To Blownaway--Your post contains many threads. According to your way of thinking, I may or may not exist as an independent person, or I may some kind of composite of myself, my daughter, and, I suppose, my son.
I don't know what I can say that is productive in terms of such a strange concept--believe what you want to believe, I guess, if you have specific questions, I will, if possible, answer them.
As far as my family "appearing sheepish, dishonest and unaccountable", again,I don't have any clear idea of why you think my family appears one way or another (only myself and my little daughter have ever posted here), and, at any rate, I don't care that much about appearances, so I will need some kind of specific inquiry to be involved in any meaningful exchange with you on this score either.
More importantly, in terms of your diagnosed PTSD, I don't know the details, but if you were abused and in fear of serious harm to yourself or others in a school setting, then, yes, I believe that a person could become seriously traumatized in those kinds of circumstances. If you say that this happened to you then I have no reason to disbelieve it, and if the people responsible can be found, they should be held accountable.
What I am saying is that this experience of trauma that you describe did not happen to everyone who attended CEDU institutions---I am not just relying on my parent conference experiences, but upon what I have been told by my son and others, several years after leaving RMA, at a point in time when they are doing well in their lives and when they have no interest in or reason for lying about their school experiences.
I am guessing that these programs existed in many different forms over the years, and sometimes, as in your case, people crossed some boundaries and did some harm.
My point is not to say that abuse is good. It is to point out that these kinds of programs, with the help of reasonable, caring staff and clear, well-thought-out person-centered policies, can be run in a way that is still confrontative (as is sometimes needed with oppositional kids)but without the kinds of abuses that you and others testify to.
On another note, I think that you come very close to taking cheap shots at my daughter--surely you are aware that dyslexia comes in a number of forms and that spelling and phonetics are harder for some people with dyslexia than for others. She is really proud of how her brother has done post-RMA and is trying to tell you about how the program was good for him and for others who we know quite well. However, I have told her that if she chooses to involve herself with the bunch at this site, she is on her own, so that is all I will say about that.
So if you are really interested in any more specific discussions, I would be glad to hear from you--if you do address me again and I don't get right back to you, it is not because I am ignoring you, it is just that I can be on-line more sometimes than others.