I sent The Joint Commission several questions. There was a question about written complaints/grievances in the e-mail.
Bob (hermano)
Just curious - did you have a kid there? What's your beef?
That is a good question. I was in a private CEDU boarding school where staff utilized program tools that did psychological damage.
1) Caroline Wolf referred to me as "Jabba the Hut."
2) There was an emotional growth experience where staff instructed me to bite on a towel.
3) I received minimal sleep during propheets and workshops that took place at night. This was not good for my seizure condition.
4) I was placed on a full-time because I pushed another student. Shiela Clairmont made me haul rocks in a wheelbarrow an excessive distance to build a rock wall. I was required to sit in a booth during my full-time and was allowed to talk to very few people. The full-time lasted almost two weeks.
5) I heard staff yell at students in the dining hall during meals. Steve Rookey was notable for this.
7) I heard staff yell at students in the bridge during meals. This happened several times.
8 ) I expressed suicidal thoughts during a phone call to my aunt and uncle. Doug Kim Brown announced that to the students during rap call-offs.
9) Staff and students put weight on my back during an emotional growth experience. I had to fight my way upwards.
10) There was an emotional growth workshop where staff walked around me and called me names. The exercise was designed to get me to deal with my "thinking."
11) I was required to go to raps three days a week. Students talked to others in a confrontational manner. There was allot of yelling in raps. Many of the staff did not have the proper qualifications.
Children should not have to go through what I went through.
A school will not bear the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth when they talk with you over the phone. CALO utilizes restraints based from "
bent wrist control" methods. Did CALO explain that to you when you enrolled your child?
In my humble opinion, it would not hurt to make an unannounced visit to see your child.
If you decide to make an unannounced visit, some suggestions regarding restraints:1. Has my child been restrained? When? What were the reasons? How many staff performed the restraint? What type of restraint was performed? How long was the restraint? Was my child injured during the restraint? What was done to avoid the restraint? (
often restraints are provoked by staff) Where was the restraint performed? Ask to see all paperwork the school has on your child and examine restraint documentation. Medical documentation is important because it may include whether or not a medicine was administered during a restraint or your child was injured.