About a year ago my 9 year old son was taken here due to a suicide attempt (he's diagnosed ADHD and autism). They supposedly billed the school district since he would be receiving schooling at the facility, as well as us. His first night there he had a violent episode that lasted about 3 hours. I received a report that night with the details (there was a lot of kicking, punching, biting, spitting, and yelling to the point he had to be restrained - this at the time was par for the course so I was not surprised). The off putting issue is during his discharge, this was not noted in detail and barely mentioned. When I questioned this, the nurse denied it being as severe as I was informed. She was the nurse that was on duty and who spoke to me that night.
During intake we were told we would receive ample time and assistance from them to set up appropriate after care. This did not happen at all. We set up a check in call the Wednesday after he was admitted (which was on the previous Thursday) and they said they couldn't give us a definite discharge date but would give us ample time as we live 2.5 hours away and both myself and my partner work full time jobs. I called Thursday starting at 10am to speak with anyone if they had more details because I had to plan my work and his care around this. I called several times throughout the day and no one was available; not the doctor, or the social worker associated with the facility. I got a call just before 8am the next day saying he needed to be discharged ASAP because insurance wasn't paying for any time after that day. I tried to request his stay until the next day (Saturday) and I could be up there by 7am and she said this was no good as insurance would not pay for the extra time.
The other concern was the "school" time. According to my son, they colored and did arts and crafts the entire time. I'm ok with this, but please don't inform me he would be doing actual class work the teacher faxed over and bill the school district. My son went in weighing around 60 lbs (he was almost 4 feet tall at the time so very lanky) and when we took him to the doctor after discharge weighed under 50 lbs. When asked what he ate, he said bread and water because all the other food was too seasoned or the texture made him gag (we informed them of his hypersensitive palate and texture issues and were reassured they had meals to suit this - I expected this to mean plain pastas, proteins, and vegetables but I was mistaken).
The good part of his visit is he leveled out and they found a good medication for him. However, we did not receive any support from them for aftercare and his discharge information was not sent to us for several months (they gave us a very general overview at the time of discharge but sent a more detailed version that omitted a few of the episodes that were relayed to me by the staff throughout the 9 day stay). If you have another choice, please go for it. I do not recommend this facility to anyone unless they do not have another option.