Niles, if you would be kind enough to go through my prior posts, you will see the criteria that I require.
Why not tell us NOW, all at once, in one post, so its easier to reference to, and we know them all? And, I mean criteria both for intake of a child and for program consideration. What you FEEL and BELIEVE *DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING*.
As for why I feel a child would need a program, how about drug use? How about unfavorable peer relations? Those are just two reasons
Unfavorable peer relations? What kind of nebulous, meaningless, generalized bullshit is that? Getting bullied or having an arguement is reason for program incarceration? PUH-LEEZE. And as far as drug use... sorry to say it, but drug use is not drug ABUSE. Furthermore, there is a spectrum of 'problem' and spectrum of how much you need to do to fix it. A kid who drinks a beer or smokes a cig doesnt need to go to a program. Its NORMAL.
I WOULD NEVER SEND A CHILD TO A PROGRAM JUST TO COLLECT A REFERAL FEE.
Sure, I believe you. Suuuuurrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeee.... whats your day job?
I do not disclose the programs I refer to because I respect the privacy of the enrolled child and their respecive families. I also do not want anyone to go on a mission to have a child removed from any facility. My programs allow contact with people out of the programs on an individual basis.
Ok, lets take this apart shall we?
1. You dont disclose them so if shit goes down you cant be traced back as easy and held accountable. You're covering your ass, just fucking admit it. If you've been lurking here long enough you'll realize its not going to cut the mustard with me.
2. You dont want a mission to have a kid removed from your faciliity because it would look bad for you if someone found out shit was going down bad. OOPS. Go tell that to Chi3. She got her kid out, oops. Oh wait, its the same WWASPS program your kid was in. oooooppppppppssssss?
3. "My programs allow contact with people out of the programs on a individual basis" I'll take anal bum covers for $200, Alex. (If you dont get it look up celebrity jeopardy). Way to cover your ass. That way the programs could not allow any outside contact at all and its okay, but its still "individual basis" so people think theres acutally a process.
WWASPS could just fucking SAY it and not do that, you know.
But at any rate, there is *NO* reason, AT ALL, to isolate and incarcerate a child in a program unless they broke a law (and jails are not programs and programs are not
supposed to be jails) or a DOCTOR, with a PHD, peer review, license, all that shit, has a specific reason to isolate them from specific people. Such as abusive parents, cults, etc. Most programs dont have docs and dont actually have a process for communication to the outside except for level-climbing, ass kissing, and acting like you're told. *BULLSHIT METER BEEEEEEEEEP*
Also, as you said (but I didnt quote) parents can decide to a degree who THEIR kids can contact, but there is *NO* reason to not allow them communication to the authorities at any time for any reason, period. Same for legal representation.
BTW, my only interest in PURE is watching it actually follow the standards it says others should be held to. There is no reform or regulation in place. You say you dont send for referral fees, yet the programs fund you. Having a fucking laundry list of "reasons to send a kid to a program" isnt the same as having reasonable criteria.
Most kids grow up fine without intervention. PURE is a business and its funded by referrals. Your gonna say whatever you can to get people to send their kid to your place. Has PURE or any of its programs actually turned away a kid who didnt need it?
I doubt it. Just as much as I doubt your program picking abilities.
As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet, philosopher
