Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Facility Question and Answers
Discovery Academy - Provo, UT
Joyce Harris:
Mel:
Please read a new topic that is posted under:
TROUBLED TEEN INDUSTRY
"New Program"
This topic was posted yesterday about a new facility that was opened in Utah in January 2007.
This facility, Oxbow Academy is also connected to Discovery Academy.
This will provide you with more information.
Joyce Harris
Deborah:
Looks like you've found info on Discovery. I'm curious about Sundown Ranch/ Ranch Academy
The facility was founded by Irving lawyer Robert Power.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 99b00.html
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?p= ... f7fe#71316
Red Flag. They aren't licensed by the Tx Dept of Family and Protective Services as a Residential Treatment Facility. And they "faith-based", therefore, exempt? Or does their classification as a "charter school" exempt them?
http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Care/ ... ential.asp
mel0731:
That is interesting they are listed as faith-based. I have seen no evidence of that when I have been there....
I did call DA today to find out who is on their board of directors. No return phone call....
I cannot fully express my gratitude at the out pouring of support and information. This is all new territory to me and I appreciate everyone's information and insights.
Please let me know if I can help anyone. My knowledge is only of Sundown Ranch as that is where my son is now.
I hope I can bring him home soon...
-mel
Anonymous:
I was at DA for 1 year and I can look back and say that sending me there was the best decision my parents ever made. I was hooked on drugs and I was struggling with bipolar (but didn't know it) - I was on my way down a road with no positive future. Nothing bad ever happened to me there, I had a wonderful therapist that made me feel good about myself. I did get in trouble on occasion and was punished but never to any extreme or that I didn't deserve.
No having said that, I do not believe that the owners now are the same as when I was there - all this info may not pertain. I was there 1993-1994.
Anonymous:
I was at DA for 1 year and I can look back and say that sending me there was the best decision my parents ever made. I was hooked on drugs and I was struggling with bipolar (but didn't know it) - I was on my way down a road with no positive future. Nothing bad ever happened to me there, I had a wonderful therapist that made me feel good about myself. I did get in trouble on occasion and was punished but never to any extreme or that I didn't deserve.
No having said that, I do not believe that the owners now are the same as when I was there - all this info may not pertain. I was there 1993-1994.
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