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Inculcated:
Jenmichael,
I’m glad you’re in a safer place now with your sister and I hope the very best for you.

I’ve read your message above here and wondered if you would elaborate on some of the terms like “the therapist Amanda that oversaw my life there made a triangle and put me on a blind end. Also, I’m not sure if I am inferring correctly the meaning when you mention having been placed on “boundaries” and not allowed to interact with other students and even staff. I am assuming/hoping this was not a prolonged isolation situation, but rather the different, but still messed up “open isolation” or ostracism punishment. In some programs this might be called bans and in others it doesn’t have a name, but it happens.

That last part where you were injured (w/ breif LOC no less) and then not taken to the hospital really ticks me off, but then I also wondered why the hell would they then set you back a level and put you in a green shirt after all of that. It’s like you got punished for the fact that no caretaker (CALO or parental guardian) saw fit to provide you with a pair of shoes that weren’t falling apart and for the existence of gravity …not that I expect that place to make much sense. These questions and thoughts were just what occurred to me as I read.

You also mentioned that “calo was not the first or the last RTC that i attended”. What other placements were you in and how many?

Again, Jenmichael I wish you well.

jenmichael:
I attended a WWASP program name midwest academy, then Aspen instiute, then calo, then i attended midwest again, and finally i attended eagle quest a wilderness program in utah. If you have any questions about the programs mentioned shoot me another message whenever you want.
Jen Michael

Ursus:
Geeezzz... All four programs are featured here on fornits! :D  

Over what period of time are we talking about here?

I have to wonder, going from one program into another, and yet another, and yet another, etc., whether such extended exposure to multiple artificially contrived milieus ends up really screwing with a person's perception of what is "normal" behavior, let alone sense of self, or even reality for that matter! I'm so sorry that ya had to go through all that!


--- Quote from: "jenmichael" ---...and finally i attended eagle quest a wilderness program in utah.
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Here's a thread specifically about Eagle Quest, in case you feel up to adding your two cents. Fwiw, there also appear to be some ties between this program and Distant Drums...


* eaglequest nature camp in Utah
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=28106
* Craig Hansen LCSW leaves Cross Creek for Distant Drums
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=28566

Jennifer Michael:
Hello again, its Jennifer Michael sorry for not answering you questions eariler. I was turned in, I was gone 15 days, and the person that i was living with saw the front page of the news paper in the lake of the ozarks. Please do not call Rose my mom or mother, I have personal reasons for that, she is not and has not been that figure since i was five, and taken into her custody. I did not call my "parents" for help when i ran because i was done with programs, i was tired of being put in one and they wouldn't get the results they wanted and they would put me in another one. To answer your questions the best, ill start from the begining. Yes i have seen things at calo that would fall under the category of abuse. I have seen holds being taken too far, and staff being antagonistic towards students. I have also seen on a few occasions first hand when a student was in need of medical care and staff would not take them to the hospital, it happened to me, and at least two other students in the time i was there. I have seen staff looking to put students in holds also. I have seen students being put on boundries or limitations that were ridiculous, for example i will tell the boundries i had for 2 months, I was not allowed to talk to anyone including staff, I was not allowed to process through a hard time i was having, and i wasn't allowed to do anything that was not on the schedual, if we had free time i had to do chores, for two weeks straight i had to do all of the girls side chores. A program can claim to have the answer but what i have learned is that 99% of students that make it out of programs either fake it completely or change because they are afraid of the consequences. Why is it that parents think that a kid having their own opinion or wanting to make their own path in life so wrong? I do have to give credit to one thing that i have noticed with programs though, when you are there it is made sure that you do eat, you miss three meals and you have an iv put in by the hospital. In all reality, programs have negatives but the parents are the ones who sign away their rights to their kids while they are there, you can pull them out but you have large breech of contract bills to pay afterward, or you get sued. It is the same taticts that are used on the students that are used on the parents, you do this or you are going to have a gigantic consequense for not doing it, for the parents though it is money. most of the parents use college funds, trust funds, or take out loans and morgages to put their kids in these places. So they cannot afford any other bills the programs throw at them, they become stuck. I hope some of this information is helpful, and don't be afraid to ask me more questions about calo ill do my best to answer them.
Jennifer Michael

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