Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Benchmark Young Adult School / Benchmark Transitions
Public letter of Response to Benchmark Tour Offer
psy:
Hey Rich. I know you were here a while ago so i'll ask you a question. I'm looking for Benchmark's licence. Funny. I can't find "Benchmark Young Adult School" anywhere. Since Benchmark is a FULL MEMBER of natsap it is required to be licenced according to NATSAP's guidelines.
I can't find it in the government's list of registered programs (or anywhere on the DOSS website for that matter).
http://http://www.adp.ca.gov/LCB/pdf/lcb_rprt.pdf
Maybe you can help me out. I'd really like to know what type of licence Benchmark has so I don't contact the wrong people. I mean i've already got a big friggin list but if you can help me whittle it down i'd be much abliged.
Ps. A California Private School Affadavit is not a licence. And it's apparantly illegal to imply that:
--- Quote ---"Filing pursuant to this section shall not be interpreted to mean,
and it shall be unlawful for any school to expressly or impliedly
represent by any means whatsoever, that the State of California, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education,
the State Department of Education, or any division or bureau of the
department, or any accrediting agency has made any evaluation,
recognition, approval, or endorsement of the school or course unless
this is an actual fact."
--- End quote ---
You might want to tell your folks at NATSAP that so they can correct your page (and possably your licence membership status):
See the post here about that.
Of course. If i'm mistaken and Benchmark has a licence of some sort, please feel free to post it here.
Anonymous:
Wait. You don't actually think NATSAP is a legitimate organization, do you?
Deborah:
psy will be around to comment, but I can tell you that no, he doesn't.
His concern is that NATSAP has B's "private school affidavit" listed under licenses and accreditations. Very decieving. Parents might assume that the affidavit is one or the other. It should be removed or moved to the body of the information with an explanation.
Godzilla:
BUMP
Anonymous:
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--- Quote ---Because the ed-con who pitched benchmark to me and my parents advertised it as a Bording school with Therapeutic aspects. That's a relatively new website. The old one is here.
To answer your question simply:They do not adveritise as they are. It looks like a wonderful place when you visit. I was fooled. So were many others.
Students interviewed by prospective students and parents are cherry picked. They make it seem wonderful. You end up thinking: "gee this place seems really nice".
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And you were over 18 when this occured? If the facility wasn't as advertised, why didn't you walk out, and call your parents from a payphone? Why didn't you keep a spare twenty bucks hidden in a sock, surely they didn't have 100% physical control over you. What is the worst that could happen if yoru parents came and picked you up early, they wouldn't get their money back?
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Actually i did that. I walked the first day i was there. Got like 15-25 miles and called my parents. they where advised to ignore me, and whatever i said, and that it was desperate messures. I walked backed and reentered the program. I still have fond memories of where i stashed my playstation. It was in a bush near a holiday inn. It was there when i got back.
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