Our independent investigators can be educational consultants WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED AT ALL SUCH AS CHECKING OUT FOR A POSSIBE REFERAL.Their qualifications?We can have someone who has some free time and wants to help. In such a case as that,we provide with things to look for such as the enrolled child is allowed the proper dignty and respect. An un-satisfactory rating can be a combination of very minor things or one major thing. Minor can be there was not a bar of soap in the bathroom. That would not result in a removal but it would be noted with the person who is reviewing the facility. Major can be that a faciity is refusing to let the reviewer get enough unsupervised time to question the enrolled children.In the case of the latter, we would cease refering to that facility. We would also advise the parents that we refered to that program of our findings and that it might be best to remove that child from that facility. As far as ISAC, I personally do not have much of a negative attitude towards them. My only problem with them is that they tend to nit pick and they will blacklist anyone who uses escorts.It is possible that other members of Pure have more of a beef with ISAC. And for parents having concerns unanswered, I really do not understand how that can be possible. We do everything in our power to answer any inquiries from parents. And for parents having private forums that others may not participate in, that is really out of my control. I make sure all pertinent info be released to parents. And for Cheryl's situation, I do not comment on every alledged situation. In the event that a state revokes a license, if it also violates our guidelines for a safe facility we will remove that facility. Just because a state revokes a license is not reason enough to deem that facility as an unsafe place. If any owner of a facility is suspected of child abuse that looks like a REASONABLE CLAIM,we will cease refering to that program and notify the parents as I stated above. I WILL NOT CEASE TO REFER EVERY TIME A CHILD MAKES AN ALLEGATION. It has to be an allegation with reasonable cause to be concerned. If a facility misleads consumers, I will tell them to please amend that statement.If I feel it is a major event of misleading consumers, I will cease refering to that program and notify the parents. Group therapy by an unlicensed person would be noted , but I would not consider that a major infraction unless that person was giving medical advice and such. As for a child being left unattended, it depends. Is it a one time mishap? Is it the same employee? Has that employee been disiplined in the correct manner? If it is a constant problem, then I will cease refering and notify the parents. Please understand that I have no control of whether or not a parent reacts to any information that I pass along to them. I hope this answers your questions and thank you for your interest in Pure.
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I am one of the good people in all of this.[ This Message was edited by: Susan Scheff on 2005-03-23 16:39 ]
