New Lifehouse Academy - Teen Challenge

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Please do not recommend Teen Challenge of OK. They gave up on my Daughter in less than 7 days. And gave back just the education fee. We paid 3800.00 and they gave back just $1000.00 for just 7 days for treatment.



We pick them because they told us they handled stuff cases with ODD/ OCD and eating disorders. We did not sugar quote anything she did, we told them everything and also gave them permission to call her therapist she was currently working with. After we dropped her off Sept 6, we got a call that she was not eating and Drinking and were told, that they were taking she to the emergency room. ( They knew she was getting food and water, but for health reasons and defiance reasons they wanted to not let her get away with anything ) So on Friday they took her to the emergency room and told us they were looking to get her a 72 hour hold (5150) and they told us she could do this all year long and for us not to worry. And the next day I was called and told she was being released from the program and put on a plane. ( We had asked them before we picked them, how could she be released for the program and were told if her hurt another children and that has only happen once) What they said " because she was not eating or drinking" they were worried about her health and released her .



Fact: the doctor released her saying she was not malnourished or dehydrated.

Fact they released her on a Saturday( no way for family to get other plans in place insurance company closed on the weekend.

Fact: the director did not call us herself the weekend guy director called Fact we had never was given any heads up or concerns before. They told us on Saturday and put her on a plane within 2 hours . On Friday we were told all was fine.

Fact United airline did not want to put her on the place without a doctor note with a ok to travel.

Fact : they rebooked under a difference booking and did not tell the airline that child was endanger to herself ( The endanger was given to us as the reason they were no long keeping her in the program)

Fact: They refused to give us back any money at all we had to call Mr. Grey CEO of OK teen challenge to get $1000.00 back the education money

Fact: her therapist at the Ranch was not even aware she was being released. We called her in a panic thinking this weekend guy was over his head and since the Blankenship's would not call us back. They release our daughter without even a meeting or a warning. Just "she is done with the program send her home

Fact: She did not hurt anyone





Reasons not to use them



We told them to call and speak to all her therapist to get the full picture. If they had done that, they should have declined her in the program understanding that she was a very hard case and needed a lot. ( We had asked them if she need more mental therapy would she be able to get it. And they said yes, we would just need to pay for the drive to the office visit and back.

We spent over 1000.00 to get her packed and driven to the OK. 3800.00 was the deposit and got back 1000.00. If we had known they were not equipped to handle her we would have never used them and would have kept looking. They do not understand eating disorders at all. They take on mild cases not major. ( we have been in and out of three eating disorders places in less than 1 year. They just took our money and said sorry the rest is non-refundable. It should be non-refundable if the parents pull her out of the program, not the other way around.