Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Manipulations
RobertBruce:
Even when they try to be honest it still just doesn't seem to come out quite right.
--- Quote ---Okay...I will answer these.
Court-ordered- There are no kids that are sentenced to HLA. There are kids who the courts are allowing to go to HLA in leiu of being sentenced elsewhere and upon successful completing of the program will have their charges dropped. It is a matter of semantics, I know. But they are not technically "court ordered" to HLA.
Strip Search- Yes. STrip searched are done. Always have been, to my knowledge. Any denial of this is a lie and someone is not doing their job.
Sex with staff- I am aware of three rumors, no facts. Two rumors have to do with staff and students after both have left HLA. This is not AT ALL appropriate, but it did not happen while they were under the direct care of HLA. I am aware of one rumor of a staff having sex with a girl while she was at HLA. This has been ivestigated and,to my understanding, HLA can find no truth to the rumors other than people saying, "well I heard something happened, but I don't know for sure."
Drug free campus- HLA's campus is largely drug free. There have been times when kids have snuck drugs on campus, despite the fact that strip searches are done.
Students having sex with each other- HLA keeps very close tabs on its students. There have been kids have sex with each other, however, durign the almost 11 years of it's existence. It is rare though.
Accrediting agency guidelines- HLA is accredited by SACS and follows their guidelines.
Licensed for mental health care- No. HLA is not under any state license other than being accredited by several accrediting agencies.
Suicide attempts- While extremely rare, there have been suicide attempts on campus. There have been no successes.
Locked inside the dorms- The doors are locked from the outside, to keep people out. You can easily push the door open to get out in case of an emergency. There are at least three exits to each dorm.
Forced Labor as punishment- Kids do hard work as a consequence. Chopping woods, clearing dead branches, stacking fire wood, minor landscaping. HLA hires a professional landscaping crew for the major jobs.
Wilderness- Yes they follow their own rules regarding sending the students to wilderness. Who elses rules would they follow? If a child runs away, harms or severely threatens someone else, or brings drugs onto campus, they will go to wilderness.
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RobertBruce:
--- Quote ---No. They claim to be a therapeutic school, but also meet the requirements of a traditional school according to SACS. Most people see this as a good thing. In fact, it is a big selling point for the school.
Do you really not understand that Robert? It is not that difficult.
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What he should have said is, "They (we) claim to be a therapeutic school when it's convienent. Of course that never occurs when talking to state agencies."
RobertBruce:
Sigh......
--- Quote ---"1. Food cannot be rationed.
2. Physical labor cannot be used as a punishment.
3. A state represenative must be available for greivances"
1. Food is not rationed.
2. If you consider raking leaves, pulling weeds, and chopping wood physical labor then, yes, HLA has physical labor. My father called it hard work and he gave me more of it when I misbehaved. If a parent reading this cannot handle their child doing some hard work as a consequence, then they should not enroll their child at HLA.
3. Anyone can report greivances to Child Protective Services if they have a problem with something.
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RobertBruce:
Here we have an HLA staffer who either manipulating or really really dumb. Probably both.
--- Quote ---This must be impossible because according to Robert Bruce there is noone to report grievences to concerning HLA. This looks like a grienvence to me.
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RobertBruce:
--- Quote ---Because kids manipulate their parents. Especially ones that are in programs and don't want to be there. If I were in a program, I would tell my parents anything I could to get pulled. It happens Robert. The more you talk, the less you sound like a kid who has been around kids at HLA. I question everything you have said at this point, because you sound so ignorant.
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And it appears that adults can be just as manipulative. Moreso it seems when the dollar and sadistic fantasies come into play.
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