One of many problems PV has that the FTC should look into. Deceptive, fraudulent, shenanigans. Next we'll look at the new PV program director Bob Pegler's qualifications. I heard Pegler threw some stooge out of the private PV Parents Forum for asking about Bob's questionable academic claims. You simply DO NOT QUESTION THE PROGRAM, OR THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM! The PV Parents Forum has got to be full of people like Ned Flanders - "My boy got the booty juice again, yep -per-ooni". If you're paying $100,000 a year, you avoid thoughts like "these PV clowns are clueless hillbilly quacks", and "I've pissed away $100k in exchange for my kid's undying hatred", or "Mother of God, so this is deviant peer influence - the kid went to PV for depression and came out a homicidal rapist meth cooker". Golly gee willickers.
It's really good of the FTC to show an interest, but licenses, certifications and accreditations don't mean a program isn't abysmal. PV has all the bells and whistles - JCAHO, SACS, TN state licensure, and it's still a backwater hellhole with good PR.
From the WATE-TV forum on mental health:PV Parent
The FTC has posted a list of questions to ask before making a placement:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consume ... pro27.shtmPeninsula Village does have accreditation and licensure, but the JCAHO certification is a result of PV being a "satellite" of Parkwest. Number eleven is an interesting question for Peninsula Village:
"How do you define success? What is your success rate? How is it measured?"WATE-TV has referred to the "amazing success" rate of PV, but what determines that success?
PV cites an "outcome study" done in 2004. From the PV
Parents Introduction:
"The last outcome study used a 3-year database of Village alumni. It was found that 91% of the program graduates are either currently in high school, graduated from high school and are taking college courses, or have completed their GED. Sixty-nine percent of the adolescents admitted due to drug or alcohol addiction are abstaining from drugs and alcohol. This data also suggested a strong link between length of stay and success post discharge. 100% of the adolescents who stayed at the Village twelve months or longer are currently in school and have not returned to inpatient treatment, are sober and attending twelve step meetings"That sounds impressive until you analyze the database PV used for this "outcome study". First, "program graduates" excludes all the kids who were unsuccessful in treatment, or were forced to leave when financial resources ran dry. Limiting participants to "alumni" greatly reduces the accuracy of this study.
Next, you have to consider the database of the study. It was based on a mail-in survey. From PV:
"The survey was mailed to 125 Peninsula Village students' families whose young person had been discharged from the program fro a minimum of six months and a maximum of thirty-six months. Forty-one participants or 33% of the surveys were returned completed"Only forty-one of the surveys were returned out of 125 - 67% of those contacted would not respond. Considering the limited participants selected and the minimal input received, I don't see how PV can boast of "success". What has been seen on forums where former PV patients post their stories is a high rate of relapse into addiction on returning home. One high-profile patient familiar to WATE-TV viewers relapsed shortly after release from Peninsula Village.
Parents beware - the "outcome study" showing PV's "success" is a joke, meant to play on desperate parents who aren't going to take the time to look closely at the database used. For a more concise list of questions to ask about a program you're considering for your teen, check ISAC's list:
http://www.isaccorp.org/warningsigns.aspPeninsula Village fails on the majority.
