Interesting what you didn't say. Since you do not posess the truth, in the end you only address one issue - The therapist's leaving. Let me clear up the petty controversy that remains. The issue of why the therapists left. You see, I spoke to each and every one of them. intamately about their feelings about CEDU and reasons for leaving.
The truth in your response is that CEDU overloaded them with the duties of the resourse coordinators. That, however is not why they left. They left because management referred to them as "whimps" as they worked 14 to 17 hours a day, because virtually all the benifits they started with were removed, and, because when they said this was unfair to hire someone with an agreement that there are good benifits and then you take them away, it is called a bait and switch, and this is tantamount to getting screwed by cedu in the ass - just like the kids say.
Another reason they left was that staff continued to treat kids in an abusive way and ignored the continual pleas of therapists to stop. About the time we realized that we were lending credubility to an abusive program with our licenses and actually advocating for the continuance of abuse as parent communicators, we told parents as much of the truth as we could get away with. When we told the truth we were harassed. When the harassment failed we were threatened with termination and repeatedly chastized for "not buying in." Staff were directed to remove people who did not "buy in" and the question was even on our employee reviews. The question stated: "Does this employee work to remove those who do not buy in" - Big points for a yes.
There was no mention of what we were expected to buy into, but we knew what they meant. We were to buy into violations of ethical standards written in idaho code, violations of RTC standards, violations of child protection law. We were expected to buy into making sure the kids never received the right to think, to question, to communicate to lovcd ones without censure, the right to practice their religion in the beginning of the program, the right to be a unique individual and the right to humane treatment.
We all knew we did not have a rat's chance in hell of helping the kids from the inside. So we stayed late to allow them a break from the tyranny, some music, some candy, some authentic love and advocacy - in retaliation, we were subject to staff invading our private clinical e mails and private parent communications. We caught the mormons listening in on our private sessions with kids and families. It felt like like the grim reaper was hovering over our heads every minuite. We got sick from the long hours, the harrassment, the bullying and watching kids be abused and then drugged. We didn't want to leave our kids high and dry, and it ate at us. We lost sleep. we worried constantly. Finally when it was our sanity at stake, we chose light over darkness and we quit. This is why all the therapists left and why they turn over constantly. We left because we had a consience, because we were humane, because we cared ourselves into near insanity desperately trying to insulate kids fron deepening darkness and tyranny until we could take no more.
That is why they left. And what was left of your argument is totally demolished.
Goodbye
