Re: The Whooter Show - Cancelled

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It makes me upset to see the kinds of things people are writing about Short ridge academy as I am an alumni and graduate myself. Let me begin by saying every person/teen has their own process of healing; healing from whatever deep hurtful things happened in the past. The point where short ridge is most effective, or not, in helping teens heal, ultimately comes down to how willing said teen is to take their issues seriously. If the person cant take responsibility for themself and stop blaming others, then SRA wont work.
To clear the fog... There is absolutely no violence used to reprimand students. I was also taken in the middle of the night by strangers, who based on what I was doing at that time in my life I thought were taking me somewhere to kill me. That obviously ended up not being the case.

For all parents considering sending their children to this place, I say do it. But dont change your mind three months later. That shows a lack of commitment to the teen. However it is very important that you(as the parent)  think seriously about how your issues have impacted the baggage your child carries, AND BE WILLING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT while you child is at SRA. Many parents send their children to SRA thinking its going to fix them. I think we can all agree Healing is a collaborative effort. Shortridge staff will do a lot of prodding at issues and many times will get to the bottom of some very hurtful things. But for people looking to be emotionally healthy, taking these issues head on early is pivotal to being an emotionally healthy adult and not continuing to run from it. Shortridge specializes in this healing process, but again, healing is a collaborative effort, is a process and takes 100% comittment. You cant force someone to look at their issues.
Teens may say how bad the place is, how bad thier parents are for doing it, but they are teens and thats what teens say. It will make scene to them later why they went to shortride. and down the road, if they still dont agree, then said individual was lazy and didn't do any emotional work on themselves.
I want to clear-up a couple of other things too. Adam Rainer and Bruce Wilson are great individuals and personally helped me become the person I am today.
I was very troubled before I arrived at short ridge. I come from a large intercity in the US and experienced very intense, and psychologically scaring things at a young age. Shortridge turned that around for me, but more importantly gave me the tools I needed to maintain when things got tough after I graduated. I went from high school dropout to the top five percent of my graduating university class. I now have experience working for companies across the US and have worked abroad since I left shortridge. The reality is, the reason that was possible was because I, and my parents, with the help of SRA were willing to put in the work necessary to change.
Please feel free to ask any questions. I'd be glad to clear up any stigma that still exists.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE BLASTING THIS SCHOOL, go check it out (im positive they will let you) before you write anything else that compromises SRA's integrity. Thank you

Thank you for posting your experiences Robert William.  Shortridge looks like a great program.  The people bashing it either didn't finish their programs or did poorly and now they try to blame all of their problems on the program rather than taking responsibility for their failures.  You'll probably get blasted by the regulars here.  They will call you names, say you are "brainwashed" lol and try to get your personal information so they can harrass you.  Don't let them get to you and keep coming back to share your positive experiences.



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This was a study conducted surveying 1,000 parents and graduates of a few programs.  The study was overseen by WIRB (The Western Institutional Review Board) and they also approved the study.  The results were presented at the Annual meeting of the APA American Psychological Association.

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I'm not acquainted with Edward Kahn, DEE.

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Look quanat, the admin wants me here to increase traffic to this site.  You can't just exclude people who disagree with you.  I'm happy to have a discussion with you, but I'm not going to come down to your level.



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Uh Oh!  It looks like Che is joining the ranks of the "chin dribblers" he makes so much fun of lol.  Che, the discussion on HLA is going just fine.  I see no reason to have a moderator oversee it when the gatekeeper is doing a fine job when moderation is needed.



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Your welcome Michael William.  It's nice to have somebody around here besides me that tells the truth about programs.  They're needed and they work, period.  If this wasn't true there wouldn't be any programs.



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Ridge Creek School works closely with the Georgia Department of Social Service to help them address their struggles to their continuous expansion caused by the growing demand for their services and at the same time keep the children in a safe structured environment.  The Children are at-risk youths which were not functioning well at home or in their public schools.  The children often suffer from emotion problems which can often be addressed with a combination of structure and therapy.  They are all good kids and just need a chance to grow and find their own path.  

Ridge Creek School has shown immense success in turning these children around in just a few short months.




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Whooter - You told me to back up my claim, which I did. Now back up your claim that "Ridge Creek School has shown immense success in turning these children around in just a few short months".

I didn't see where anyone showed HLA/RCS was fined, Guest3.  I just read back thru this thread and did not see that anywhere.



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This was a study conducted surveying 1,000 parents and graduates of a few programs.  The study was overseen by WIRB (The Western Institutional Review Board) and they also approved the study.  The results were presented at the Annual meeting of the APA American Psychological Association.

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I'm not acquainted with Edward Kahn, DEE.

And guess who provided funding for the study: Aspen Education Group.

Whooter - back up YOUR claim: Ridge Creek School has shown that their staff has enjoyed a great track record in turning around At-risk youths in as little as 6 months.

No need to get so angry, Guest3.

My biggest surprise was that I really began to like it here. I feel a part of something that is really good for me. I learn every day. I discover new things about myself everyday. It's weird, but great. Also, I discovered that the staff really cares. This isn't just a job for them. They like helping kids learn and grow. Finally, and this is probably the biggest surprise, you can change. You can learn from mistakes and let go of the past and change.

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We can all agree that the staff at RCS has had great success with turning around these trouble teens.  It is well documented.



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Guest3, do you even read what you post?  This letter clearly states that there is intent to fine RCS, but it doesn't say this fine was actually imposed.  Even if it was, which I strongly doubt, it was only for $600 which is chump change.  If there were ny serious problems the fines would be immense and RCS would be forced out of business.  As it is now, they are thriving and growing with lots of students referred by the state.  If the state is unhappy with RCS why are they sending so many kids there?  Doesn't add up Guest3, sorry.

As for the kids being put back on track by RCS and their staff, there are examples everywhere.

My biggest surprise was that I really began to like it here. I feel a part of something that is really good for me. I learn every day. I discover new things about myself everyday. It's weird, but great. Also, I discovered that the staff really cares. This isn't just a job for them. They like helping kids learn and grow. Finally, and this is probably the biggest surprise, you can change. You can learn from mistakes and let go of the past and change.

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I'm really glad to be back and joining the debate here.  It's nice to see Fornits come to life again with some real discussions.  Traffic has gone way up the past few days too.  If people here start to learn to take a step back and look at things objectively it wouldn't be necessary for me to post here but I am here to provide balance to the discussion and it's obviously working, based on the amount of posts recently.  Let's roll up our sleeves get some more good debates going!

As long as regular posters like DJ and Bruce keep hiding in the shadows instead of working to help the kids I will step in to take over.



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Quanat what's with the attack threads?  I have no connection to the industry except I am a parent of a kid who was at-risk and who was helped by a program.



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So you admit that RCS does not claim this accreditation, Guest3?  Where is the "lie" then?  I'm not sure what you're so upset about when you admit RCS is truthful about their accreditation lol.  Most businesses don't update their websites daily, Guest3.  Sometimes it takes a few days for them to catch up.  This is settled.  RCS has not made any false claims.  Let's move on.



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Keep in mind, Mansion, that Danny was staff at Elan and dragged a girl behind his van because she was too fat according to Danny.  The vast majority of programs are safe and effective and child abusers like Danny give them a bad name.  I'm sorry if you had a bad experience because of him but you need to step back a little and see how much good the programs do for kids headed down the wrong path.



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Great.  Now we both agree that the school did nothing wrong.  Thank you for clearing it up for the readers, Guest3.  See, it wasn't that hard to just admit it was it?  Maybe if you focused more on the kids your personal agenda with RCS wouldn't get in the way so much.



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Ha,Ha,Ha.  First you say they were never accredited and falsely claimed they were and now you say they were accredited but lost it.  The reality is that if you look right at their website they do not claim JCAHO accreditation.  Anyone can look for themselves and see that, Guest3.



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Come on, Guest3, you are really grasping at straws.  Are you now going to claim all of the students and parents that had great experiences at RCS and posted them on RCS's website are involved in some sort of conspiracy to lie about it?  I don't think anyone is going to buy it.



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