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Title: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2008, 05:27:39 PM
Warm Regards.

A teenager I care about is currently enrolled at Shortridge Academy. His parents had him abducted in the middle of the night and "transported" to some teen wilderness camp. After about 10 weeks, he was "transported" to therapeutic boarding schools.

From what  have read, it is very creepy.

Can someone tell me what goes on there? Are there any alums?

Thanks
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2008, 05:53:28 PM
On our Shortridge Academy wiki page (http://http://wiki.fornits.com/index.php?title=Shortridge_Academy) we have listet a myspace group of former detainees you can contact: Myspace group link (http://http://groups.myspace.com/shortridge)

What is to say about this place? The programming they use on the teenagers come from CEDU (http://http://wiki.fornits.com/index.php?title=CEDU), which originated from a church community where people did undergo surgery so they couldn't have children.

He will properly suffer from some kind of PTSD and have difficulties to adjust to the normal world when he leaves the place unless you can get him out before time.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2008, 11:22:54 AM
What exactly is the program there? It seems like they don't allow much contact with the outside world. Are there therapists on staff?  Do they allow physical violence?

How can I help this kid get out if he is under age and his parents have signed him up?

Would anyone be willing to write an email to his parents warning them of what goes on there?
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2008, 12:13:31 PM
Quote from: "worried"
What exactly is the program there? It seems like they don't allow much contact with the outside world. Are there therapists on staff?  Do they allow physical violence?

How can I help this kid get out if he is under age and his parents have signed him up?

Would anyone be willing to write an email to his parents warning them of what goes on there?


Sigh.  Nothing ever really changes, does it?

 :cry:
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2008, 04:00:39 AM
From what I read, it seems like there are many classes, some wacky sort of group therapy.

It is hard for me to believe that this has any positive long term impact.

Alumni, PLEASE inform me of what goes on at this school.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: psy on August 22, 2008, 08:37:54 AM
Quote from: "worried"
Would anyone be willing to write an email to his parents warning them of what goes on there?

If you can't find anybody willing on the myspace group, i'll do it...  I'll do the research and contact them. PM/email me.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: psy on August 22, 2008, 08:39:14 AM
Quote from: "worried"
Alumni, PLEASE inform me of what goes on at this school.

Seems like a pretty small place.  Not sure there are any alumni here.  Try the myspace group, and if that fails, as i've said above, i'll do some research, contact those kids, interview em, and email the parents my findings.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Che Gookin on August 24, 2008, 02:32:57 PM
Got an inside line that Bruce Wilson, RMA Fame, helped set up Shortridge. The personal recollection coming from my source says that Bruce was a nice enough guy.

Looking over the website their workshops take on that familiar RMA-esque feel though.

http://http://www.shortridgeacademy.com/home.asp?Page=Workshops

Hard to say either way, but given RMA's legacy I'd be concerned.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: dishdutyfugitive on August 25, 2008, 10:39:44 AM
Yes, Bruce did help start shortridge. I personally don't have any fond memories of him. He was generally quiet mannered and was the local 'ranch hand'. He was known to consistently explode like a volcano in raps. I also don't think he believed in the shit that he was yelling at kids. Therefore, his angry indictments served to do nothing more than intimidate kids.  I always thought it was incestuous that he married Dan Earle's daughter. I've never understood people dipping their pen in company ink. Sure, Bonners Ferry was in the middle of nowhere and there weren't any decent looking broads in Boundary County. But, hey, you chose to live and work there. That's the price you pay. You'll never convince me that living in the woods justifies banging your bosses daughter.

Looks like Bruce is no longer mentioned on the shortridge website. Did they part ways amicably ? Did he got bored of taking orders from a former student? Who knows. I think I recall reading here that he moved to another CEDU clogram back in ID.

It looks like they modified the propheet program. They claim most of them are 2 day events. Who knows if they are truly are 2 days? If they are the good old fashion 24 hour marathon (8pm to 7Pm ) then not much has changed.  

CEDU was therapeutic Alchemy.Their twisted marathons relied on sleep deprivation to melt us down and convert us to stockholmy stepfordian zombies. Remember how, even after a brief, 2 minute conversation of no importance, with a friend we couldn't part ways without looking someone deeply in the eyes and saying " I love you man, with all my heart. You really support my inner child. No seriously, I really, really, love you."
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Ursus on August 25, 2008, 10:17:20 PM
Rocky Mountain Academy (CEDU) does indeed appear to be the founding incentive of Shortridge (short shrift?) Academy. Here is their short bio (http://http://www.shortridgeacademy.com/home.asp?Page=Faculty%20and%20Staff) of founder/director Adam Rainer:

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ADAM RAINER, Founder & Director
B.A., Psychology & Philosophy, University of Denver
MBA, Southern Methodist University


Adam relates, first-hand, with the students and parents who struggle with the issues that can come with being a teenager or a parent of one. Shortly after graduating from Rocky Mountain Academy, a therapeutic boarding school in Idaho, Adam realized that his personal life mission was to help other teenagers struggling to find success in life. For over ten years, he has been preparing for, and realizing his vision of, opening his own emotional growth boarding school that is now Shortridge Academy. While planning this endeavor, he sharpened his business sense and managing style by working in business, commercial real estate, and financial markets for seven years. Today, he maintains very strong relationships with his parents and family, largely due to his experience at boarding school. Adam is a sport and outdoor enthusiast. He and his wife Katie are the proud parents of twins.

Some more snippets and other influences of note include:

SARAH WAGNER, Academic Director: "...she is dedicated to challenging students to excel intellectually and emotionally in the school environment. She has also participated in team-building and leadership education as a program administrator, teacher, and trip-leader. Sarah has been with Shortridge Academy since its inception in July of 2002 (before there were even kids)!"
That M. Ed. in Educational Leadership would be from Union Institute and University.

DAVID HASKELL, LMHC, Director of Student Life: "Within his roles as a behavioral specialist, substance abuse counselor, and mental health counselor, David has worked with children, teens, individuals, and families. He also specialized in the reunification of children with their families. David is an experienced Crisis Consultant and Emergency Room clinician. Before coming to Shortridge, David was employed as the Clinical Director of a residential program and therapeutic day school."
Not sure why his name sounds familiar to me, perhaps mention thereof might trigger someone else's memory...

AMY FULLER, Counselor: "...Amy then became a Counselor and Assistant Team Leader at Northwest Academy, where she co-facilitated counseling groups and emotional growth workshops."
BTW, that B.A. in Psychology from California State University is still in progress. But I guess ya don't need one for this job...

SHELLY ISPAN-LAING, Student Life Coordinator: "...worked as a Wilderness Counselor and a Peer Group Leader for the Academy at Swift River. Most recently Shelly was a Team Leader at AIM House, a transitional living facility for young adults in Boulder, Colorado."

MIKE STRADER, Counselor: "As a graduate of Rocky Mountain Academy himself, Mike pursued a career in mentoring and counseling youth. He brings nine years of experience in therapeutic education, beginning with his counseling experience as a Wilderness Counselor at Hidden Lake Academy in Georgia. Mike enhanced his career by becoming a Program Mentor and advancing to the level of Assistant Phase Leader for the lower school phase at Mount Bachelor Academy (MBA) in Oregon. In his last three years at MBA, he served in a role equivalent to Dean of Students as he led special projects, supported all phases and counselors, and facilitated emotional growth workshops..."
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2008, 09:17:47 PM
Why do people send their children to these sort of places? It seems it would make a kid worse that better. Does this experience alienate children from their parents?
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: TheWho on September 10, 2008, 09:26:27 PM
Quote from: "concernedone"
Why do people send their children to these sort of places? It seems it would make a kid worse that better. Does this experience alienate children from their parents?

Unless you were ever in the parent’s situation it is almost impossible to understand.
Imagine a loved one slowly dying in front of you and you have tried everything you could to get them better and then you had an opportunity to get them better but it meant them leaving the home for a year or longer.  Wouldn’t you sacrifice a little of yourself to try to get his person the help they needed even though it meant being away from them?  Or would you be selfish and keep the person home and hope for the best?
Think about it!



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Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 10, 2008, 09:30:35 PM
1/10
 :guesswho:  :sue:
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2008, 10:29:48 AM
Children are largely a product of their environment. If they are totally out of control, their parents share in the responsibility for the child's poor behavior.

There are programs for children for drug and alcohol addiction. Of course there is counseling, too. But to wash your hand of your child by sending him away to prison isn't an act of selflessness, it is the opposite.

"Therapeutic boarding school" sounds like a total hoax. It permits parents to rid themselves of their problem child without accepting responsibility for their own negligent parenting.

I cannot imagine a child with any reasonable level of intelligence seeing their parents' decision as anything other than an act of selfishness. But I would love to hear feedback from the children who have been sent to such places.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: TheWho on September 11, 2008, 11:33:09 AM
Quote from: "concernedone"
Children are largely a product of their environment. If they are totally out of control, their parents share in the responsibility for the child's poor behavior.

There are programs for children for drug and alcohol addiction. Of course there is counseling, too. But to wash your hand of your child by sending him away to prison isn't an act of selflessness, it is the opposite.

"Therapeutic boarding school" sounds like a total hoax. It permits parents to rid themselves of their problem child without accepting responsibility for their own negligent parenting.

I cannot imagine a child with any reasonable level of intelligence seeing their parents' decision as anything other than an act of selfishness. But I would love to hear feedback from the children who have been sent to such places.

It is a very difficult decision, I agree with you.  There was a study done a decade or so ago where they talked to families who needed to place their children in the children’s ward at Children’s hospital in Boston (I’ll probably get hammered here because I don’t have a link).  The children were there for a variety of reasons from cancer to liver failure to thyroid disease,  but the one thing they had in common is they didn’t want to be there.  Did the families feel guilty?  Yes, Responsible?  Of course.  There were people who asked the parents how they slept at night having their children in the hospital and questioning whether it was the right decision.  Others questioned why they decided to have kids knowing they had a history of cancer in their family and subjecting their own kids to suffering and death.

The bottom line is unless you have been thru a family crisis it is hard to understand the decisions that need to be made.  Many people decide against the odds to have children knowing the risk that the child may die at birth, have Down syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, emotional problems etc.  But they shouldn’t be judged too harshly.  Were they selfish to have kids in the first place?  Maybe, maybe not.  You seem to be fortunate that you have never been placed in a position to have a family member be treated outside the home.  Try to be a little more open minded towards others, they have been there, you haven’t.




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Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: dishdutyfugitive on September 11, 2008, 03:03:23 PM
"I cannot imagine a child with any reasonable level of intelligence seeing their parents' decision as anything other than an act of selfishness. But I would love to hear feedback from the children who have been sent to such places."

I see it for what it is.

CEDU intentionally sold us a polished turd. They intentionally took advantage of us for 2 reasons. Profit and the ego boost it gave them.

Why did my parents buy it? They were desperate and incompetent parents scrambling to address a monumental problem with only seconds left on the clock.

Why did I buy it? My other option was Provo (a lockdown facility). I had no criminal record whatsoever so Provo obviously scared the shit out of a 16 year old.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2008, 03:11:34 PM
Quote from: "TheWho"
There was a study done a decade or so ago where they talked to families who needed to place their children in the children’s ward at Children’s hospital in Boston (I’ll probably get hammered here because I don’t have a link). The children were there for a variety of reasons from cancer to liver failure to thyroid disease, but the one thing they had in common is they didn’t want to be there. Did the families feel guilty? Yes, Responsible? Of course. There were people who asked the parents how they slept at night having their children in the hospital and questioning whether it was the right decision. Others questioned why they decided to have kids knowing they had a history of cancer in their family and subjecting their own kids to suffering and death.

OMG. "Dysfunctional" behavior is hardly the same thing as a dysfunctional liver. The analogy is inapplicable.

And no link because... there never was such a study. Who could have been so callous and stupid? What was the point? To see if parents agonize over the circumstances of their kids' illness, and thereby make those parents agonize even more? Anyway, Children's Hospital/Boston would never have allowed it.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2008, 04:29:43 PM
A physically ill child belongs in a hospital, where there are real cures based on scientific research.

Therapeutic boarding schools have not been shown to have any efficacy.

Unlike therapeutic boarding schools, a hospital would never ban a parent from visiting.

The Who, you are clueless and quite self-righteous!!!
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: TheWho on September 11, 2008, 04:30:16 PM
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OMG. "Dysfunctional" behavior is hardly the same thing as a dysfunctional liver. The analogy is inapplicable.

You must be thinking of a different post.  I never mentioned dysfunctional behavior.  

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And no link because... there never was such a study. Who could have been so callous and stupid? What was the point? To see if parents agonize over the circumstances of their kids' illness, and thereby make those parents agonize even more? Anyway, Children's Hospital/Boston would never have allowed it.

I knew I would get hammered making a bases without a link, but there was a study, and yes almost all the kids did not want to be in the hospital.  The vast majority of them would rather be home with their families.



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Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Ursus on September 12, 2008, 12:50:24 AM
Quote from: "TheWho"
There was a study done a decade or so ago where they talked to families who needed to place their children in the children’s ward at Children’s hospital in Boston (I’ll probably get hammered here because I don’t have a link). The children were there for a variety of reasons from cancer to liver failure to thyroid disease...

Ummm... "the children's ward" in a CHILDREN'S hospital? I am guessing that this hospital was not named after a generous benefactor with the surname of "Children," but is, in fact, dedicated to the health and medical concerns of children more or less exclusively. Why would there be a special ward for them within such a place?

In fact, if you google "Children's Hospital Boston," you get THIS place (http://http://www.childrenshospital.org/). Quoting from their "About us" (http://http://www.childrenshospital.org/about/Site1394/mainpageS1394P0.html) page:
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Child Patient Care

Children's Hospital Boston is a 397-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. (Our Advanced Fetal Care Center can begin interventions at 15 weeks gestation, and in some situations, we treat adults.)

Children's records approximately 22,600 inpatient admissions each year, and our 204 specialized clinical programs care for more than 527,500 patients annually. Additionally, the hospital performs 23,000 surgical procedures and 170,000 radiological examinations every year...

<snip snip>

Recognition

Children's Hospital Boston has been listed as the top pediatric hospital in the country for heart and heart surgery, according to U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Children's Hospitals" issue, dated June 9. It was also named the nation's top hospital for care of digestive disorders, while receiving second place honors in cancer care and neurology and neurosurgery.

Since the magazine began ranking hospitals 19 years ago, Children's has always been ranked as one of the top two pediatric hospitals in the country. This year, Children's is ranked second nationally and remains the number one pediatric hospital in New England...

Is this the hospital you were referring to?

I imagine that if you really did have a daughter, and and really did reside in the Boston metropolitan area, you would have had occasion during the 18 years of her "childhood" to visit this place at least a few times.

In fact, according to their "Locations" (http://http://www.childrenshospital.org/locations/Site1395/mainpageS1395P0.html) page, there are 3-4 satellite Children's Hospitals, one of which is in Waltham, Massachusetts, which would appear - according to their map - to be the town directly north of Newton, where you claim to currently reside.

One would think you knew a bit more about the place than to describe a study done of "the children's ward" in one of the largest and most prestigious children's hospitals in the country, let alone one located a few miles from your doorstep.

Speaking of that "study" (which sounds suspiciously like it was commissioned by some fundamentalist religious sect opposed to all medical procedures), with all due respect, I must concur with Little Red Roaster and concernedone in failing to see the relevance of its mention in a discussion about therapeutic boarding schools.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: TheWho on September 12, 2008, 01:18:08 AM
Wow, sorry Ursus to put you thru all that research.  Substitute "Inpatient ward" for "Childrens ward"... my bad.

It is a good hospital along with Tufts floating hospital for Children.  We do have our share of religions here and the world head quarters for the Christian Scientists which goes against the grain of Bostons prestigious medical community.  But the mix keeps it interesting.



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Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 13, 2008, 04:46:08 PM
Quote from: "TheWho"
There was a study done a decade or so ago where they talked to families who needed to place their children in the children’s ward at Children’s hospital in Boston (I’ll probably get hammered here because I don’t have a link). The children were there for a variety of reasons from cancer to liver failure to thyroid disease, but the one thing they had in common is they didn’t want to be there. Did the families feel guilty? Yes, Responsible? Of course. There were people who asked the parents how they slept at night having their children in the hospital and questioning whether it was the right decision. Others questioned why they decided to have kids knowing they had a history of cancer in their family and subjecting their own kids to suffering and death.

Quote from: "TheWho"
Substitute "Inpatient ward" for "Childrens ward"... my bad.

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First "children's ward," then "Inpatient ward"... at "one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States" that "records approximately 22,600 inpatient admissions each year." I don't think so. There is no such "ward." I don't think they even call them "wards" at places like this anymore.

I don't think you even have a daughter, TheWho. You don't sound like someone who has been intimately involved with the rearing of any child.

Where is this "study?" Which journal? Or is this another of your "it seems rational to me, therefore it must be true" fantasies?
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: TheWho on September 13, 2008, 04:57:07 PM
Quote from: "No such study"
Quote from: "TheWho"
There was a study done a decade or so ago where they talked to families who needed to place their children in the children’s ward at Children’s hospital in Boston (I’ll probably get hammered here because I don’t have a link). The children were there for a variety of reasons from cancer to liver failure to thyroid disease, but the one thing they had in common is they didn’t want to be there. Did the families feel guilty? Yes, Responsible? Of course. There were people who asked the parents how they slept at night having their children in the hospital and questioning whether it was the right decision. Others questioned why they decided to have kids knowing they had a history of cancer in their family and subjecting their own kids to suffering and death.

Quote from: "TheWho"
Substitute "Inpatient ward" for "Childrens ward"... my bad.

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First "children's ward," then "Inpatient ward"... at "one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States" that "records approximately 22,600 inpatient admissions each year." I don't think so. There is no such "ward." I don't think they even call them "wards" at places like this anymore.

I don't think you even have a daughter, TheWho. You don't sound like someone who has been intimately involved with the rearing of any child.

Where is this "study?" Which journal? Or is this another of your "it seems rational to me, therefore it must be true" fantasies?

Oh no maybe I am not even real... let me check... the picture of my daughter and me is starting to fade,  I think you are right!!  Ha,Ha,Ha

So now you are diagnosing people over the internet without a degree or license no less... interesting.


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Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 13, 2008, 05:04:06 PM
Quote from: "TheWho"
So now you are diagnosing people over the internet without a degree or license no less... interesting.


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This is precisely what programs do.  ::poke::

It's statements like these, when it becomes obvious you are just a sock puppet to keep people posting. This post is too funny for a truly pro-program individual to make. Keep up the good work, sock puppet.  ::deadhorse::
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 19, 2008, 06:04:32 PM
i currently attend shortridge academy. it's very hard to describe to anyone who has not been a part of it. I have been there for 15 months now. my parents are equally held responsible for the things that have happened in my life. yes, we the students are challenged more on a daily basis but the staff makes a point of bringing awareness to the parents as well. i admit, at first I was freaked out and really disliked the school but after about 3 months, a began building on some amazing friendships and figuring some of my shit out. i graduate 6 months earlier than most of my peers from home this december and my parents and I actually get along for the first time in 5 years. i suggest you all take a step back and stop judging and assuming things, it gets you no where. its not some freaky cult or some jail that kids are sent away to and abused. its quite the opposite. we go surfing twice a week, snowboarding in the winter, off campus trips every weekend etc. yes there are guidelines and boundaries but then again that's what most of us need at this point because we pretty much sucked at following boundaries at home.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on September 20, 2008, 07:58:45 PM
Hey JC,

Your feedback is excellent!!

Was there any type of physical abuse at Shortridge?

Also, why now do you have a better relationship with your parents?

I am concerned about a kid named Josh. Is he OK?

Thanks,

Worried
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: psy on September 20, 2008, 09:36:55 PM
Quote from: "jc123"
i currently attend shortridge academy.

Wait.  did I hear that correctly.  You're currently attending a program and they ... let you on fornits.com!?!?!  Haven't you heard yet.  This is a haven of sick in the head negative folks and hopeless druggies!  (being facetious here).  Well.  If your program is actually letting you on this site (given you are who you say you are), it's the first instance I've ever seen of it happening.  It's a good step towards openness, if a program is, indeed, allowing unrestricted communication with the "outside world" (including to opinions the program might not particularly agree with).

@worriedone: asking about abuse almost always yields a negative response as those who are being abused rarely see it as such until later reflection (eg: child sexual abuse, cult thought reform, etc...).  I might suggest a better avenue might be to ask more specific questions.

@jc:  Out of curiosity, since I'm fascinated that a program would allow you on this site, would you mind answering a few questions I have?

1. are you free to leave any time you want, or are you kept there against your will?
2. are you pressured to "confess" to things, rewarded for doing so, or feel it is necessary to advance in the program?
3. are requirements for advancement in the program based on objective criteria (as in, finishing courses), by the subjective evaluation of the staff, or a combination of both?
4. you know of any kids who really don't belong there... of do you feel they are just in denial?  How do you know, objectively?
5. in the group therapy practiced, are people often called out/confronted in front of their peers?  Would it be accurate to say that people are encouraged to tell the "harsh truth" of how they see things?
6. are there bans on communication, such as being put on "bans" where you can't speak/interact with another person / group of people?
7. does your program have overnight seminars/workshops you aren't supposed to talk about?

Hell...  If you feel like i've asked too much, answer it as you feel.  I'm not the best interviewer in the world compared to some others around here who are more ... gentle with the process.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Che Gookin on September 20, 2008, 11:10:05 PM
3. are requirements for advancement in the program based on objective criteria (as in, finishing courses), by the subjective evaluation of the staff, or a combination of both?

By subjective I believe Psy means do the staff permit you to advance through the program based upon their emotional evalution of your progress. See below:

Staffer A: So who here thinks Abba should get a stage?
Staffer B: Well I think Abba is faking it. Its a feeling i have about him.
Staffer A: yep.. denied.

Mind you that's simplistic and in my experience there is a great deal more to it than that, but I have seen it go down that way on occasion.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on December 26, 2008, 11:57:15 PM
Please give me information about shortridge academy in NH.  It seems impossible to get a review....
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on January 26, 2009, 01:12:27 PM
No one seems to be able to comment on Shortridge.  I wonder what goes on there.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on May 04, 2009, 12:36:41 PM
shortridge was a horrible expierience, and while i was there one of the counselors who was leading the group therapy and advising us why not to engage in bad behavior was accused of having sex and giving alcohol and ciggerettes to some of the students, and was then fired. theres an idea of what a great place shortridge academy was
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on May 20, 2009, 01:17:10 PM
Quote from: "worried"
Warm Regards.

A teenager I care about is currently enrolled at Shortridge Academy. His parents had him abducted in the middle of the night and "transported" to some teen wilderness camp. After about 10 weeks, he was "transported" to therapeutic boarding schools.

From what  have read, it is very creepy.

Can someone tell me what goes on there? Are there any alums?

Thanks

Hey this is a grad from shortridge.  It is a good place.  They don't hurt us or make us do bad things.  The kids sent here are kids that need to get away from the places they came from so that they can make better choices in the future.  Drugs ruined most of us and here we can actually get away from them and not be tempted by it.  The staff here help us find out why we had such problems in the past.  We are all ok and we don't get abused.  Thanks for the concern but were doing just fine here.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on May 22, 2009, 10:03:28 PM
Quote from: "went to shortridge"
shortridge was a horrible expierience, and while i was there one of the counselors who was leading the group therapy and advising us why not to engage in bad behavior was accused of having sex and giving alcohol and ciggerettes to some of the students, and was then fired. theres an idea of what a great place shortridge academy was

I am also a graduate from Shortridge Academy. I am an atheist personally, and the school never threw anything of religious nature at me. It helped me take a look at what has been hard in my life, and encouraged me to deal with what is difficult through self-reliance and developing interpersonal relationships.

- Kids are never physically hurt at the school.
-The situation mentioned above, was one bad apple, in 6 years of the schools existance. This was a one time deal, and something that I am ashamed to have seen from both a staff member, and from students.

There might be bad places out there, but this is not one of them.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2009, 02:33:35 PM
Incredibly blatant fake last two posters are incredibly blatant
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2009, 02:51:05 PM
I am going to write this for whoever at any point will find this helpful.

My name is Ellen hassinger and i was sent to Shortridge in December of 2006 as a sophomore, i stayed for 18 months and 1 day, and graduated the program without my high school diploma, at the end of June in 2008.I came home ready to start senior year and am currently a senior at my school back home, and I am about to graduate high school this upcoming June. I have been home for ALMOST 1 year now, and i am still unsure how shortridge has impacted my lifestyle outside of the school. i was sent there by my mother because i was involved in a drug confiscation at my home school, and my mom really was worried about my decision making and wanted me to stay in school, while still having the opportunity to figure out the reasons behind why i was making those decisions. shortridge definitely helped me figure it out, we were in groups 3 times a week usually, and sometimes we had workshops (every 2 months or so), those times were where i was able to get feedback and advice from students and staff on issues that either they knew about, or didnt know about. not everyone is forced to speak, so if you don't know what to say on the issue...you don't have to. but by hearing things that i didnt always want to hear, and by simplifying my life i was able to start the process of making better decisions - and if not making better decisions, knowing the difference between right and wrong and knowing why i'm doing what i am doing. mostly, i am nervous to write this and i feel like i cant say what i am trying to say about my school because i know that if i mess it up, someone is just going to leave a rude comment tearing apart what i'm saying because i didnt say it correctly or whatever.

i made some of the best friendships at shortridge. i was never abused by any staff. i was never involved in anything with the staff that made me feel unsafe, because i wasnt the type of student there that would allow that to happen to myself. the point is, if you learn by what they help you see, and you listen to the feedback, and the stories of you, and the other students you will do wonders for yourself. it is a really simple place. you don't get a lot of leeway, and it can be a huge challenge to come there straight from home, which is why most students go to wilderness before. i never felt a religious standpoint from the school,  i never felt like they pushed their ideas on to me. now, i can only speak on the shortridge that i knew. it is a very peer-based program, and the students run a lot of meetings, and are responsible with holding the students who are newer to the program accountable to all the rules, like tucking in your shirt. there is a lot that goes into the school and i dont think that anyone can speak on it unless they went there, worked there, visited there. because it is nothing like i would've expected it to be.

the transportations have nothing to do with the school, those are private programs that are not a PART of shortridge.

you can say i'm a fake person, i am not. you can rip apart my words, you can doubt what i am saying but it doesnt change that i said it. i love my school, i love what it did for me, and i love the person that i am. i am not 100% sober out of the school. i am not always happy. but having this experience under my belt, and knowing what i know about my life and meeting the people i met there was so worth it. it is a good place. stop judging.

you can look me up on facebook if you want to know who i am or ask me more questions about this school.
Ellen Hassinger
or you can email me
[email protected]

I have nothing to hide. the students who posted above me are not fake. if you think i am, email me. i am here. thanks.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on May 23, 2009, 02:54:22 PM
Quote from: "ellenhassinger"
I have been home for ALMOST 1 year now, and i am still unsure how shortridge has impacted my lifestyle outside of the school.


what i meant by that was, if you think the model student who is suposed to come out of there is happy as  can be, doesnt fight with their parents, is sober, and doesn't struggle at all in life, that isnt me.

if shortridge was supposed to make me never want to smoke another cigarette or whatever, ever again. it didnt do that for me. but it did help me as i said before. just clarifying.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: blombrowski on May 24, 2009, 01:54:43 AM
Ellen,

Thank you for your post.  I'll keep this short.  I'll try to use an analogy.  Please understand that this is a gross simplification of the issue.

Say you have a cold.  Now while it might be appropriate to stay home take some rest and stop doing the things you were doing before you got the cold you wouldn't say take an antibiotic for the cold, because a cold is viral.  

But let's say you did just that.  You drank your orange juice and had your chicken soup and stayed home and didn't do anything stressful and you took your antibiotics.  And after a week you were all better.

If you didn't know that antibiotics didn't have any effect on colds you might think that it was the antibiotic that made you not sick anymore.  But even though you thought that you would be wrong.  The reason you weren't sick is because you did all the other things you were supposed to do when you have a cold, that and as long as you don't do things to make yourself sicker, colds go away after time.

Shortridge Academy = Anti-biotics manufacturer

An anti-biotics manufacturer may not be "abusive", but when they look the other way when people take their drug when they don't need it, that makes them unethical.  Shortridge may not have been involved in the Escort, but they accepted you no questions when you walked in the door.  That makes them unethical.

I could go on for hours with the nuances, but I'll leave you with this, there are at least three separate questions that can be asked:

1.  Did shortridge help you personally  
2.  Is there another intervention that could have worked just as well and been less intrusive, one that you may not know about yet
3.  Did shortridge's intervention cause anybody else in the program harm

While you may think question #1 is sufficient, in truth it's questions #2 & #3 that are the most important.  If you feel that the program helped you that's your perogative.  You can see the poster before who felt differently.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on June 09, 2009, 09:37:41 PM
Quote from: "Guest"
Incredibly blatant fake last two posters are incredibly blatant

No, sorry Guest...I am a real person...feel free to PM me (I imagine this website has that?), whatever really.

The other poster, prior to mine, is also a real person...nice try though??
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on June 10, 2009, 11:19:35 AM
I don't know how good a place it is...I do know that the staff and funding was all CEDU related. I went to CEDU and know these founding  members of shortridge.
nothing was right then when I knew them and I can't think its changed much- they think if kids are not like them, they're bad, wrong and fucked up. I know they are straightedged one siders not seeing the host of issues that bring them the kids in the first place.
All the staff are like kissing cousins not ratting on eacthother for all the crazy shit that went on with other staff and  :karma: former students. I hope all their lies catch up with them.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2009, 04:23:13 PM
I'm currently a student at Shortridge Academy, a few weeks away from graduating the program with my high school diploma. I've been here almost eighteen months, and I don't regret any of it. We aren't mistreated here at all, and while we have a lot of restrictions, none of them are unneeded, based on the actions of kids here in the past. I came here because of my drug use, dysfunctional relationship with my parents, inability to keep up with my schoolwork, and general lack of a future. Since my arrival here on February 11th, 2008, I've earned three years of high school credits and am graduating only two months behind schedule; I can interact with my parents without everything being a fight due to improved communication and, honestly, the space that we took from each other when I came here; I've been clean for almost a year and a half; and I'm attending college two weeks after I graduate. This school didn't make these things happen, I did, but it did help me immensely in my attempts in doing so.
I have no complaints about Shortridge. It's a good place, and it's become more of a home to me than I would have ever imagined it could be. Given that fact, I hate hearing people piss on it like this. I understand that you don't know anything about the school and have only your own assumptions and estimations of how situations like this might play out and feel, but it's still unpleasant how inaccurate all of this is. We are not physically, sexually, or emotionally abused, or in any other way mistreated here. I have been in abusive situations in the past, and this is not one. I've gotten a lot out of this program and I'm a much happier person now than before I came here. The friends I've made here are some of the best friends I've ever had, and the people are some of the most amazing I've ever known.
Yes, people don't always like it here, but the best things that happen to us are also usually some of the hardest. I haven't always went along with the program this willingly, and I'm known here among the staff for openly questioning anything that seems off-whack to me. But I've had a year and a half to evaluate this school and my experience here, and I've come to the conclusion that it's a good thing. I don't regret a moment of it.
I'm a person who stands up for what I believe in and love, and this strength is partially due to my time here at Shortridge, and Shortridge is both of those things for me.
And yes, I, too, am real person. You can find me on facebook (under Eryn Fekete and Erin Fekete), and on myspace (myspace.com/bloodxnxaccident).

"Worried", I'm sure you've already spoken with Josh, and know that he's fine here. If this is the Josh that is still here today, you probably know that he's set to graduate at the same time as myself, in only a few weeks from now. I hope you had fun with this forum, in the meantime.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2009, 04:35:34 PM
Quote from: "blombrowski"
1.  Did shortridge help you personally  
2.  Is there another intervention that could have worked just as well and been less intrusive, one that you may not know about yet
3.  Did shortridge's intervention cause anybody else in the program harm



1. yes
2. If you're talking about escorting, yes and no. The choice to get me escorted to wilderness was my parents', not the school's. I attended wilderness twice, and the first time I was not escorted at all; similarly, I was not escorted from wilderness to Shortridge. The only reason I was escorted to begin with was the fear from my parents that I would run away and they would lose me forever if they tried to be reasonable with me. If you're talking about the program at Shortridge: who knows. Maybe yes, maybe no, but I do know that Shortridge is one of the less-intrusive programs out there, and it did help me. Could I have been helped from something even less intrusive than this? Maybe. But I wasn't: I was helped through this program, and I have no regrets about it. Isn't that enough?
3. No

And no, Shortridge doesn't just let people walk through the front door, no questions asked. There's a long reviewing process of every potential student before they're accepted, and a lot of questions are asked. It's unfair to assume that Shortridge is that blind or uncaring the previous treatment of the kids they accept here.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2009, 04:59:15 PM
Quote from: "Eryn Fekete"
Quote from: "blombrowski"
1.  Did shortridge help you personally  
2.  Is there another intervention that could have worked just as well and been less intrusive, one that you may not know about yet
3.  Did shortridge's intervention cause anybody else in the program harm



1. yes
2. If you're talking about escorting, yes and no. The choice to get me escorted to wilderness was my parents', not the school's. I attended wilderness twice, and the first time I was not escorted at all; similarly, I was not escorted from wilderness to Shortridge. The only reason I was escorted to begin with was the fear from my parents that I would run away and they would lose me forever if they tried to be reasonable with me. If you're talking about the program at Shortridge: who knows. Maybe yes, maybe no, but I do know that Shortridge is one of the less-intrusive programs out there, and it did help me. Could I have been helped from something even less intrusive than this? Maybe. But I wasn't: I was helped through this program, and I have no regrets about it. Isn't that enough?
3. No

And no, Shortridge doesn't just let people walk through the front door, no questions asked. There's a long reviewing process of every potential student before they're accepted, and a lot of questions are asked. It's unfair to assume that Shortridge is that blind or uncaring the previous treatment of the kids they accept here.


It’s very disturbing when a supposed victim of abduction refers to that experience as "escort." Elizabeth Smart insisted that her kidnapper was her loving husband despite persistent police questioning. I wonder, if her own parents insisted the same, she would have professed love him, her husband, a year out? I wonder if this is person is a program troll. God, I hope so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGtRVugNjcY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGtRVugNjcY)
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2009, 05:04:07 PM
Quote from: "Eryn Fekete"
I came here because of my drug use, dysfunctional relationship with my parents, inability to keep up with my schoolwork, and general lack of a future. .

No future, huh? Death, insanity, or jail, right? Where have I heard that before?

Why would a "dysfunctional relationship with your parents be something you would have to "work on"? I'd think that would be mom & dad's fault. They’re the adults here. In marriages, I've never heard of a wife being held prisoner or separated from her husband because of “her dysfunctional relationship with him.” Such would never be encouraged or tolerated, therapeutically or legally. Yet, a relationship which your parents are solely responsible for, you are blamed for.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2009, 05:08:58 PM
Quote from: "Guest"
Quote from: "Eryn Fekete"
Quote from: "blombrowski"
1.  Did shortridge help you personally  
2.  Is there another intervention that could have worked just as well and been less intrusive, one that you may not know about yet
3.  Did shortridge's intervention cause anybody else in the program harm



1. yes
2. If you're talking about escorting, yes and no. The choice to get me escorted to wilderness was my parents', not the school's. I attended wilderness twice, and the first time I was not escorted at all; similarly, I was not escorted from wilderness to Shortridge. The only reason I was escorted to begin with was the fear from my parents that I would run away and they would lose me forever if they tried to be reasonable with me. If you're talking about the program at Shortridge: who knows. Maybe yes, maybe no, but I do know that Shortridge is one of the less-intrusive programs out there, and it did help me. Could I have been helped from something even less intrusive than this? Maybe. But I wasn't: I was helped through this program, and I have no regrets about it. Isn't that enough?
3. No

And no, Shortridge doesn't just let people walk through the front door, no questions asked. There's a long reviewing process of every potential student before they're accepted, and a lot of questions are asked. It's unfair to assume that Shortridge is that blind or uncaring the previous treatment of the kids they accept here.


It’s very disturbing when a supposed victim of abduction refers to that experience as "escort." Elizabeth Smart insisted that her kidnapper was her loving husband despite persistent police questioning. I wonder, if her own parents insisted the same, she would have professed love him, her husband, a year out? I wonder if this is person is a program troll. God, I hope so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGtRVugNjcY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGtRVugNjcY)

OOps I misread you. You are still locked-up. I bet your Shortridge defense will truly prove to the guards, and your detainee group that you have really "accepted responsibility for yourself" are "trustworthy" and are "ready to go home."

Almost all of us made the same kinds of statements when we were in your position. Any "school" that accepts human beings delivered in chains is a gulag, a criminal organization, and a participant in violation, imprisonment and murder. Disgusting. Shame.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Ursus on July 07, 2009, 05:50:52 PM
Quote from: "Eryn Fekete"
Quote from: "Blombrowski"
3. Did shortridge's intervention cause anybody else in the program harm
3. No

One thing that is disturbing about this particular Q&A is that some former students at Shortridge Academy have posted to the contrary. We also know most of the founder's background as well as that of certain staff members which gives me, at least, great pause as to what actually goes on there.

I have no doubt, Eryn, that you probably believe your answer to be true and completely honest at this point in time. Perhaps it really is a good place for you, and you have benefited from your time there.

How unfortunate, however, that you are blind to some of the damaging effects Shortridge can have on others, despite that social awareness is probably one of the "values" you are supposedly learning there. Ya gotta wonder just how much "good" this degree of tunnel vision can do for long term prospects.

To my mind, Shortridge Academy is clearly a place that serves some kickass Kool-Aid.
Title: to Oscar Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on July 12, 2009, 10:04:26 PM
Why does the fornits wiki say "currently this school has a relatively good reputation." Lol. Where does that come from?
Title: Re: to Oscar Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Oscar on July 13, 2009, 12:38:11 AM
Quote from: "to Oscar"
Why does the fornits wiki say "currently this school has a relatively good reputation." Lol. Where does that come from?

It is vandalism (http://http://wiki.fornits.com/index.php?title=Shortridge_Academy&action=history) made by  66.225.38.161 (http://http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois/?tool_id=66&token=&toolhandler_redirect=0&ip=+66.225.38.161+) , I have missed.

It will be corrected.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on July 13, 2009, 09:10:26 AM
kickass kool- aid. Yes.
Title: Re: to Oscar Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on July 13, 2009, 05:55:49 PM
Quote from: "Oscar"
Quote from: "to Oscar"
Why does the fornits wiki say "currently this school has a relatively good reputation." Lol. Where does that come from?

It is vandalism (http://http://wiki.fornits.com/index.php?title=Shortridge_Academy&action=history) made by  66.225.38.161 (http://http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois/?tool_id=66&token=&toolhandler_redirect=0&ip=+66.225.38.161+) , I have missed.

It will be corrected.


I thought so...Jesus Christ. Please post the ip of the vandal.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Anonymous on November 16, 2009, 10:31:32 AM
I went to shortridge.
i suffered from depression and anger.
Shortridge saves kids lives, and wrecks others. But it doesn't wreck kids because of the program, the kids are to naive to notice their potential.
Although Shortridge was one of the hardest things i have ever had to do, it changed my life.
I didn't put in enough work though, i got pulled at my 8th month.

its a 18 month program.
mike strader, (a counsular there) has changed MANY kids lives.

okayyy, bye.
-coleman christopher
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Michael William on June 08, 2011, 02:02:27 AM
It makes me upset to see the kinds of things people are writing about Short ridge academy as I am an alumni and graduate myself. Let me begin by saying every person/teen has their own process of healing; healing from whatever deep hurtful things happened in the past. The point where short ridge is most effective, or not, in helping teens heal, ultimately comes down to how willing said teen is to take their issues seriously. If the person cant take responsibility for themself and stop blaming others, then SRA wont work.
To clear the fog... There is absolutely no violence used to reprimand students. I was also taken in the middle of the night by strangers, who based on what I was doing at that time in my life I thought were taking me somewhere to kill me. That obviously ended up not being the case.

For all parents considering sending their children to this place, I say do it. But dont change your mind three months later. That shows a lack of commitment to the teen. However it is very important that you(as the parent)  think seriously about how your issues have impacted the baggage your child carries, AND BE WILLING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT while you child is at SRA. Many parents send their children to SRA thinking its going to fix them. I think we can all agree Healing is a collaborative effort. Shortridge staff will do a lot of prodding at issues and many times will get to the bottom of some very hurtful things. But for people looking to be emotionally healthy, taking these issues head on early is pivotal to being an emotionally healthy adult and not continuing to run from it. Shortridge specializes in this healing process, but again, healing is a collaborative effort, is a process and takes 100% comittment. You cant force someone to look at their issues.
Teens may say how bad the place is, how bad thier parents are for doing it, but they are teens and thats what teens say. It will make scene to them later why they went to shortride. and down the road, if they still dont agree, then said individual was lazy and didn't do any emotional work on themselves.
I want to clear-up a couple of other things too. Adam Rainer and Bruce Wilson are great individuals and personally helped me become the person I am today.
I was very troubled before I arrived at short ridge. I come from a large intercity in the US and experienced very intense, and psychologically scaring things at a young age. Shortridge turned that around for me, but more importantly gave me the tools I needed to maintain when things got tough after I graduated. I went from high school dropout to the top five percent of my graduating university class. I now have experience working for companies across the US and have worked abroad since I left shortridge. The reality is, the reason that was possible was because I, and my parents, with the help of SRA were willing to put in the work necessary to change.
Please feel free to ask any questions. I'd be glad to clear up any stigma that still exists.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE BLASTING THIS SCHOOL, go check it out (im positive they will let you) before you write anything else that compromises SRA's integrity. Thank you
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Michael William on June 09, 2011, 05:04:24 AM
Thanks for that Whooter.
Back to my original point. You have to be willing to look at the issues to change. If you call looking at issues brainwashing then you are subject to the same mental conditioning that creates social problems in the first place.
For everyone reading this blog, the most important thing Shortridge taught me is the difference between reacting and responding and the social awareness to know the difference. If anything I say or anything SRA does makes someone mad or upset to the point where they take it out over a blog, you yourself probably have a difficult time understanding the difference between the two.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Ursus on June 09, 2011, 12:16:26 PM
Quote from: "Michael William"
The point where short ridge is most effective, or not, in helping teens heal, ultimately comes down to how willing said teen is to take their issues seriously. If the person cant take responsibility for themself and stop blaming others, then SRA wont work.
Thanks for sharing your story, Michael. I have a coupla quick questions for you, if you don't mind...

Who gets to decide what a given teen's "issues" are? Shortridge Academy? The parents? The teen in question?

Also, why is there so much focus on the concept of "blame?" This seems to be a common theme in many programs, if not all of them.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Michael William on June 10, 2011, 01:05:06 AM
Sure...
I'm obviously not a therapist so you need to consult a professional for how it ideally should be practiced.

There is a process of healing, one of the preliminary stages being denial. In this stage many people feel more comfortable taking a victim role and looking at the world with anger as if everyone is out to get them (which I think it is to a certain extent). The thing is many people react, as opposed to respond, when they get these feelings of being not good enough, worthless etc. and they blame other for feeling the way they do instead of being proactive. Some issues are very hard to deal with even with SA to help BUT Its even harder to deal with unless you have an avenue (like SRA).
SRA tries to help identify the issues, sometimes even labeling them for a student. I would say, for me at least, SA established more of a framework to enable me to look at the issues. They gave me ideas and passed along critical feedback in the process. Again, the process is never perfect, and again said person has to be willing to grow-up emotionally otherwise it won't work. There has to be an inner commitment and a desire for improvement, which is why wilderness programs are recommended before entering shortridge.
The blame concept is perhaps mis-phrased/misunderstood. What it means is not taking responsibility for ones reactions that are based on personal insecurities and denial of ones ownership of the issue.
Hope this clarifies...
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: Michael William on June 17, 2011, 08:00:54 AM
Quote from: "went to shortridge"
shortridge was a horrible expierience, and while i was there one of the counselors who was leading the group therapy and advising us why not to engage in bad behavior was accused of having sex and giving alcohol and ciggerettes to some of the students, and was then fired. theres an idea of what a great place shortridge academy was
thats too bad, and if it damaged your experience thats sad. But ultimately your growth was your own responsibility not only one staff member. There are over 20 other staff members that are supportive and willing to help. What you have posted above is a cop-out.
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: goldbergs15 on May 04, 2012, 02:29:21 PM
I am currently a student in shortridge academy. It is the worst place i have ever been, I much rather of stayed in Juvey. For all the people who used to go here there was a riot a week ago and it was fucking awesome!  :fuckoff:  :flame:
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: goldbergs15 on May 04, 2012, 02:36:59 PM
Quote from: "Michael William"
Sure...
I'm obviously not a therapist so you need to consult a professional for how it ideally should be practiced.
Fuck shortridge man
There is a process of healing, one of the preliminary stages being denial. In this stage many people feel more comfortable taking a victim role and looking at the world with anger as if everyone is out to get them (which I think it is to a certain extent). The thing is many people react, as opposed to respond, when they get these feelings of being not good enough, worthless etc. and they blame other for feeling the way they do instead of being proactive. Some issues are very hard to deal with even with SA to help BUT Its even harder to deal with unless you have an avenue (like SRA).
SRA tries to help identify the issues, sometimes even labeling them for a student. I would say, for me at least, SA established more of a framework to enable me to look at the issues. They gave me ideas and passed along critical feedback in the process. Again, the process is never perfect, and again said person has to be willing to grow-up emotionally otherwise it won't work. There has to be an inner commitment and a desire for improvement, which is why wilderness programs are recommended before entering shortridge.
The blame concept is perhaps mis-phrased/misunderstood. What it means is not taking responsibility for ones reactions that are based on personal insecurities and denial of ones ownership of the issue.
Hope this clarifies...
Title: Re: shortridge academy
Post by: smith33 on August 18, 2012, 01:23:56 PM
Nothing comes easy. Academy’s programs are made for youth’s positive development. It increases the positive and decreases the negative behavior of the students. It is based on PYD (Positive Youth Development). the age of the students in this level is so sensitive, and I think the school should have resolute rules.