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The Troubled Teen Industry / Holding parents accountable
« on: October 10, 2007, 05:06:04 PM »
Those are two very good posts. :lol:
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The Troubled Teen Industry / Holding parents accountable
« on: October 10, 2007, 04:08:35 PM »
(((((((((P.MOM))))))))
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The Troubled Teen Industry / The hearings have started, watch the hearings
« on: October 10, 2007, 02:16:46 PM »
Is there a recorded version somewhere that I can watch? I missed it live, couldn't get the link to work for me.
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The Troubled Teen Industry / Holding parents accountable
« on: October 10, 2007, 02:15:13 PM »
whoah~ step back people...
As a mother of 5 ranging from 20 years to 21 months. Survivor of Straight and a few other programs.
I hardly think it is fair to make a blanket statement like that about anyone seeking help for there child.
The problem is as with everything in this consumer driven society we live in; is MONEY is the bottom line. To make money these corps. hire huge and very well educated ( Not meaning intelligence) just credentials Marketing firms to do just that, market the agenda. Their Agenda. To fill beds. Just google Troubled teen and se what you get. i know preachin to the choir....
No parent says "I am so messed up and have messed my kid up so I am going to send them away to a Treatment Center". Maybe place them with Family, Foster Care or a Ward of the State. But Not a treatment center.
These treatment Centers prey on Parents emotions that are usually worn thread bare by the time they even begin to consider placement. And the decision is usually helped along fron the public school sector. Johny seems more active then normal take him to his doc. for some eval. and meds. Johnny isn't doing well in class let's put him in an OHI class. Johnny doesn't get along well with others, might I suggest you meet with the IEP Team and come up with a plan. Johnny might be a harm to himself or others, we know of a facility that can help you. Don't worry his IEP or FAPT will pay for it. Do you see?
??
Most parents look at these as boarding School situations and think they are doing the best by there child, but unfortunately for the kids they have not done all their homework on both sides. They only read all the pomp and circumstance instead of getting real references from actual families. A pre released ready to go list saying to call so and so.
I know because I have one of these kids. I have looked at options, I have one councelor for him that recommends wilderness camp. Will I do it, no.
have I probably messed up as a parent? You bet. Do I have their best interest and pursuit at happiness at the forfront of everyhting I do for them? You bet! Will they always be happy with every decision I make for them. Heck no.
I think the main focus should be getting the word about the truth to the ones that make all the recomendations to the parents. Phys. Counselors, School Guidance Coun. IEP Teams, FAPT Teams. use your voice, but constructivly to be taken seriously.
~~~~~~>Steps down from Soapbox
one more thing.promise
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord Ephesians 6:4
If more parents would remember this and not react so quickly whether in anger or from suggestion of others. And rely on what they know to be right. They might find out they knew what to do all along.
~Chris
As a mother of 5 ranging from 20 years to 21 months. Survivor of Straight and a few other programs.
I hardly think it is fair to make a blanket statement like that about anyone seeking help for there child.
The problem is as with everything in this consumer driven society we live in; is MONEY is the bottom line. To make money these corps. hire huge and very well educated ( Not meaning intelligence) just credentials Marketing firms to do just that, market the agenda. Their Agenda. To fill beds. Just google Troubled teen and se what you get. i know preachin to the choir....
No parent says "I am so messed up and have messed my kid up so I am going to send them away to a Treatment Center". Maybe place them with Family, Foster Care or a Ward of the State. But Not a treatment center.
These treatment Centers prey on Parents emotions that are usually worn thread bare by the time they even begin to consider placement. And the decision is usually helped along fron the public school sector. Johny seems more active then normal take him to his doc. for some eval. and meds. Johnny isn't doing well in class let's put him in an OHI class. Johnny doesn't get along well with others, might I suggest you meet with the IEP Team and come up with a plan. Johnny might be a harm to himself or others, we know of a facility that can help you. Don't worry his IEP or FAPT will pay for it. Do you see?
??Most parents look at these as boarding School situations and think they are doing the best by there child, but unfortunately for the kids they have not done all their homework on both sides. They only read all the pomp and circumstance instead of getting real references from actual families. A pre released ready to go list saying to call so and so.
I know because I have one of these kids. I have looked at options, I have one councelor for him that recommends wilderness camp. Will I do it, no.
have I probably messed up as a parent? You bet. Do I have their best interest and pursuit at happiness at the forfront of everyhting I do for them? You bet! Will they always be happy with every decision I make for them. Heck no.
I think the main focus should be getting the word about the truth to the ones that make all the recomendations to the parents. Phys. Counselors, School Guidance Coun. IEP Teams, FAPT Teams. use your voice, but constructivly to be taken seriously.
~~~~~~>Steps down from Soapbox
one more thing.promise
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord Ephesians 6:4
If more parents would remember this and not react so quickly whether in anger or from suggestion of others. And rely on what they know to be right. They might find out they knew what to do all along.
~Chris
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The Troubled Teen Industry / The hearings have started, watch the hearings
« on: October 10, 2007, 11:51:00 AM »
I can't get the link to work
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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Congress to hold hearings
« on: October 10, 2007, 06:45:49 AM »
Your welcome.
Sorry I had to edit, caught a speeling oops.
I hope you are able to be at peace today and not overly anxious, but just know that either way things go, today you are a whole person.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6
This is my mindset today. For myself I need to be focused and move on. I had the best intention o fwriting my Story, My Testimony, but I just couldn't. The past few weeks have just been a flood; and to put it on paper was just giving it too much power for me.Giving it life. I wasn't just in one facility but several. So there are many directions my mind goes.
But for those that are strong and in process of healing I hope each one of their stories gets to the appropriate people and hearts would be swayed.
Good Morning
~Chris
Sorry I had to edit, caught a speeling oops.
I hope you are able to be at peace today and not overly anxious, but just know that either way things go, today you are a whole person.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6
This is my mindset today. For myself I need to be focused and move on. I had the best intention o fwriting my Story, My Testimony, but I just couldn't. The past few weeks have just been a flood; and to put it on paper was just giving it too much power for me.Giving it life. I wasn't just in one facility but several. So there are many directions my mind goes.
But for those that are strong and in process of healing I hope each one of their stories gets to the appropriate people and hearts would be swayed.
Good Morning
~Chris
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Open Free for All / Current Location is?
« on: October 09, 2007, 10:41:39 PM »
safe travels!
more pics!
more pics!
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Let It Bleed / Let's talk Attention Deficit Disorder...
« on: October 09, 2007, 10:37:46 PM »
Can I just storm I here and wank for a minute!!!!!!!
I hate my sons IEP! His schools is crazy! His doc's are crazy! And I apparently am not too far behind.
There ~~~~~~~~~>feels much better now.
I told my 15 year old about straight tonight
I din't get into the details just the mention of the removal of my civil liberties and the reasons I advocate so hard for him.
If there are any praying men or women out here tonight, I would certainly covet your prayers.
~CM
I hate my sons IEP! His schools is crazy! His doc's are crazy! And I apparently am not too far behind.
There ~~~~~~~~~>feels much better now.
I told my 15 year old about straight tonight
I din't get into the details just the mention of the removal of my civil liberties and the reasons I advocate so hard for him.If there are any praying men or women out here tonight, I would certainly covet your prayers.
~CM
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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Congress to hold hearings
« on: October 09, 2007, 10:33:52 PM »
This is going to sound really preachy...And for that I apologize if you take offense. But It was the first thing that came to mind when I read your passionate plea.
"Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God."
1 Corinthians 4:5
hence.....
Judge no man before his time.
Sorry you are feeling so frustrated. I can understand, though I am working towards striking this whole thing up as experiance.
"Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God."
1 Corinthians 4:5
hence.....
Judge no man before his time.
Sorry you are feeling so frustrated. I can understand, though I am working towards striking this whole thing up as experiance.
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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Preferred Method for smoking the "Buddah"
« on: October 09, 2007, 10:26:29 PM »
Wasn't posting it for that reason. 
And I don't want to give that impression. Just these days people need to be very careful of idle talk cause' one never knows when it could come back and bite them in the-.......well you get the picture.
There is no condemnation here.
I would be the very last to throw any stones your way :wink:
I hope your feeling better !!
~Chris
And I don't want to give that impression. Just these days people need to be very careful of idle talk cause' one never knows when it could come back and bite them in the-.......well you get the picture.
There is no condemnation here.
I would be the very last to throw any stones your way :wink:
I hope your feeling better !!
~Chris
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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Preferred Method for smoking the "Buddah"
« on: October 09, 2007, 08:57:57 AM »
'Digital Dirt' Derailing Job Seekers
Careful what you blog, record, or videotape on the Net. More and more employers are searching online for information about job applicants, and what you post could come back to haunt you.
How to Clean Up Your Digital Dirt
Before It Trashes Your Job Search
By Jared Flesher
Unflattering personal information drifting around the Internet, known by some as "digital dirt," can doom a job search before it even gets started. Job hunters should know that recruiters can, and often do, read much of what's posted about them on the Web.
Christine Hirsch, president of Chicago Resources, a professional-services recruiting firm, says she regularly uses Google.com and other sites to check on candidates. In one instance, she found details about a candidate on a law-school Web site describing disciplinary actions related to a fraternity prank involving public intoxication. The candidate, who had received a verbal offer (and who had disclosed a drunk-driving conviction in college), didn't get the job after the new information surfaced.
According to a 2005 survey of 102 executive recruiters by ExecuNet, an executive job-search and networking organization, 75% of recruiters use search engines to uncover information about candidates, and 26% of recruiters have eliminated candidates because of information found online.
Search engines aren't going away, so here are some tips to help job seekers clean up their digital dirt.
Google yourself.
First, find out what's out there. Go to a popular search engine (Google.com, Yahoo.com or MSN.com will do) and type your name in quotation marks.
I recently Googled my name and found that the top two results were pages I'd rather recruiters not see. One was a link to a page from the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. My name is there only because someone posted a response I made to reader mail about an article on real-estate commissions. All the same, I'd rather not be associated with the matter. The other link is to a gushing article I wrote about an online game I used to play. Nothing scandalous, but recruiters might not know I wrote it when I was 14.
If you find something you'd rather the world didn't see, contact the site's owner and ask that it be removed. If you get a "no," contacting search engines isn't likely to help. To date, I haven't looked into getting my mentions removed.
Clean up your Facebook.
Search engines might not find your risqué profile on social-networking sites like Facebook.com, but that doesn't mean it's hidden from recruiters. Chris Hughes, a spokesman for Facebook, says he's heard that recruiters with alumni email addresses log in to look up job candidates who attended the same school.
A 21-year-old Virginia university student, a sociology major, recently cleaned up her Facebook profile -- including removing a picture of her pole dancing in a cowgirl outfit at sorority social.
"At the time, I thought it was a great idea," she says. "I mean, who has a picture of themselves swinging on a pole?"
She doesn't want to take any chances now that she's job hunting. "It's just really unprofessional," she says.
Mr. Hughes points out that Facebook members can change privacy settings so that only other students, or only confirmed friends, can view their information.
Bury your dirt.
You may be able to cover up your digital dirt by crowding it out with positive information. Search engines typically rank their results based on the number of sites that link to those pages. The more links, the higher the search ranking. Make sure the pages you want recruiters to see have more links to them than the pages you'd rather keep hidden.
"The best way to make something [bad] go away is to have a lot of 'online presence' of your own," says Luis Villa, senior technology analyst at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. He suggests starting a Web page or a blog.
Tune in to your blog buzz.
Just because you may be paranoid doesn't mean people aren't talking trash about you online. You can monitor your Web presence through sites like Pubsub.com, which will alert you by email when your name is mentioned in Internet newsgroups, blogs and securities filings.
"It's like putting a filter on a hose and catching information as it goes by," says Salim Ismail, chief executive officer and co-founder of the site, which is based in New York.
Paul Kedrosky, a venture-capital investor in Vancouver who blogs about technology and finance, says he tracks his online reputation on Pubsub and similar sites such as Feedster.
"Getting regular reports on what people are saying about things related to me is really useful because a lot of times there are errors," he says. "You want to make sure you set the record straight."
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting ... esher.html
Careful what you blog, record, or videotape on the Net. More and more employers are searching online for information about job applicants, and what you post could come back to haunt you.
How to Clean Up Your Digital Dirt
Before It Trashes Your Job Search
By Jared Flesher
Unflattering personal information drifting around the Internet, known by some as "digital dirt," can doom a job search before it even gets started. Job hunters should know that recruiters can, and often do, read much of what's posted about them on the Web.
Christine Hirsch, president of Chicago Resources, a professional-services recruiting firm, says she regularly uses Google.com and other sites to check on candidates. In one instance, she found details about a candidate on a law-school Web site describing disciplinary actions related to a fraternity prank involving public intoxication. The candidate, who had received a verbal offer (and who had disclosed a drunk-driving conviction in college), didn't get the job after the new information surfaced.
According to a 2005 survey of 102 executive recruiters by ExecuNet, an executive job-search and networking organization, 75% of recruiters use search engines to uncover information about candidates, and 26% of recruiters have eliminated candidates because of information found online.
Search engines aren't going away, so here are some tips to help job seekers clean up their digital dirt.
Google yourself.
First, find out what's out there. Go to a popular search engine (Google.com, Yahoo.com or MSN.com will do) and type your name in quotation marks.
I recently Googled my name and found that the top two results were pages I'd rather recruiters not see. One was a link to a page from the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. My name is there only because someone posted a response I made to reader mail about an article on real-estate commissions. All the same, I'd rather not be associated with the matter. The other link is to a gushing article I wrote about an online game I used to play. Nothing scandalous, but recruiters might not know I wrote it when I was 14.
If you find something you'd rather the world didn't see, contact the site's owner and ask that it be removed. If you get a "no," contacting search engines isn't likely to help. To date, I haven't looked into getting my mentions removed.
Clean up your Facebook.
Search engines might not find your risqué profile on social-networking sites like Facebook.com, but that doesn't mean it's hidden from recruiters. Chris Hughes, a spokesman for Facebook, says he's heard that recruiters with alumni email addresses log in to look up job candidates who attended the same school.
A 21-year-old Virginia university student, a sociology major, recently cleaned up her Facebook profile -- including removing a picture of her pole dancing in a cowgirl outfit at sorority social.
"At the time, I thought it was a great idea," she says. "I mean, who has a picture of themselves swinging on a pole?"
She doesn't want to take any chances now that she's job hunting. "It's just really unprofessional," she says.
Mr. Hughes points out that Facebook members can change privacy settings so that only other students, or only confirmed friends, can view their information.
Bury your dirt.
You may be able to cover up your digital dirt by crowding it out with positive information. Search engines typically rank their results based on the number of sites that link to those pages. The more links, the higher the search ranking. Make sure the pages you want recruiters to see have more links to them than the pages you'd rather keep hidden.
"The best way to make something [bad] go away is to have a lot of 'online presence' of your own," says Luis Villa, senior technology analyst at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. He suggests starting a Web page or a blog.
Tune in to your blog buzz.
Just because you may be paranoid doesn't mean people aren't talking trash about you online. You can monitor your Web presence through sites like Pubsub.com, which will alert you by email when your name is mentioned in Internet newsgroups, blogs and securities filings.
"It's like putting a filter on a hose and catching information as it goes by," says Salim Ismail, chief executive officer and co-founder of the site, which is based in New York.
Paul Kedrosky, a venture-capital investor in Vancouver who blogs about technology and finance, says he tracks his online reputation on Pubsub and similar sites such as Feedster.
"Getting regular reports on what people are saying about things related to me is really useful because a lot of times there are errors," he says. "You want to make sure you set the record straight."
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting ... esher.html
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Let It Bleed / Let's talk Attention Deficit Disorder...
« on: October 08, 2007, 03:01:02 PM »
You know I just typed a huge post and for the life of me don't know how the heck I deleated it. :cry2:
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Let's talk about the weather... / TROLL
« on: October 07, 2007, 09:37:20 PM »
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who intentionally posts controversial or contrary messages in an on-line community such as an on-line discussion forum with the intention of baiting users into an argumentative response
duh ::bangin::
duh ::bangin::
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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Preferred Method for smoking the "Buddah"
« on: October 07, 2007, 12:27:38 PM »
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Let It Bleed / Let's talk Attention Deficit Disorder...
« on: October 06, 2007, 09:34:38 PM »
lol :wink:
well actually......he is on meds. has to be for the bi polar. otherwise he is sucidal.
I am adderall to deal with fibro fog a narcolepsy. Unfortunately no buzz involved. but if Ii told ya what Ii just came off of you'd be so jealous :rofl:
http://www.fmnetnews.com/basics-symptoms.php
but anyways enough about me.
back to kids and add
well actually......he is on meds. has to be for the bi polar. otherwise he is sucidal.
I am adderall to deal with fibro fog a narcolepsy. Unfortunately no buzz involved. but if Ii told ya what Ii just came off of you'd be so jealous :rofl:
http://www.fmnetnews.com/basics-symptoms.php
but anyways enough about me.
back to kids and add
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