Bob, how many child rapists and children attempting to kill their parents do you personally know of who have actually attended the residential program at Westridge?
A few. Enough to be consulted on it by other parents. I've already addressed your point about the website. I guess you can call me a liar (many do here), but I can only speak from personal experience.
To answer your question, children who are attempting to murder a parent need psychiatric help. If they are an imminent danger to others or themselves they can be admitted to a psychiatric facility with the very clear goal of helping them return to their family.
That describes a residential treatment facility -- i.e., for juveniles. Westridge is a residential treatment facility. Many of these juvenile facilities have similar goals -- get the kid his high school diploma; return him to his family; return him to society.
I think if you were to outlaw these facilities, as you seem of a mind to do so, a whole lot of parents would be in a world of hurt, as their options are very limited.
I don't know a lot about how these facilities work or how they are licensed. But I think you make a whole lot of unsupported conclusions and assumptions about how parents can control or deal with aggressive children. They love them, but they can't always leave them in their homes. To commit them to a lockdown psychiatric facility, or a correctional facility (meaning, they seek to have them prosecuted) are not options they typically would prefer. Juvenile residential treatment programs with behavioral modification programs have been around a real long time. They can be controversial. But for Westridge it appears that the number of lawsuits against it are less than five.
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