Pros
Program structure. Team cohesion. Connection with Youth and Families. Making a real impact on struggling Family Systems Schoolhouse leadership itself, ie. 'Frontline'/classroom "players", are top notch in this field and are the true stars
Cons
1. All about money over health and care of clients. Period -- Administration once actually referred to clients as "walking billboards" when pushing for "graduation" because this would get a good reference from high-profile parent/clients. 2. Administration has zero boundaries with staff -- calls on personal cell phones at all hours of night.; demanding 150% from staff at all times. 3. Zero respect or support/debrief following real crisis or trauma situations for staff 4. Host Parents are terribly overburdened by Administration 5. Administration does not care about 'goodness of fit' when placing Youth in Host Parent homes 6. Serious lack of proper training and resources for Host Parents and Staff alike 7. Administration constantly pushes staff to work on keeping Youth in program longer than necessary -- even at cost of well-being or developmental goals and against clinical advice!