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« Reply #30 on: October 20, 2007, 03:10:27 PM »
Youth Care’s Press Release is just damage control. The police investigated thoroughly, and discovered, obviously, evidence of a crime, otherwise they would not have charged 2 individual with felony neglect. If the charges are reduced or dropped, it will be a sham, and will prove that programs in Utah receive preferential treatment, as was evidenced by the inadequate investigation done by the Office of Licensing. They found the facility in violation of 2 policies, but did not choose to fine the facility or suspend their license. They only issued conditional licensing sanctions, allowing them to operate, with only have 5 new intakes in a 30 day period.

Their license is on CONDITIONAL STATUS for 90 days per the Office of Licensing.

The only place I have found the press release so far is on Struggling Teens here.
http://http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/YouthCarePR_071019.shtml

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« Reply #31 on: October 20, 2007, 03:20:21 PM »
No surprise there.  This has been going in Utah for years.  Holding children accountable for their own deaths is SOP in the industry, but no where more consistently does this occur than Utah.  Home of more than 200 programs and a litany of deaths related to abuse and neglect.
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« Reply #32 on: October 20, 2007, 03:23:43 PM »
I certainly hope the GAO is going to follow this case as it unfolds as evidence of the consistently inadequate treatment these cases recieve both by the Office of Licensing in Utah, and in the criminal arena.
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« Reply #33 on: October 20, 2007, 03:27:18 PM »
"unfortunate event" ?? A kid dies, and it's just an "unfortunate event"...
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« Reply #34 on: October 20, 2007, 03:32:59 PM »
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CampSafety where you there for the hearings?


There WAS NO FREAKING "HEARING". The office of Licensing made a DEAL with Youth Care, after I requested that I be allowed to attend the "hearing".  I contested this action with Attorney General, but since they represent the Office of Licensing, my complaint fell on deaf ears. I have also written to the Governers of both Utah and California, and contacted the George Miller, the GAO and several civil rights groups about this sham of a proceeding.  At ther VERY LEAST a huge fine would have been appropriate.

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« Reply #35 on: October 20, 2007, 03:53:00 PM »
Damn, unsurprising, shame.....
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« Reply #36 on: October 20, 2007, 03:55:38 PM »
Pitbull Mom - do you mind telling us how you came to choose this particular program? Was it recommended to you by someone or did you find it soley on your own?  The reason I ask is that press release thanks Aspens' "referral sources".  Who are these sources?  If you were referred, can you tell us by whom and whether they received a fee either through the program, itself, or charged you for their referral/placement assistance?
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« Reply #37 on: October 20, 2007, 04:33:19 PM »
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Following a thorough investigation, the Utah State Department of Human Services has reached a resolution with Youth Care allowing us to continue serving our students and families with the highest level of quality care and service


Excuse me -
Two staff members were fired, and have been charged with felonies in the death of this child; and Youth Care want to "continue" offering families and their children this "highest level of quality care and services?"

What are the "conditions" the Utah Office of Licencing has imposed on this facility?
What policy changes has Youth Care agreed to, to assure that other children will be provided emergency medical care, when needed?
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« Reply #38 on: October 20, 2007, 05:11:21 PM »
“more than 2,500 cases in a five-year period in which teachers were punished for actions from bizarre to sadistic. And no one has found a surefire way to keep molesting teachers out of classrooms.â€
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« Reply #39 on: October 20, 2007, 05:21:41 PM »
But the difference is, in the public school system, it's not approved of.

For the programs, it's a critical hiring criterion.
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« Reply #40 on: October 20, 2007, 05:32:17 PM »
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“more than 2,500 cases in a five-year period in which teachers were punished for actions from bizarre to sadistic. And no one has found a surefire way to keep molesting teachers out of classrooms.â€
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« Reply #41 on: October 20, 2007, 05:37:52 PM »
The discussion was about a child who DIED in a program; not teachers who molest children in public schools.
BIG DIFFERENCE !
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« Reply #42 on: October 20, 2007, 06:31:21 PM »
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The discussion was about a child who DIED in a program; not teachers who molest children in public schools.
BIG DIFFERENCE !


The point seemed to have been that the schools rarely get shut down, fined or anything else.  They focus on the people who made the mistake and address them, not the institutions.  This seems to apply public and private, licensed, non licensed, regulated, non regulated, Therapuetic, non therapeutic.
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« Reply #43 on: October 20, 2007, 06:33:27 PM »
I, too, would like to know about the referral sources Aspen gives thanks to for their support.

A child has died at one of Aspen's programs and of causes that were preventable, or at least treatable, had he been taken to the hospital for emergency care.  

And the referral sources are being "supportive"?  GMAFB! You would think they would be appalled.

PB, were you referred?  If so, by whom?
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« Reply #44 on: October 20, 2007, 06:44:46 PM »
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