Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Facility Question and Answers
The Carlbrook thread
Charly:
Deborah might not find the credentials adequate. I and the other parents did. I got to know many of the staff members very well, due to the constant issues with my kid. I feel I am in a good position to make the call whether they were good therapists and good with kids. There were some who were not. Most were excellent, qualified and caring.
The credentials are not hidden. They are on the website and on information given to the parents. If a parent doesn't feel the staff is qualified, there is no need for them to choose this program.
Charly:
The education was fine. It wasn't what my son was used to, and it wasn't what he wanted to finish out high school with, but it sure didn't hurt him any and he had some excellent teachers. There were AP and Honors courses and the kids go on to excellent colleges.
I have explained why it worked for my son. And, yes, we got our money's worth. There were no options for our situation.
Anne Bonney:
Yeah well, that's why you get called every name in the book around here. You know[/i] what goes on in there. You admit its abusive, or possibly so. You admit to underqualification or unlicensing. You admit the use of confrontational tactics. AND THIS IS ALL OK WITH YOU. You don't see any problems with this kind of an approach to "treating" kids.
What a self-centered, sadistic, bitch of a mother you must be.
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Charly:
The names are mainly called by you, Anne. I really feel sorry for you and I have ever since I first started reading your posts.
I find Master's Degree staff very qualified. I hadn't realized that you had met all the staff and were able to evaluate them! Of course I should defer to your "expertise".
Where is it I said abuse was OK with me? I said if the CEDU model was not substantially changed, there could certainly be emotional abuse. Were kids restrained? No. Were they isolated? No. Were they beaten? No. Starved? No. They may have been subjected to confrontation that crossed the line into manipulation or abuse. I am not saying that is OK and I am not supporting the program without information that this is NOT happening.
I'm saying that my son was not adversely affected. I, personally, do not know of any kids who were. Are there some? Probably.
Anne, I'm sorry it's so hard for you to accept that this program might not hurt every kid. It might have served a purpose for my son, due to the fortuituous circumstances I discussed earlier. Why the anger?
cooltherapy:
Guess this forum died a while ago... maybe someone is reading...
So, from time to time I look around online to see what people are saying about Carlbrook and it is SO interesting to me that it is always a bunch of people speculating what it was like... parents, anti-program folks... I graduated from the school over a year ago... so if you have questions I could answer them...
My life was turned around by this school but I have no reservations in exposing the abusive tactics and fucked up situations that I found myself in as a student.
So... fire away.
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