When you come to this location....any location, you are entrusting your fragile minded or non-verbal child. I suggest highly that you know the signs of abuse. 60% of child abuse happens from the people we entrust our children to. 30% of child abuse happens from a family member. Your risk is considerably higher in a location that has de-escalation rooms that you cannot see what is going on with your child inside. When you have no clue when your child is being taking in or out. You can't see any camera footage of what exactly is going on with your child in that room? They say there's only two adults in there, but I can't even see. They say they do holds. What kind of holds? How do I know you're holding my child how you say you are? Too many questions, and entirely too high of a risk for any non verbal or mentally fragile child. Ask yourself how you would feel if someone exposed your disabled child to mature material without asking you first? That is exactly what happened here with my 7 year old boy. It was given as a reward, and then charted as a behavior. Document everything. Their bowels, their hair, brusing, scratches. Who do they hit automatically when they walk in there? Who do they refuse to go with? Notice who makes them flench. Who do they automatically try to elope? Do not allow staff to put your child in their lap, kiss them, or tell them they love them. Watch for pet names or someone claiming favoritism to your child. Pack drinks, lunches and snacks. Do not bring extra food in there. If they tell you to bring in food to teach independent skills, bring just what your child needs today. Do not bring enough to last the week. Monitor what comes home in that lunchbag. Monitor how much comes home, and how much they eat when they come home. If your child is in pull ups or diapers, bring your own gloves. They will not provide their employees with gloves, in turn your child will not be cleaned properly. The trash is always over flowing, and hand soap is rare. My son was taught to clean where he sat to eat with a squirt of hand sanitizer and a papertowel. Watch your child's clothing. I'm not talking about a little paint or a little marker. Watch for globs of slime stuck all over their clothes, watch for cut up clothing, and unexplainable stains. About 6 or 7 current employees will tell you they audio record a the front desk. These same employees will tell you they are to communicate over cell phones so parents with GPS units on their kids can't hear the language they use or the terrible things they are told. read more
