Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
What about "Carlbrook School"?
inquirmind:
My son graduated from Carlbrook school after completing their 15 month program. Skeptical as I am, and frightened as I was to send my child away, I have not a single doubt about the integrity of the school. It was a hard place to be - no TV, no computer, no drugs, sex, and rock n roll... but the people there were the most compassionate, nurturing people, and the best therapists I've encountered in my career as a parent and as an educator/counselor. My son maintians close friendships with both students and staff and is now doing very well in college.
Is there an element of mind contol? Yeah, I think there is. The kids are isolated from everything but the school's philosophy. But the philosophy - having integrity, being a trustworthy friend, working hard, being true to yourself - is worth giving up the freedom to be an alienated teenager who is going down the tubes.
The answer is, yes there are good schools out there. But just like I wouldn't send my kids to a preschool I hadn't visited, I went to visit schools in person, talked to staff and kids, and talked to people I trust.
Definitely do not be swayed by slick websites, and my advice is avoid both the big corporate-owned schools and the mom and pop "We'll love him into health with the help of God" groups.
Like everything else in this world, you have to be savvy and ask the right questions and have a really good idea of what you're looking for.
Good luck.
nite owl:
Just make sure that the school does not limit parent/child contact and allows frequent visitation. Any program that doesnt' is suspect for being abusive in my oppinion. When a school is open to the public then the risk of abuse is much lower. If the program has a point system and punishments then it is not appropriate and reeks of a WWASP-like program. Make sure that the program does not take away basic freedom. The child should not have to ask permission to go to the bathroom. Also they should have the freedom of speech - they should not be punished for saying they aren't happy or don't like the school. Find out about punishment - do they use isolation - do they restrain kids or use chemical restraints. If the answer is yes -then back away.
Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much as you propose. If today he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him,--"I see no probability of the British invading us"; but he will say to you, "Be silent: I see it, if you don't."
--Abraham Lincoln
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Anonymous:
Carlbrook is not the wonderful and pristine place so many parents think it is. There are brilliant minds trapped on a campus with not enough staff to supervise everyone. Kids get bullied in dorms, there is sex in the dorms, in bathrooms, in classrooms and on the path between buildings--shit happens. Not to mention our esteemed leaders who are fucking each other and cheating on their spouses with their co-workers. One of the owners kids tells students "my daddy sleeps with ---- and he sleeps naked" when she came to visit. Lovely role model huh? Hey lets look to our dean of advising instead. Oh...he is too busy screwing his associate director in his office or making out with her in the parking lot. Yeah...great place with wonderful roll models there to spout off bullshit and then try to lay down the law and tell the kids to do the "right thing".
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--- Quote ---Is there an element of mind contol? Yeah, I think there is. The kids are isolated from everything but the school's philosophy. But the philosophy - having integrity, being a trustworthy friend, working hard, being true to yourself - is worth giving up the freedom to be an alienated teenager who is going down the tubes.
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wow. this is twisted. why not just send junior to north korea?
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--- Quote ---Is there an element of mind contol? Yeah, I think there is. The kids are isolated from everything but the school's philosophy. But the philosophy - having integrity, being a trustworthy friend, working hard, being true to yourself - is worth giving up the freedom to be an alienated teenager who is going down the tubes.
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wow. this is twisted. why not just send junior to north korea?
this sounds like other tbs's that these people were involved with administrating. makes ya wonder - is this environment created by the kids or the facility? seems to follow these folks wherever they go - cedu, asr, etc, etc...
why don't parents get this?
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