Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Facility Question and Answers
The Carlbrook thread
psy:
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--- Quote from: ""Charly"" ---Groups-- I think twice a week. Maybe 3 times. The groups were coed and I seem to recall that you could "call" someone to be in your group. So-if you wanted to confront someone or yell at them, you requested a group with them. This was awhile ago, but I think that's how it worked. Then the kid who was "invited" got to sit there and get shit.
There were some good staff who led better groups than others. My son particularly objected to one senior staff- he hated me and my son and took it out on my son.
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This format is different from what I knew. We had nightly groups with the kids required to do two topics a week where they spoke their piece and got feed back from the group and counselors. The rest of the time they could call huddles to discuss group issues at any time to confront or to compliment fellow group members.
Was their any set rotation of topics in group or was it all spontaneous?
Was their any limits set on what sort of behavior could be demonstrated in Group? Meaning could you yell and scream at a person to your hearts content or did the kids have some sort of guidelines?
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At least at bmark.. they had a moderator.. but he/she acted more as a battlefield commander... coordinating the verbal attacks to be more on target (on the issues)...
Charly:
The guy was incompetent. I've discussed him before. He was the "Dean of Academics" but he was an idiot. I couldn't get him to anything in the way of making sure my son got to take the standardized tests he needed for the next schools, etc. The academic issues were totally botched by him, even though the teachers themselves were pretty good. The guy felt that I exposed his incompetence, I think. He was strange. He's been at other programs- Glenn Bender.
psy:
--- Quote from: ""Charly"" ---I only feel qualified to talk about some of this because Psy and I were talking over Christmas when my son was right next to me so I could actually ask him. He is far enough removed from it that I think I got pretty accurate answers. He's not the most verbal person on the subject, though.
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That is undestandable. It's a lot easier to move past.. move on.. and leave behind the bad times.. problem is for me.. I keep thinking about the people still there. well. maybe your son will be bothered by it some day.
Charly:
I don't think the groups were nightly. At night they had "last lights" after study hall etc. At "last lights" a kid could speak about something on his or her mind.
The groups were in the afternoons after school. I'm not sure about the topics. I don't know if the topics were assigned or if it was a free for all. You had to move across the circle from someone you were going to address. That way you were a "safe" distance from them.
teachback:
Hey everyone, just wanted to tell yas I've been reading along..
Gonna go catch Letterman, ttyl.
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