Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Facility Question and Answers
Unita Academy, Wellsville, UT
maruska:
Thanks for answering my questions.
Can you tell me, why did you leave her there.... for 15 months?
Anonymous:
She was engaging in highly risky, dangerous behavior, flunking out of school and putting other family members in danger on a daily basis. We were advised to find a safe place for her by a professional. It was a tortuous decision.
psy:
--- Quote from: "barelysurvivedit" ---She was engaging in highly risky, dangerous behavior, flunking out of school and putting other family members in danger on a daily basis. We were advised to find a safe place for her by a professional. It was a tortuous decision.
--- End quote ---
All that is fairly subjective. I've heard parents apply those terms to all sorts of things which may or may not necessarily be appropriate. Risky, dangerous behavior could apply to just hanging around the boys or god forbid, having sex, depending on the parent. "Flunking out" could mean she got a few 'B's instead of straight 'A's, again, depending on the parent. Putting family members "in danger" could apply to anything from smoking pot or drinking in the home, or all sorts of things... and "professional" advice is highly dependent on the competence of the "professional" in concern.
Any specifics? I don't mean to imply that you sent your kid to program for minor reasons, but it would help us to understand if you clarified.
Anonymous:
I will give you some examples. The professional was a pediatric psychiatrist who was well trained and very experienced. The flunking out of school was receiving staight "F's" in school. The risky behavior involved sneaking drug dealers into our house at night while we were sleeping. People who bragged that they had killed other people and had criminal records. The self destructive behavior included cutting, suicide attempts, taking rides in cars with strangers at night. Our other children were put in dangerous situations. Our daughter assaulted them and was quite abusive to them on a regular basis.
I don't think that any parent (at least we didn't) wants to send their child away. Our thinking was that we she needed to get through high school and she needed to stop harming herself and putting herself in harm's way. Although Uinta Academy was not a success for her, we did ultimately find another program that helped her complete a HS education and taught her some self preservation skills which have helped her.
Anonymous:
you mean another TBS...another program?!
So how long did your daughter live away from you?
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