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My Tale: A Story of NIBH, Innercept, and Ascent

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--- Quote ---the use of NIBH as a compliance tool at probably either Northwest Academy or Boulder Creek Academy
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RMA, too. Although it wasn't mentioned by name to me, so it could have been something else, but doubtful. On the drive up, after my parents dropped the bomb that I wasn't coming home, I started freaking out. I pounded on the window, and I think I actually tried to open the car door and jump out. My father threatened me with some undisclosed place that was recommended to them by RMA should I prove to be difficult, and that it was "on the way" there. Not sure what else it could be besides that, especially since I do remember him mentioning something along the lines of it being a psych ward type place.

Anonymous:
"My father threatened me with some undisclosed place that was recommended to them by RMA should I prove to be difficult,"

Ditto for me.

Goddess of Justice:
I can understand, I have a siImilar story which only went to worse when I went to an rtc in my home state. I was having a really hard time at my public hs as I was being rejected from activities i enjoyed doing to eventually my pears, that was the time when teachers, advisors, and my psychiatrist started harrassing me and treating me like I was in elementary school all over again. Cause I had A LOT of behavior issues in grade school linked to my adhd and they treated me the same way, so seeing this again just tore me apart. I just wanted to get away to a new boarding school as quickely as possible, but none would take me at the time except the therapeutic schools (which I was unaware of at the time). One that my parents looked into was Innercept in Idaho. I thought that would have the feel of a normal hs at a smaller scale, I was wrong. I don't even count Innercept as a school, more like a foster home for kids that have been abandoned. I was scared, they took away alot of my thinks that I took with me to keep me occupied and calm, it helped to cope being away from home from the first time.

 As my parents left me there them and myself felt very woried. They immediatly took control of my life, the goal sessions every morning were pointless cause they never did anything, we had a nutrition policy that made no sense, we had to balance our diet to score point on our chart even if we didn't like certain foods and it was charted through out the week (This would ONLY make sense at a fat camp a.k.a no one had weight problems in the program). Academics were a joke at Innercept, the school day was really short and all we did was sit at a table in a conference room and did work they handed out to us for 2 hours. There were no lectures and we didn't even have teachers. After a few days of hell, I wanted to go home but the staff said that the shortest time anyone could stay was 3 months minimum with the kids taunting me saying it's a year-round school which REALLY SCARED ME. As the week went on, I began having more and more panic attacks fearing that I would stay here until I graduated from hs and would miss out on everything High School related that's once in a life time (like sports, homecoming, prom, and senior trips/pictures) and get very poorly prepared for college that it would be out of the question. The staff sent me to NIBH for three days of phsychological evaluation a.k.a the worst case of cabin fever. That's when my dad picked me up and sent me to an RTC in my home state which was far more abusive.

I think that they should have that therapeutic intervention at innercept available via home schooling (which sadly doesn't exist in most states)  where they feel more comfortable with their family and WITH a licensed phsycholigist and educator. At Innercept and that other RTC I don't recall being with a single licensed psychologist. After summer break I went to a REAL boarding school I had to overcome a lot of shyness brought on by mental torture at that rtc following Innercept. It's just a fraudulent place that doesn't deserve to exist.

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "kakasaka101" ---I can understand, I have a siImilar story which only went to worse when I went to an rtc in my home state. I was having a really hard time at my public hs as I was being rejected from activities i enjoyed doing to eventually my pears, that was the time when teachers, advisors, and my psychiatrist started harrassing me and treating me like I was in elementary school all over again. Cause I had A LOT of behavior issues in grade school linked to my adhd and they treated me the same way, so seeing this again just tore me apart. I just wanted to get away to a new boarding school as quickely as possible, but none would take me at the time except the therapeutic schools (which I was unaware of at the time). One that my parents looked into was Innercept in Idaho. I thought that would have the feel of a normal hs at a smaller scale, I was wrong. I don't even count Innercept as a school, more like a foster home for kids that have been abandoned. I was scared, they took away alot of my thinks that I took with me to keep me occupied and calm, it helped to cope being away from home from the first time.

 As my parents left me there them and myself felt very woried. They immediatly took control of my life, the goal sessions every morning were pointless cause they never did anything, we had a nutrition policy that made no sense, we had to balance our diet to score point on our chart even if we didn't like certain foods and it was charted through out the week (This would ONLY make sense at a fat camp a.k.a no one had weight problems in the program). Academics were a joke at Innercept, the school day was really short and all we did was sit at a table in a conference room and did work they handed out to us for 2 hours. There were no lectures and we didn't even have teachers. After a few days of hell, I wanted to go home but the staff said that the shortest time anyone could stay was 3 months minimum with the kids taunting me saying it's a year-round school which REALLY SCARED ME. As the week went on, I began having more and more panic attacks fearing that I would stay here until I graduated from hs and would miss out on everything High School related that's once in a life time (like sports, homecoming, prom, and senior trips/pictures) and get very poorly prepared for college that it would be out of the question. The staff sent me to NIBH for three days of phsychological evaluation a.k.a the worst case of cabin fever. That's when my dad picked me up and sent me to an RTC in my home state which was far more abusive.

I think that they should have that therapeutic intervention at innercept available via home schooling (which sadly doesn't exist in most states)  where they feel more comfortable with their family and WITH a licensed phsycholigist and educator. At Innercept and that other RTC I don't recall being with a single licensed psychologist. After summer break I went to a REAL boarding school I had to overcome a lot of shyness brought on by mental torture at that rtc following Innercept. It's just a fraudulent place that doesn't deserve to exist.
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So... what was the name of that RTC, and the "REAL boarding school" that you finally got sent to?

Goddess of Justice:

--- Quote from: "Ursus" --- So... what was the name of that RTC, and the "REAL boarding school" that you finally got sent to?
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The RTC was a Brown Schools facility in San Marcos, TX (now owned by PSI) I stayed there for three months, I was lucky to graduate before summer break was over. The new boarding school (who's name and location I prefer not to tell) was a small college prep boarding school of around 50 students that focuses on LD and ADHD. I was also severely limited to the number of boarding schools my family could choose from. Mainly that was due to my records at Innercept, NIBH, and SMTC that many didn't like, or the fear that the new boarding school would be another horrible mistake like at Innercept. Innercept was only a mistake not because they didn't understand my needs and interests, it's because they were a VERY sheltered and controlling program that only cared about making money and lied about everything me and my parents hoped for. When my dad realized this and my desperate pleas to leave, he pulled me out.

My recommendation is when looking for a boarding school, find one that has things you're both academic and activities that your interested in and MAKE SURE THEY ARE TELLING THE EXACT TRUTH!

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