hey everyone again.
I just wanted to put this comment on here for advice for parents. If your child is there right now over the summer, pull them now! If you do it now, then their academics will not be messed up for next year. However, make sure that they finish the rest of the term because if someone doesn't finish the term, they won't get the credit. This term that they are in right now ends in mid-August, I believe around August 12th, 2009. Don't tell the advisor that you are doing this because they will take it out on your son or daughter, trust me! In addition, if you ask your child whether they want to leave and they respond saying no, please understand these conditions before assuming something. 1. Phone calls are monitored so saying you want to leave will easily have you thrown into suspension. 2. If you manage to ask your child on a visit, most students are too intimidated to break any rules which would be saying that you want to go home. 3. Just like their advisor probably told you to be careful with your son or daughter so they won't manipulate you, Carlbrook in the meantime has spent their time meanipulating your child. For example, I was almost positive I wanted to stay until a week before I left because I "thought" I needed it to survive. In addition, the people at Carlbrook are very conditional people and will easily go behind your back if you don't watch them. Do not trust them. In this process, you will most likely have to deal with Gillan. Don't trust him.
If you are still not sure whether your child needs to be there or not, I will tell you this. No one needs to be in an environment such as Carlbrook for as long as they designed stay. In fact, other programs such as residential treatment centers (rtc's) which actually supposed to be a step up usually never keeps a person longer than a year. What your child needs is to be home with those that love and care about him/her. If they have been at carlbrook for longer than a month, then they probably assume that they probably have been manipulated to think that their family hates them, will abandon them if they decide not to stay at carlbrook, and will cease all communications with them. If any of those apply to your situation, please consider changing your rationale. Parents need to always be there for their child, showing them love, not using child laws to subdue their child to months and months of ardous mental torture by these disgusting institutions.
