Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Latest Suicide Attempt
Anonymous:
Has the Department of Human Resources been notified of these
last situations?
Anonymous:
As was asked earlier, where does HLA claim that no one has ever attempted suicide there? I'm not saying they haven't claimed that, I am just saying I have not heard that. Please show me documentation of that if it is true. If it is true it is a MAJOR lie. The biggest incident being the girl you mentioned that hung herself. I know HLA has claimed to never have had a suicide at the school, which is true.
Anonymous:
It all goes back to each person's individual experience. I asked the question and was told there were never suicide attempts or violent attacks against students. A couple months later my son was violently attacked and another student tried to hang himself.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---It all goes back to each person's individual experience. I asked the question and was told there were never suicide attempts or violent attacks against students. A couple months later my son was violently attacked and another student tried to hang himself.
--- End quote ---
Then yes. You were lied to in a major way. There have been numerous incidents of violence and a handful of what I would consider true suicide attempts.
Also, I agree with you that it goes back to each individuals experience. To me, that is HLA's legacy. The innability to be consistent. There are families who were undoubtedly hurt by HLA. There are also families who were undoubtedly helped by HLA. Much of the blame for that falls on HLA. Some of the blame falls on the families.
One thing that HLA never did a good job of was screening families for readiness to work within a program. A lot of this goes back to HLA not fully disclosing things such as you have listed above. Families should know 100% of what their child was going to go through before allowing them to enroll. By not fully disclosing (an ethical violation by the way) HLA only hurt themselves because those are the families that withdrew their children early cost the school money. Len could never understand that doing things the right way from the beginning would eventually lead to having a successful school.
happyday7:
I agree that it is up to the individual experience of each family. I had a bad experience with HLA. The staff are the ones that are the master manipulators. Lots of parents fall for what they tell them. I was never someone who fell for whatever I heard. I learned by experience how HLA is. How can any child thrive in this negative environment? My child is doing so much better now that he is out of HLA..He was not good at first, however, is doing much better now with our love and support. :D
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