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Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Why do you think that after 15 years Aspen has made no movement toward "getting with the program"?
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Hubris.
TheWho:
--- Quote ---And Aspen is still just as unregulated as it ever was. Why do you think that after 15 years Aspen has made no movement toward "getting with the program"?
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I think we have been over this and concluded that no company is ever going to seek regulation on themselves, doesn?t make any sense. Its like calling DSS and asking them to come over to your house twice a month to see if you are doing a good job raising your kids, why would someone do that?
Secondly, the fact that they are not regulated is a strong indication that there have been very few complaints against them over the past 20 years, the kids have benefited and parents have been happy with the outcomes, otherwise regulation would have been forced upon them years ago.
Troll Control:
Suuuure, Who. Whatever you say. Everyone knows that it takes extreme effort to force regulation on a facility and that most people are either financially unable or too embarrassed to do the extremely hard and thankless work it entails.
This place is as abusive as they come. It's history is well documented.
Deborah:
--- Quote from: ""TheWho"" ---
--- Quote ---And Aspen is still just as unregulated as it ever was. Why do you think that after 15 years Aspen has made no movement toward "getting with the program"?
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I think we have been over this and concluded that no company is ever going to seek regulation on themselves, doesn?t make any sense. Its like calling DSS and asking them to come over to your house twice a month to see if you are doing a good job raising your kids, why would someone do that?
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A program should do it because they are caring for a hundred or more kids who are not 'related' to them and subjecting them to god knows what, restricting communication with parents and the outside world. That's two reasons of many.
It's more like an abuse complaint is file against a parent, the parent claims to have no children, and the state takes the parents word for it without investigating.
--- Quote ---Secondly, the fact that they are not regulated is a strong indication that there have been very few complaints against them over the past 20 years
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Indicates no such thing. They will remain unlicensed until DHS is properly educated on the services provided and pressured, if necessary, to force licensure. Licensure/regulation is not determined by the number of complaints filed against a program. It's based on the state knowing what services the program is providing.
TheWho:
--- Quote ---A program should do it because they are caring for a hundred or more kids who are not 'related' to them and subjecting them to god knows what, restricting communication with parents and the outside world. That's two reasons of many.
It's more like an abuse complaint is file against a parent, the parent claims to have no children, and the state takes the parents word for it without investigating.
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Sorry, I just disagree. If I read all the requirements and felt I was doing the best job possible and that regulation may, in fact, reduce the services and quality given to the kids and parents I would opt not to seek regulation. I think what a company needs to do is weigh the pros and cons to their customer and do what is right by them.
Communication is restricted in varying degrees in all educational settings (Private and public), wilderness and Therapeutic Boarding schools are no exception.
--- Quote ---Indicates no such thing. They will remain unlicensed until DHS is properly educated on the services provided and pressured, if necessary, to force licensure. Licensure/regulation is not determined by the number of complaints filed against a program. It's based on the state knowing what services the program is providing.
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It may or may not be, but if the parents didn?t receive the services they paid for and their kids were abused, you can bet there would be lawsuits left and right and the schools would have closed 20 years ago. Around here if a child is denied the use of the bathroom in school during testing or a teacher makes an inappropriate comment to a student, people are fired and lawsuits are filed within days.
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