They will make it miserable for you. Thats the first bullshit lie they tell you. Two weeks before Newport I found myself at the hospital pleading for help for suicidal ideation, self harm, substance abuse, numbness. In November of 2020, Newport Academy leased two properties on Plantation Drive in Great Falls, VA that it planned to turn into residential facilities. They do not have those programs and if they do it is on a very infrequent schedule and not well run. My childs experience there truly set them back. But at what cost I cant tell you. My number is XXX-XXX-XXXX. If you want to talk to someone with a different experience than what they advertise, Im here . so a week after my first er visit, i was sent to the hospital again because of my vitals. This program is a sadistic scam. Bob (Yelp), 8/28/2020: (SURVIVOR) While I can see how this place might be helpful for some people, the false advertising on the website landed me stuck in at Newport for 3 horrific weeks with hardly anyone who was equipped to deal with the issues I had sought help for. every weekday they had school for hours and hours where they literally had me just sit and do nothing since i wasnt enrolled in any school. This is the CURRENT situation. The staff found them in a grocery store and drove them back. But in a strange way it took hell to get me to where I am now. with my arfid/sensory processing, i couldnt eat without gagging and sensory overload. is the current Chief Operations Officer of Newport Academy. This place genuinely only cares about getting paid by your insurance, and not about your care. , Please read all reviews before sending your teen here !!! but staff was not informed that i had to do this, so at first none of them knew to give me fluids or provide supplements for unfinished meals. We told them its going good so they wouldnt hang our call up. We should have chosen The Camp Recovery in Santa Cruz one month ago, what a waste of time and money ! Allegations of abuse and neglect that have been reported by survivors of the programs include verbal/emotional abuse, medical neglect, undertrained/unqualified staff members, psychological torture, communication resitrictions, lack of supervision leading to dangerous encounters between residents, and isolation tactics. Unfortunately what we were told and what happened once I left was not the truth and when I tried to seek clarification, no one from the staff was able to give me the answers, I was looking for. My husband and I were all in. The kids are allowed to bully each other and fights happen. I have been asked to literally break the law by denying kids phone calls. the food is all organic, no sugar, and low carb. Newport is also not a program for adults, regardless of what they tell you on the website. I dont know if it is actually good or not but i here its a lot better than what I experienced. Now lets talk about staffing issues in general and the way that Newport treats their employees. It all becomes so normal that when you do end up leaving, the outside world is almost uncomfortable to be in. There have been countless times in which mandatory overtime is requested of me (is that even legal?). Neighbors Plan Legal Action After Newport Academy Settlement The therapy was not appropriate for an 18 year old. Newport discourages set scheduling for their hourly employees. It is VERY FUNNY that many people quit and got fired right after I left the program for unnamed reasons. I dont self harm and suicide rarely crosses my mind. We took him out at the end of the week but continue to be charged every month $328.00. You become so emotionally invested in this life of insanity that you normalize it. In spite of being told that the majority of the residents were adolescents with anxiety and depression most of the participants had major substance abuse problems including heroin. The only reason Ive maintained my time here is because I gave up on trying to fulfill Newports desires a long time ago, instead my only priority is on the kids, I just want their days to be as non-shitty as possible while Im there, and thats where I keep my focus, mind you once again I am NOT a clinical member and clinical duties are not and never have been in my job description despite how much Im requested to fulfill said duties. After our son was accepted and started the program we discovered that much of what was told to us prior to his admission was completely inaccurate. I was not impressed by the grounds and buildings whatsoever. Patients would pick locks and steal others possessions, phones would be brought in. If we are not the right fit, we'll help you find what your . I sent my daughter to Newport September of 2017 and after just two weeks I had to remove her and place her in treatment facility in Malibu California. they asked me to give it a week and reassess, saying i wasnt giving it a chance. There have been times in which I have had to care for an entire house (6 kids) by myself, as have many of my coworkers. Carteret Correctional Center Visiting hours, inmate phones, mail Many survivors report that they have developed PTSD as a result of their time at Newport Academy. My daughters arms looked like rail road tracks. and this is just MY story. They would tell me she was on a horse trail. Im not a clinical member but I have heard numerous complaints from that side of the company as well, so much so that Ive witnessed nearly three full clinical staffs quit and had to be replaced (which they still havent been). We very much regret sending our child there & are working to rebuild their trust after such a negative experience. , Newport Academy is definitely more concerned with money than really helping your child. they claimed on the phone and on the website to treat eating disorders (i have anorexia and arfid/sensory processing disorder) but that place BREEDS eating disorders. THIS is probably one of the most important things to note. Any wrong move and youll pay for it, and maybe they cant touch you (at least without getting kicked out for it) but they will fuck with your head. Im not a clinical member but I have heard numerous complaints from that side of the company as well, so much so that Ive witnessed nearly three full clinical staffs quit and had to be replaced (which they still havent been). Overall, this facility was a waste. I was very clear with them from day one that I did not want my parents to be involved in my treatment, since my parents are a trigger for me and have been a roadblock for my recovery in the past. but in my already activated state, i started blaming myself for the abuse again and blaming myself for all of my trauma after this conversation. The programs are marketed as a Residential Treatment Centers for teenagers and young adults (12-24) who struggle with a variety of behavoiral and emotional challenges, including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, insecurity/low self-esteem, self-harm, and more. Im glad I am out of there and starting my new life! This location enrolls adolescent girls aged 12-17, as well as young women (18+). The CCs at Miramar are very organized, motivating, and welcoming. Obviously the answer is money. As a response, I told the women ill come back with the gun strapped to my head. Now looking back, its a choice I wish I had Never made. Im glad I am out of there and starting my new life! Newport should not claim to treat adults when in reality they infantilize us. The family therapist is literally an intermittent therapist who lives halfway across the state and only meets with the kids through zoom. Newport has had entire meetings in regard to schedule changes in which full time staff has been informed we will no longer be allowed to have set schedules nor can we have two consecutive days off work, their reasoning for this is that it helps the kids for us to be placed wherever were needed. You dont need to spend money at Miramar but at Bayview you need to spend money on food for Instacart shopping if you dont like the food they serve. I am also in a sorority and continue to have fun in college, but the smart and RIGHT WAY. The program changed ownership in January of 2017 and fired many long time staff. When a girl would scream all the time, we were locked in the family therapy room and couldnt be in our rooms. Can I say anything good about Gray Wolf Ranch? she provoked my panic attacks twice within the same week and failed multiple times to gain my trust. One of he higher ups constantly lied to our parents and said anything to them just so they wouldnt pull us out. This is not keeping my daughter safe at all. We would cry every night BEGGING to have more phone time with our loved ones. In my two years of employment at Newport Academy, the glamorous rehab for those struggling with addiction, mental health struggles, and everything in between, Ive experienced much much more than I ever couldve anticipated. Our son was 18 when he went there. From what I could see, very few students actually finish the program. My daughter called me several times crying about the girls there wanting to fight her . The campus became non smoking in September of 2018, but kids were still able to smoke on campus after that. My husband boarded the plane and I received a call from our family therapist letting me know that Ashley has been cutting herself AND that there was a trauma that happened outside my home and they had to report it to child protective services in NJ. While at Bayveiw the CCs just sit on the table and type on the laptops and basically boss you around and do nothing. A kid tried to jump off the roof and the only people up there to talk him down were ME as a CLIENT and one staff member. My child couldnt have shoes, makeup, an electric razor, letters from home, phone calls, the list goes on and on, until such time as Newport had broken her spirit, taught her who was boss, and slowly doled out these everyday privileges. 7141 E Tanglewood Trail, Orange, CA 92869, 10022 Miramar Circle, Santa Ana, CA 92705, 9951 Highcliff Dr, North Tustin, CA 92705. . All of the staff are in recovery, which I think is a weakness. The staff I spoke to only told me he was scared and crying, I thought because it was new, little did I know the true reason. And they monitor everything you say on the app. In here they put people in levels and if you have family issues or are still having depression or self-harm, they call you a problem. Now let me get into the clinical side of things. It has been reported by survivors that many of the milieu staff at these programs are graduates of the program and lack any formal training to be working with mentally ill children. Trust me, if youre having to send a kid to Newport you havent had it easy. Newport Academy is a series of evidence-based healing centers for young adults, teens, and families struggling with mental health issues, eating disorders, and substance abuse. The staff is uncaring and at certain times very cruel. She called one of the girls entitled and told her mom shes a danger to us and said she threatens the girls which is NOT TRUE! He said by the 2nd day he knew it would not help. I have been asked to literally break the law by denying kids phone calls. Ok, so let me get this straight. My son said they would run around during the middle of the night yelling Horton hears a resident about the graveyard shift guy who was checking the perimeter of the 20 acre campus. Johnson found that the Kurtz Road site, on the other hand, would qualify as a group residential facility. is the current CEO of Newport Academy. Newport Academy is genuinely terrible : r/troubledteens ThrowRA4679 Newport Academy is genuinely terrible In my two years of employment at Newport Academy, the glamorous rehab for those struggling with addiction, mental health struggles, and everything in between, I've experienced much much more than I ever could've anticipated. from the website, it looked like it would be a good fit, and i talked to them on the phone a few times to clarify that they would be able to give me what i needed. Prior to this, he worked as the CEO of Program Development/Operations Consultant and later the CEO at North Tampa Behavioral Health for Acadia Healthcare from 2014 until 2016. They dont care about good behavior they still wont stage you up. The majority of their staff is not credited and the turn over is extremely high. There were countless activities ran by other Addicts and Drug counselors (have you caught along that most of this program is designed for kids with drug issues?) Caydin Sanders kicked me out of the app for complaining about the treatment and using my freedom of speech. There were a couple of really great staff members there, but that is the only good thing I can say. I have been asked to literally break the law by denying kids phone calls. Most of the staffing would just sit and laugh or yell at me for asking to call my support system. If you want the TRUTH please read (I will try to not be bias).I am a female, & went through this program at 17 years old. But really if you werent there you wouldnt know. It was obvious that we were told whatever was necessary to convince us it was the right placement for our child. I made it out and you will too. There was a turnover in staff, short staffed so our family therapist was actually in Port Orchard, very poor communication including missing out on calls and not getting zoom links for parent education groups, not being notified when staff contact left abruptly until several days later, their teacher did not work with our school and my daughter only received academic instruction 1 week out of the 6 she was there, allowed her to receive mail from people on her no contact list. , Some fantastic individual therapists but the administrators who make decisions were awful. Additional information regarding the specifics of each location can be found below. My friends and I just wanted an extra snack/second and we would be penalized for eating more. You dont need to spend money at Miramar but at Bayview you need to spend money on food for Instacart shopping if you dont like the food they serve. I still hear the ptsd screams, and see the scars and cant look at red clocks or listen to certain songs. I thought, I did but I still got snowballed. I feel bad for anyone who has to go to that place. a few days later, i found out that this was a lie to get me to stay in their care. Girls go in an and out of the hospital and self harm is so normal there. You can do the entire treatment at the comfort of your own home if they offered it. this scared me, but i knew i needed to leave anyway. Come to find out she is the only girl that tested positive in the house. So we found Newport, I was sold on all the idea they shared, but mostly I was sold on the idea of a one month stay. My friends and I just wanted an extra snack/second and we would be penalized for eating more. My insurance paid Newport $90,000 for 45 days of NOTHING!! , which purchased CRC Health Group in 2014. At this point in my stay, Id already been sent to the emergency room TWICE because of how severe my eating disorder had become, so CLEARLY I was not able to make progress on the restrictive meal plan they were offering. I would write more but i have reached the limit!! The program changed ownership in January of 2017 and fired many long time staff. Barbara Nosal is the current Chief Clinical Officer of Newport Academy and has been since 2009. There are a few people who work there that actually care, however 99% of the staff could not care any less. The only exception to this rule is if the client is a danger to themselves or others, or in the cases of a mandated reporter. One of the employees even took me and one other girl in the car for 10 minutes so we could scream out the window because of how insane the house would be. My son did say that they were nice to him but the things that he was put through, treated like a drug addict, scared to death on his first night because he was breathalyzed, had to pee in a cup, mouth swab, wanded (this is someone that he has never gone through any of this, has OCD (we usually prep him for what is going to happen), no one told me this. on the website they have separate pages for teen residential (13-17) and young adult residential (18-21) to make it look like theres two separate programs but its a lie they stuck adults right in with the teens. The Seven Challenges model is evidence based for adolescents. I think a strong program has recovering and non recovering people. When a girl would scream all the time, we were locked in the family therapy room and couldnt be in our rooms. no supplements like boost/ensure were allowed unless approved or even gatorade even though i had that PRESCRIBED to me prior at the ed center (center for discovery) i transferred from because of my heart issues. As a teenager, Jamison and his brother were both sent to. in the end it turned it to be yet another lie, another manipulation tactic to get me to stay in their care. We are supposed to get them at 8pm. The next day she had bloody bandages on her wrist. Theres no group that will be able to accommodate what both of these kids need. i also want to be clear that im sure there are other places out there that are much worse, but ive come to learn that its still no excuse for the abuse and neglect that i was subjected to. One conversation with him he stated they played duck duck goose. He went into the nurse the very first night and told her that he did not belong there and was bawling, scared to death. If you say anything on your phone call thats negative about Newport or anything about discharge or about whats going on in the house, they will hang up the phone call. I called Anthem and they told me that the primary diagnosis given by Newport was psychiatric health mental issue but if it was substance abuse they would accept more days ! Dangerous for them to have at risk individuals in their care. Mary (Yelp), May 2021: (SURVIVOR) I was there for 2 months and 4 days. A CC had SEX with an under-aged client, A kid kicked through a glass door and tried to attack another client with a halved pool cue. The food is always cooked off site and has been delivered moldy, undercooked, and many times just downright disgusting. My son wasnt taken to medical or dental appts as requested. The food is always cooked off site and has been delivered moldy, undercooked, and many times just downright disgusting. If kids want to go somewhere they have to be in ratio. So yes, I am an upset parent but rightfully so. Kids went in to Seattle and relapsed. Im afraid Newport did more harm than good for my child. Beth (Yelp), 2019: (SURVIVOR) I am grateful for a lot of the staff here but the clinical team is just bs. They dont know how to cut pills, lost all of our mail, would constantly lie to us and our parents. When I wasnt sleeping I read books upon books and I stared numbly at the walls. Jamison Monroe Jr. is the Co-Founder of Newport Academy and the son of Jim Monroe. Ripoff Report | Newport Academy complaints, reviews, scams, lawsuits My son was there for less than 4 weeks after he was pulled because the program was out of control.

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