Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
MONARCH ACADEMY, MONTANA
try another castle:
Steve Rookey works there, as well as his brother Dave, and Tim Earle, the brother to Dan Earle. Tim (and his brother Dan) and Steve are a ex-staff members of Rocky Mountain Academy, one of the CEDU schools, which is where I went. RMA is an abusive behavior modification school. I did not know Dave or Tim, but I knew Steve rather well. He was a jerk. I also knew Tim's brother Dan. He had sex with a student. (Hopefully Tim is not as lecherous.) Steve was quite lecherous as well. I know that he hit on a friend of mine after she graduated. Not illegal, since they were no longer a student, but still creepy.
The problem with a lot of these places is how incestuous they are. Staff move from one to the other.
http://monarchschool.com/faculty1.html
I don't know if this is the same place you are talking about, because when I did a search for Monarch Academy, that was in napa valley california, but the Monarch School is in Montana.
BTW, you said "children". You're thinking on sending more than one of your kids away?
Also, strugglingteens is pro-behavior mod, and reccomend schools like WWASPS, which is also an unbelievably abusive school system, and has been in trouble with the law in many countries. (They move some of their campuses out of the US to avoid regulation. Yet even there, they were raided.) Also, strugglingteens gets money endorsements from the schools they reccomend.
The strugglingteens website owner, Lon Woodbury, was an admissions director at Rocky Mountain Academy. He was also there when I was.
If you really want to consider placing your children, I suggest reading the book Help At Any Cost. It is an expose of the teen help industry, and how abusive these schools are. (Most of them owe some influence to Synanon, including CEDU, which was the first school to be developed in Synanon's image.) In the appendices section, it offers many suggestions on what to look for when placing a teen, as well as alternate options.
Any parent who is looking to place a child in a residential program needs to read this book, in my opinion.
Because of the fact that Monarch has associations with staff members who worked at a CEDU school, I have serious reservations about the place. It sounds like it employs Large Group Awareness Training techniques, like est and synanon did, coupled with "wilderness therapy".
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[ This Message was edited by: sorry... try another castle on 2006-03-04 13:31 ]
Anonymous:
The parents who post on strugglingteens.com do NOT get money for giving feedback on programs. Lon Woodbury is a reputable educational consultant. The parents who post are willing to share their experiences with the programs they have experience with- good AND bad. On this site you will only hear negatives from people who, in many cases, have no personal experience with the programs they are slamming.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-04 13:47:00, Anonymous wrote:
"The parents who post on strugglingteens.com do NOT get money for giving feedback on programs.
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Don't know, some might. They do get tuition knocked off for each referral though.
--- Quote ---Lon Woodbury is a reputable educational consultant.
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
You're funny!
--- Quote ---The parents who post are willing to share their experiences with the programs they have experience with- good AND bad.
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Wrong. Disagreement and dissention are not tolerated and posts reflecting such sentiments will be deleted.
--- Quote ---On this site you will only hear negatives from people who, in many cases, have no personal experience with the programs they are slamming. "
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While it may be true that the majority here are opposed to these programs at least we have the integrity to allow other opinions to remain here, unaltered and uncensored. CAn't say the same for you guys. What are you so afraid of that you can't stand up to some scrutiny?
Nihilanthic:
--- Quote ---On 2005-05-16 21:17:00, Anonymous wrote:
"We are looking for anyone who has a story to tell about Monarch Academy and their experiences there, good or bad.
We are thinking about possibly sending our child there and want to be sure it's a good place before we do.
So please, be truly honest in your reply because we are so worried after reading what goes on in these places.
Thank you so much, concerned parent."
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First, why do you WANT a program?
Second, do you NEED treatment at all?
Third, why not use treatment thats proven to work, vs 'treatment' that simply reverses the burden of proof when challenged and tries to stymie any sort of criticism or review?
Anonymous:
There are plenty of posts on strugglingteens.com pointing out negatives and problems with the programs. It is correct that you can't mention the name of the program. All that means is that you send a message or email to the poster for more information.
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