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HEAL HEAL’S MISSION STATEMENT HEAL is an egalitarian network of activists self-empowered to plan events, create change, and make the world a better place for all life. Our goals include the liberation of humans, nonhuman animals, and the earth! We work in cooperation with like-minded organizations that put compassion in action! |
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HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY (a.k.a. ridge creek school, ridge creek wilderness) dahlonega, GA
SURVIVOR
REPORTS Report
One: By Anonymous Survivor Your
[HEAL’s] assumption that Hidden Lake Academy is an abusive facility is
correct, in spite of the fact that they are expensive ($5,400 +/mo) and
have ‘licensed’ staff. Among other abuses that former participants have
alleged, they apparently: *Accept teens in violation of the ICPC. *Diagnose teens during interviews with
prospective parents, based on the parents observations. *Limit the teens access to parents and forbid
contact with other family members. *Screen incoming and outgoing mail. *Do not allow teens access to a public phone or
allow unmonitored communications. *Perform restraints in violation of their
statement against such. *Have a limited calorie diet for teens who are on
“restriction”, which technically could go on indefinitely. *Require teens to clean the grounds, make trails,
dig ditches, and pick up trash as punishment. *Operated for 7 years without a license as a
traditional boarding school while advertising to the public as a
Therapeutic
College-Prep
Boarding School; and stating at their website that a portion of the
monthly tuition may be covered by medical
insurance and that monthly tuition may be tax deductible.
They are not listed with the Office of Regulatory
Services
as a http://www2.state.ga.us/Departments/DHR/ORS/ *They are not listed with the DOE as a private school:http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_dbs/schools/private.asp?u_SystemID=693 *While HLA is listed as a Educational Agency with
Special Purpose at Ga Accrediting Commission
*Opened an unlicensed Wilderness Program and professed that it was not a
boot camp, yet until recently, the majority
of
employees were ex-military who did not possess credentials or experience
working with teens or families. *They violate many of the state regulations set
up to protect patients rights and safeguard against abuse. http://www2.state.ga.us/Departments/DHR/ORS/ *While HLA doesn’t state that they are associated with CEDU, they use CEDU terms and similar techniques such as “peer groups, rap, bans, fall-out, etc”. Their name has been mentioned in association with CEDU. http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/1994/10/np03.html
and
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewforum.php?forum=41
*The original Headmaster at HLA who was a former
CEDU employee went on to help start another east coast facility
which had problems with CPS for not possessing a license and for
abuse alleged by a former employee. http://old.valleyadvocate.com/articles/swiftriver.html
*The owner of HLA is an Educational Consultant
and only refers to his programs. http://www.educationalconsultant.net/About%20us.htm
He funded the creation of an industry association-NATSAP http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/1999/4/news01.html
which opposed legislation designed to protect ‘escorted’ teens. http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/1999/7/seen03.html The fact that they list homosexuality as a
‘problem’ is curious, as many who have met the owner believe him to
be a homosexual. Report
Two: By Amanda M. I attended HLA for almost three
weeks. After about 11 days there, another girl and I attempted escape.
We were then placed on the restriction. She cooperated, I did not. I
was eventually kept in their "isolation cabin" with someone
watching 24/7. I was purposely fed moldy bread, warm, old cheese and 1
piece of rotten fruit every meal, which I refused. Nothing but warm
water was provided at meals. I was kept in the isolation cabin with
rats, mice, and other insects. I was not allowed to brush my teeth for
over 2 days. I was menstruating and not given any feminine products,
nor a change of clothes, nor a shower. I received a shower at the
local detention center over 3 days after my isolation started, after I
found that I could walk away, only to be arrested, which unfortunately
was my best option (got me a shower and a phone call). I left the
detention center 3 hours later...I was never sent back to HLA and
finished school at a normal boarding school. As for the academics, there classes
are nothing more than supervision sessions. No teaching or learning
goes on there. They signed me up for double art when I arrived. To read more experiences of participants,
parents, and ex-staff, visit: http://amazingforums.com/forum/BS4/forum.html If you were abused or had your rights violated at Hidden Lake Academy, please e-mail your personal statement to us so we may post it as a warning to others here. E-mail statements/inquiries to: heal@heal-online.org
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