***Would you ever send your child to one of these schools? Do you think they can be effective? If you sent your kid, what steps would you take to ensure they are safe?****
Having both a bi-polar, and a schizophrenic family member, one of whom I had to have institutionalized, It's a very hard call. Of course these allegations are terrible and I would never want to send my child to such a place. These people acted heinously and were not professionals. But having dealt with psychotic, violent episodes in people I love, I also know that I am not qualified to deal with active psychosis.
I would get short term hospitalization type help for my child, if she were in active psychosis, but I don't know if I would send her to a reform type school for long term recovery. I know that the loved one I sent to the mental hospital looked like a torture victim when he came out, but he would most likely be dead if he hadn't been committed.
