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Academy at Swift River - Split from TTI

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TheWho:
Again,  Read the law... it is clear.

Troll Control:

--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---TheWHo: Lets imagine for a moment your daughter was abused in horrible ways. Lets not forget that many kids are sexually abused in private programs. Would you of believed your daughter when she came home and told you this happened? Why or why not would you have believed such a horrible thing might happen? How do you think she would of felt if people she told who are supposed to care, when she got home, just laughed in her face and said, that's impossible, couldn't of happened , dear. Maybe you can empathize with a loved one like your daughter since you seem incapable of it with posters online, who are people just the same with parents also.
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He can't empathize with someone with whom he's estranged.  After 22 months at ASR his daughter went right back to her "old ways," as he put it, then moved away from him and cut him off.

He burned that bridge already.

RobertBruce:

--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Again,  Read the law... it is clear.
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Youre right Cindy it is, and ASR is breaking it.

Antigen:
Oh for good grief people!

Vern, I hope you understand, at least, that Who is a perfect representative of Program philosophy and personality and that their magic snake oil cure for the insoluible condidtion of adolescence just that, snake oil.

On the bright side, the terrifying danger over which these sadistic lunatics want you to panic is really not all that big a deal. You think partying w/ friends is risky behavior? Well just look to generations past when disaffected young men took other options, like joining the French Foreign Legion or heading out into the Wild West to seek their fame and fortune and the girls just had to suck it up.

I hope the kid is doing alright. He's luck to have an aunt like you who has held fast to that quaint old habit of thinking things through and standing by family even when the rest of the herd is stampeding over a cliff. It'll all work out in the end.

Deborah:

--- Quote from: ""TheWho"" ---The law you posted applied to mental hospitals.  didnt see anything required for boarding schools or TBS's.
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No, it wasn't. It was for "mental health facilities". Where consumers are involuntary committed and subjected to coerced treatment. There are only three places kids are held against their will 24/7/365- jail, hospitals, and RTC (TBSs, if you prefer).

ASR claims to treat

--- Quote ---Emotional and behavioral disturbances
Anxiety disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder
Defiant and/or rebellious
Mild to moderate mood disorders
Academic underachievement and/or school avoidance
Attention disorders
Low self-esteem
Adoption related issues
Unresolved grief reactions including parental divorce
Substance abuse
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And provides assessments

--- Quote ---Please complete our Assessment Questionnaire to determine if your child may need placement services. All information submitted is confidential. The results will be displayed upon pressing the submit button.
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Boarding schools don't recommend such assessments.


--- Quote ---There is a $2500 enrollment fee that is due upon admission. If your child is on medication, there will be a $1500 retainer fee for psychiatric services.
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Sounds like mental health services to me.

And what boarding school would hire a director/headmaster with a background in mental health?

--- Quote ---Bartolomeo brings to the job 20 years of experience in the child and adolescent mental health field in diverse treatment settings such as residential treatment centers, outpatient clinics, hospitals and private practice. Prior to joining ASR, he was the clinical director of Children's Charter, Inc., a specialty clinic for the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma. He was also the director of child and adolescent outpatient group therapy at McLean Hospital in Boston.
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