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Arivaca Boys Ranch
NIGEL:
I recently talked to someone who is thinking about sending their son to the Arivaca Boys Ranch. I told her I would help her do some research on the place. Does anyone have any info on it? Thanks.
none-ya:
Anything ending in "boys ranch" can't be good.
cmack:
From http://www.heal-online.org
--- Quote ---Arivaca Boys Ranch--Located in Arivaca, AZ (on Mexican Border). It looks to be a basic slave/labor camp. These ranchers get free labor that they can exploit and abuse while charging families big money. The website plays into the scapegoating of children by taking all responsibility off the parents or family dynamic and blaming the child. This is a sign of an abusive environment. Children, teenagers, and the adults in their lives all contribute to the overall social environment that can create imbalance, lack of good communication, and a complete breakdown of the family dynamic. It is up to everyone to work together to resolve family issues. Any program that sets parents and children against each other and takes the "side" of the parent without having properly assessed the needs of the family, including the child in question, is likely fraudulent and abusive. We would recommend against placing any child at such a facility as Arivaca Boys Ranch. Please contact us if you need to expose abuse or violations at this facility. For staff and background info, click here.
http://www.heal-online.org/childtortureusa.htm#arivaca
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cmack:
From the Arivaca website: http://arivacaboysranch.com/index.php
http://arivacaboysranch.com/troubled-te ... -signs.php
Message to parents:
--- Quote ---What Arivaca Boys Ranch offers, most parents cannot provide...
Most of all, the staff at Arivaca can teach you how to detach from the guilt associated with this traumatic experience...
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http://arivacaboysranch.com/troubled-teen-transport.php
--- Quote ---Once the decision to enroll your son into a program is made, the method to get him there becomes and important issue...
Transport Services. For the young man that simply will not come, you can hire the services of a transport company. These professionals are bonded and insured and know how to get your son to the program with little incident. They generally help the young man understand what is happening and work to lessen the anxiety. Costs run from $1500 to $3500 for transport. We are happy to provide some referrals.
Once a young man arrives at the Ranch, several things happen to make it easier for him.
* First, we are happy, upbeat, and enthusiastic about his attendance and participation in our Ranch.
* Secondly, we tour the ranch and get him settled in.
* Thirdly, we let him talk to the other boys who have all gone through the similar experience and will tell him that the Ranch is great and that he will actually like it.
It is amazing how the other boys reach out to a new placement. Some of the more difficult boys take a little more time to adjust and accept their enrollment into the program. This is not a problem, but is part of the therapeutic process that helps us direct him to change.
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Ursus:
Their primary selling point appears to be that youth get to tame and train a wild horse from start to finish. Arivaca Boys Ranch also claims to adhere to Arbinger Principles, although usage of involuntary transport to the ranch would appear to be in serious conflict with that. There are, moreover, other such inconsistencies, which may suggest a degree of unreliability in the info presented via their marketing efforts.
Here's their homepage:
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Therapeutic Boarding School & Boys Ranch in Arizona
The Arivaca Boys Ranch serves 40-50 boys, age 14 to 18, on a 23,000 acre, 140-year-old ranch. The ranch is specifically designed to therapeutically help teenage boys learn how to make better decisions and become more mature in their thinking, while learning life skills right along with "book learning" in our accredited on-campus school.
Arivaca Boys Ranch uses three powerful tools to help teen boys get on a right path in life. First, a unique form of equine therapy, commonly used to help teens who are struggling, but we take it one step further, we teach the boys to become "horse whisperers." Known as the "Arivaca Way," our therapeutic model teaches boys to understand how their behavior or mood affects their horse and others around them, that helps them be more aware and responsible for their actions. Secondly, we use Arbinger Principles to help provide a foundation for moving behavior from anger to positive motivational action. The principles were developed by the Arbinger Institute, which is a worldwide leader in training on anger management. And third, we use the working ranch setting for training, responsibility and positive peer influence as a means of helping the teen grow in maturity.
If your son is struggling, consider Arivaca Boys Ranch for helping him find his way back to right tinking and to a renewed relationship with you. We have a full academic program, 24/7 care, as well as our unique and effective 3-tiered therapy. The Arivaca ranch is at a higher elevation, with a climate similar to inland San Diego.
© Copyright 2011, Arivaca Boys Ranch, a therapeutic ranch for boys, located in Arizona, but boys come from around the country. Phone: 877-886-9766
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