and a Boarding School that provides no therapy to the Regulatory Agency.
The good Rev is an employee? Why isn't he listed on the website?
Do parents know he works with their children?
Is he a Native American?
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---The good Rev is an employee? Why isn't he listed on the website?
Do parents know he works with their children?
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Good questions. This is the first I've ever heard of the guy. I was never told he was working with my child.
According to his editorial:
"I myself am a part-time employee of the spiritual reflections staff and I have been traveling to Hidden Lake at least one Sunday per month to minister to students and help raise awareness by teaching Native American Spirituality and the Science of the Medicine Wheel.
I have taught at multi-cultural studies at NCG and hold a bachelor's degree in ministerial counseling from UBU, so I feel that I am qualified. I have been ministering to the young men and women of Hidden Lake for eight years, and I have become very fond and appreciative of the founder and staff at this facility."
He feels he is qualified to do what? I don't know what kind of hocus-pocus the Science of the Medicine Wheel is, but I didn't pay $5700 per month for some wannabe to come in playing medicine man. What a bunch of crap.
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