Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Aspen Education Group
The Only Instance of Abuse "Admittance" by Staff of MBA
dishdutyfugitive:
Can Benchmark really be called a shitsandwich?
I don't see why not.
Show me one former CEDU employee with any integrity.
Show me one former CEDU employee who has faced the music..
For every 10 of these former CEDU employees I'll show you 100 Steve Rookie Clonemeisters. Modern day human potentialists trying to get their piece of the $200 a day pie.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---AP3 is a Phase IV Leader at Mt. Bachelor Academy, and was one of the founders of the program. In an early interview, AP3 stated AP3 had written the scripts for the Lifesteps with another MBA founder, and as Phase Leader, helped assign Lifestep roles. In an interview on 10/13/09 AP3 stated Lifesteps were “in the past,” because MBA no longer has Lifesteps. AP3 stated MBA had changed the scripts as a result of being investigated, because “some of them were written poorly.”
Responding to the allegation that AP3 developed Lifestep scripts that are coercive, degrading and humiliating, AP3 stated they are not “an AP3 creation.”AP3 said AP3 has implemented Lifestep scripts, but said some of it comes from CEDU, AP3 said AP3 wrote them with another founding MBA member after working at CEDU. AP3 stated while at CEDU AP3 went through all the ‘workshops” now called Lifesteps, and acknowledged that AP3 AP3's self had walked out of a CEDU workshop similar to The Venture, but said MBA started using a “softer approach” than what was used at CEDU. Discussing Venture Lifestep roles, for example, AP3 said the roles, like Child A's "French Maid" role, are not "in stone," and students can act out their role as they choose to. AP3 said the goal for students is to realize their minds can play games, and for the students to see themselves and "how they may go to the negative side." For example, AP3 stated Child A [behaviors redacted]. AP3 said Child A was very wild and had very bad boundaries. AP3 stated the "French Maid" is not a "sexual" role, it's about "cleaning house, and looking cute." AP3 said the purpose of the workshop is that pushing fear brings an understanding of how powerful negative thinking can hold you back.
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Also from the report. "AP3" is presumed to be Alex Bitz.
Wait. It gets better...
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---Programs are ever evolving, like Psy mentioned, and some may say they are doing away with a percieved harmful aspect of the program when in fact they just rename it. So it is best to try to find out what they are doing currently by reading here or contacting the program directly, speaking to families who have been through the program recently.
I looked around and MBA did provide therapy via a licensed Psychologist. The argument that Aspen had in court was with a specific child who didn’t receive therapy ( at another facility). Many of these facilities give parents the option of having their child see a private therapist while the child attends the program which can be separately funded directly by the parents. It is up to each parent to decide what is appropriate for their child and whether or not they want one on one therapy.
So technically any one specific program may not provide therapy through Aspen, so it can be said that Aspen doesn’t provide Therapy for “all“ their programs directly.
But to imply that Aspen as a Corporation does not provide therapy would be an incorrect statement.
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Here's your " licensed Psychologist", as per the report:
"MBA employs two licensed mental health professionals, but neither provides individual therapy to students, except in certain rare circumstances, and only W28 is licensed in Oregon. (W48 is licensed in XXX). W28 prepares a "treatment plan, known as the child's “Program Strategy” for each enrolled student. Note: W28 is licensed in CBT, but W28 does not individually treat students except in rare cases. When W28 was asked whether W28 observed or participated in the Lifesteps W28 said no. W28 said the last Lifestep W28 was in was "two or three years ago." W28 was asked why W28 was not involved in assisting the Mentors and Phase Leaders in choosing Lifestep roles that were individualized and in line with student's Program Strategies, W28 answered, "I really don't know. Lifesteps are part of the program, and I work adjunctively to the program." W28 said, "I don't know why I'm not involved, but I'm not."
" W48 stated W48 was brought to MBA for W48's clinical background and to bring "more accountability to the phase leaders and to empower them." W48 stated W48 works with AP2 to assess students throughout their stay at MBA. W48 stated the mentor sets the goals from the treatment plan.
W48 said W48 did not know who wrote Lifesteps scripts but thought they had been there for 20 years. W48 said W48 does not know if the scripts were ever reviewed. W48 said the Venture roles are "left up to the kid" and they should "figure it out." W48 said W48 hopes the students see the turning point and take responsibility for the pain within.
W28 was asked if W28 trained the Mentors on the treatment plans, and W28 said no. W28 stated mentors would find it difficult to read the evaluations and information from the testing, as they have not been trained to do so. W28 said it is W28's job to "translate" this information for the mentors. W28 said there is a weekly meeting on Wednesdays when various school issues are discussed and phase members are present, but said W28 could not remember a time when treatment plans were part of that meeting.
W28 stated the individualized treatment plan is not intended to be a diagnostic instrument, and mentors are not “therapists." In in the same interview, W28 then described the mentors as students' "primary therapists." W8 stated, “The treatment plan is a guide for the mentors. It’s part of the therapeutic curriculum.” W28 confirmed that mentors are not licensed mental health providers. "
AP2 was asked to respond to the allegation that AP2 neglected the care of Child A, Child B, Child C and Economides by failing to develop individualized and therapeutic treatment plans to address their [redacted] abuse, [medical] or [redacted diagnosed ] issues. AP2 replied, “That’s not true. I have not had any administrative or supervisory relationship to them (the children) whatsoever. I don’t see how I could have had that. My responsibility and relationship to them is to construct a treatment plan based on a synthesis of documentation.” AP2 said MBA is not a residential treatment center where a Clinical Director has oversight of all clinicians. AP2 said, “I am not that person. That person is W48.”
Anonymous:
Sorry. Double post.
It seems by the report that everyone's strategy is shrug off, deny, double talk, lie & blame others. Interesting, for a school that prides it self for making kids "responsible for their actions and behaviors". I'd say the staff might want to go through their own program again...
Stay tuned.
Whooter:
--- Quote ---"MBA employs two licensed mental health professionals, but neither provides individual therapy to students, except in certain rare circumstances, and only W28 is licensed in Oregon.......
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Thanks for your post, guest, this seems to be consistent with many of the other programs where individual therapy is provided through a private therapist who isn’t directly working for the program. This way a parent can determine if they want their child to see a therapist one on one during their stay there. Its good to see that they had a couple professionals on staff to oversee the program. The way it reads to me is that they had a process in place which was mostly run by the “mentors” and overseen by licensed therapists.
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