Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
KarenZ / PURE
Anonymous:
This whole 'professional parent persona' is nothing more than a sales/marketing ploy used by recruiters to side-step their lack of REAL credentials and expertise in the placement of youth into specialty schools, camps and programs.
anon:
[ This Message was edited by: KarenZ on 2003-10-17 16:08 ]
Anonymous:
http://www.abundantlifeacademy.com/StudentManual.pdf
Karen - is this where your son is now? What makes it different than Dundee Ranch or other "positive peer culture" program offered by WWASPS?
In reading the student manual, the only thing I see as different is the "christian" aspect.
They apparently also use restraint, as a last resort, as well, but stop short of putting that in the manual...just read between the lines and you'll see it. Feedback, peer support, etc., are basically the same, in fact, it looks like they are modeling, to some extent, other programs. It is confrontational, if you consider feedback confrontational.
What do they provide for you, as a parent, if anything. Support groups, seminars or such? I do want to say it's good that you found something that is working for your family. That's really what it's all about. Hope the pass is going well and I'm sure you're happy he's home.
Anonymous:
Karen said: "As for what I promote - I don't consider anything I do promoting. When the situation seems to fit - a boy having problems, a Christian family, a willingness to attend, I will mention them as a possible option. Its seldome that I do so."
I don't see the difference in what you're doing and what many feel WWASP parents are doing. It's a good thing to have other parents in the same situation to talk with. Good for you, keep helping - just realize that it's really not that much different, if at all.
anon:
[ This Message was edited by: KarenZ on 2003-10-17 16:09 ]
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