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Thayer Learning Center / My Son At Thayer
« on: May 11, 2005, 11:12:00 AM »
...but it doesn't get past the fact that therapeutic boarding schools (at least some of them) lead to good results with a lot of kids.
Please go back a couple of pages and read my post(s)regarding this. THAYER IS NOT A THERAPEUTIC SCHOOL!
Sure there's restraint of kids who are bent on self-destruction in the schools I'm talking about, and maybe hard work and emotionally painful passages---sorry if that offends you, sometimes kids need serious limits.
My argument is about neglect & abuse. If you read the articles NOT written by a money hungry attorney, but actual quotes from the investigation on the boy's death you will find that there is plenty of evidence that he was neglected and abused there. The "recluse" that bit him was just listed as a probable cause of death.
It is interesting to note that in autopsy not all information; for example: My mother died after suffering with pancreas cancer. The autopsy report did not say ANYTHING about her terminal illness. It stated simply that she died of liver failure and emphysema- (sorry- I'm not looking up the medical spellings for any of this stuff). Anyway, the point is that these "symptoms of death" were in direct correlation to her illness which was NOT mentioned, you get my point I think. The Reyes boy's investigation has many findings ALONG with the recluse spider bite. It states clearly that it is probable that if he had been treated that he would not have died, isn't that enough for you? Also- it is important to note that the fee to send your child to this place is about 4k per month. They make the kids sleep on the concrete ground in a sleeping bag in a room that DID NOT HAVE screens on the windows therefore spiders abound! There are so many other things that happen there including not allowing the kids to use the bathroom- is that humane? My child was refused medical care TWO times also while in this program. AGAIN- IT IS NOT A THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM- go back to my previous posts to explain why it does not qualify as one. When you read the investigation you will also find that their medical officer (ms. Dorothy) who is also in charge of the kitchen and has to my knowledge (and per the report) no medical training (with exception to her EXPIRED EMT certificate.
"I keep getting the sense that there are a lot of people here who are really hostile to being adults. Don't know if you are one of them. But what I do know is that there is a serious negative death-energy that some teens get into--- and it is a blessing when there is a way for them to get out of it. "
I know TWO boys who are in GOOD therapeutic schools. They have counseling daily, they have open parental contact, they have meds if they need them, they are cared for. They sleep in beds, they are allowed to use the bathroom when needed, they are allowed to seek medical care when needed, and they are getting an education.
Maybe this is the same kind of place you are talking about. I believe they exist. I also understand about the kids/parents and these horrific programs as my child was at TLC, I sent him there, and THANK GOD we knew something was wrong and rescued him. The stories are endless on what went on there, and after hearing my son and then talking to other kids and parents who we never met, who spanned the time since they opened to present and the stories were SO ALIKE that you could not deny that the kids were telling the truth- you gotta believe them. Also, again, go back and read the last few posts of mine, you WILL SEE direct quotes from a letter I recevied from the Child Protective Services, if this doesn't open your eyes to the lack of authority they have in that state I don't know what will. So, as I said in that previous post- send your child to a State where they have jurisdiction so that IF anything does "smell" you can do something about it.
Please go back a couple of pages and read my post(s)regarding this. THAYER IS NOT A THERAPEUTIC SCHOOL!
Sure there's restraint of kids who are bent on self-destruction in the schools I'm talking about, and maybe hard work and emotionally painful passages---sorry if that offends you, sometimes kids need serious limits.
My argument is about neglect & abuse. If you read the articles NOT written by a money hungry attorney, but actual quotes from the investigation on the boy's death you will find that there is plenty of evidence that he was neglected and abused there. The "recluse" that bit him was just listed as a probable cause of death.
It is interesting to note that in autopsy not all information; for example: My mother died after suffering with pancreas cancer. The autopsy report did not say ANYTHING about her terminal illness. It stated simply that she died of liver failure and emphysema- (sorry- I'm not looking up the medical spellings for any of this stuff). Anyway, the point is that these "symptoms of death" were in direct correlation to her illness which was NOT mentioned, you get my point I think. The Reyes boy's investigation has many findings ALONG with the recluse spider bite. It states clearly that it is probable that if he had been treated that he would not have died, isn't that enough for you? Also- it is important to note that the fee to send your child to this place is about 4k per month. They make the kids sleep on the concrete ground in a sleeping bag in a room that DID NOT HAVE screens on the windows therefore spiders abound! There are so many other things that happen there including not allowing the kids to use the bathroom- is that humane? My child was refused medical care TWO times also while in this program. AGAIN- IT IS NOT A THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM- go back to my previous posts to explain why it does not qualify as one. When you read the investigation you will also find that their medical officer (ms. Dorothy) who is also in charge of the kitchen and has to my knowledge (and per the report) no medical training (with exception to her EXPIRED EMT certificate.
"I keep getting the sense that there are a lot of people here who are really hostile to being adults. Don't know if you are one of them. But what I do know is that there is a serious negative death-energy that some teens get into--- and it is a blessing when there is a way for them to get out of it. "
I know TWO boys who are in GOOD therapeutic schools. They have counseling daily, they have open parental contact, they have meds if they need them, they are cared for. They sleep in beds, they are allowed to use the bathroom when needed, they are allowed to seek medical care when needed, and they are getting an education.
Maybe this is the same kind of place you are talking about. I believe they exist. I also understand about the kids/parents and these horrific programs as my child was at TLC, I sent him there, and THANK GOD we knew something was wrong and rescued him. The stories are endless on what went on there, and after hearing my son and then talking to other kids and parents who we never met, who spanned the time since they opened to present and the stories were SO ALIKE that you could not deny that the kids were telling the truth- you gotta believe them. Also, again, go back and read the last few posts of mine, you WILL SEE direct quotes from a letter I recevied from the Child Protective Services, if this doesn't open your eyes to the lack of authority they have in that state I don't know what will. So, as I said in that previous post- send your child to a State where they have jurisdiction so that IF anything does "smell" you can do something about it.