Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Methods and Techniques
Libra:
I understand that they are dealing with kids, and kids with "issues" to boot. Security is an issue on any campus and HLA needs to take special precautions. On the other hand, wouldn't it be wonderful if there was something positive about the school to entice kids to stay? These children, some of whom have never been "runners", leave campus in the middle of the night, dark as pitch, out in the middle of nowhere with no money and no where to go. There is something wrong with that picture. Why is it acceptable to a therapeutic boarding school for the vast majority of their students to absolutely detest it there? Would it be so wrong to use positive reinforcement techniques rather than punishment?
Deborah:
***If a child runs off campus, what would you suggest would be the best policy?
Well, there are many ways to deal with that situation, but what's at issue here is that they should do what they have stated and what parents are expecting them to do, which I posted above, which includes no mention of physical restraint. Why?
What would you do if your child were leaving home? Call the police after s/he left, restrain him/her to prevent him/her from leaving?
If you were that teen, how would you want to be treated in that situation? What would be most useful for you?
The policy states that if they can't convince the teen to stay, they will call the police, parents, and Ed Con immediately. Makes me wonder how one kid managed to get 1000 miles away before being 'caught', with apparently no money.
It's ten miles to civilization.
They highly recommend that parents extend gaurdianship, and will provide testimony.
Deborah:
***Why is it acceptable to a therapeutic boarding school for the vast majority of their students to absolutely detest it there? Would it be so wrong to use positive reinforcement techniques rather than punishment?
How many times have I asked the same question. I think most parents, who understand BM, believe that there are ample rewards. My opinion that it's too heavy on punishment which is detrimental.
Libra:
Any positive reinforcement or reward system is so insignificant as to be inconsequential. I don't think it takes B.F.Skinner to see that.
juniper:
Again, they are still children and they are frightened. Frightened enough to risk darkness,
no money, miles from nowhere - they are running to nowhere. They are definitely running from
something or someone...Their spirit is lost and
they have no hope at the school. There is no
one to trust, other than the clergy..if that is
even safe.
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