Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Facility Question and Answers
Unita Academy, Wellsville, UT
Anonymous:
We get a written academic progress report monthly. It is a self paced on-line program through BYU. [/quote]
So she does her schooling on line through a Mormon university? Is the program itself run by Mormons and if so does it square with your family and daughter's beliefs?
--- Quote from: "we got our daughter back...." ---The topics in therapy center on the reasons for her 'downfall' as well as how she will cope after she graduates. Not sure I understand your last sentence/question. Maybe you were in the middle of an edit when you hit sent.
--- End quote ---
Let me ask it better. The reason for placing your daughter in a program has to do with her behavior. There are many things that have influenced that behavior, a great many of which center around family dynamics and relationships. You did say that for the first time since grade school she is happy so from grade school until the time she was put in a program there was something serious going on; she did not grow up in a vacuum. So the question then is this: apart from whatever therapy the program offers ( which I assume is by phone) are you and her family in therapy in the town where you live to gain insight into the family's role in the situation and how dynamics need to change to insure a successful transition? Thanks
Anonymous:
Yes, it is recommended the family continue w/ therapy at home. We also receive in-person therapy when we visit at Uinta. We got a recommendation from our daughter's therapist what we needed to do to compliment what she was doing at Uinta. Each family (as we learned from the Family Weekend in October) has very different dynamics that can contribute to their child's issues. We feel like Uinta worked w/ us to determine changes we need to make at home that will help. We were lucky and they were minimal (and controllable). Also, she was in multiple forms of therapy since the beginning of 7th grade. Maybe that is why you thought I sounded like a Uinta staff person...I feel fairly (and sadly) experienced in the whole troubled teen therapy scene.
Ursus:
How long has your daughter been there?
Anonymous:
She has been there since the spring and will probably move to the last level next month.
Anonymous:
Sorry, forgot to address the question of Mormon (BYU) on-line classes and overall religion. We assume many of the staff are Mormon. It never comes up...we are not Mormon.
The on-line courses are certainly not religious in nature. We would have heard about it from our daughter. I know students all over the country who have taken on-line BYU courses as part of their high school education. Sure, we'd rather have her in a 'real' high school but our attitude is the education is secondary to the therapy and overall healing. She is going to graduate at Uinta and would like to attend college. She feels good about her academic achievements too.
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