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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => Facility Question and Answers => Topic started by: Anonymous on December 25, 2009, 10:19:23 AM
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hi im in the program harmony heights. ill answer any questions you have about it. just for background i am a 17 year old girl and have been in the program for 2 years. i live there moonday-friday and go home evvery weekend.
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1) What is the communication policy. Are personal cell phones allowed on campus for instance?
2) Do they have a level system?
3) Are there any girls on the campus who talk about other placements that they have been at? If they report being abused at another program does the staff follow-up and make complaints?
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My local district is suggesting Harmony Heights. I am interested in as much info as possible.
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Harmony Heights is not bad, but neither is it particularly intensive. At one point a few years ago, it took them from February to April to agree to consider one candidate as one of 60 vying for 20 spots in a summer day program starting in June --- yet the candidate needed full-time residential care/treatment. (The 24/7 conclusion was shared by parents, school admin., school psychologist, and private psychiatrist. It was not a "ship her out so we don't have to deal" situation.) Basically, it seems to be a 5-day program with residential supplement. IF the need is relatively soft, and IF she would be admitted in a timely manner to the kind of program she needed, it could work satisfactorily. That said, there are many good options outside NY (and sadly, too few within the state).
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Sure, you just advertise your pet program on Fornits to some newbie. What could go wrong?