Summit View School

Overall my child has done well at this school. Educationally his needs are being met and he has improved quite a bit compared to his performance at his old public school. However Summit View uses The Help Group for counseling services and this has been a decidedly bad experience for him. Summit View would be better for our children if they utilized a different source for counseling them. My child has been seeing a Help Group therapist for several months. My child was promised confidentiality and given no warning that some things would be reported to the police. My child was manipulated into talking about activity that is illegal. Nobody was hurt. No property damaged. Definitely a situation requiring some skilled counseling. Given this opportunity to help in a delicate situation that required insight and carefully considered counseling, that is if you put the children's well being first, The Help Group decided to call a lawyer and then called the police. Of course they point at the law being broken and claim they had no choice but to report it. The therapist suspected before the confession and could have counseled without pressuring for the confession and creating the need to call the police but that would have required a degree of caring and skill that was not there. A man in uniform with a gun strapped to his side came to our home to question our child because of The Help Group's tender care. I know of no place better than the school my child attends for educational needs. But his counseling needs? I expected more from people that specialize in children with special needs. It seems that all schools must cover their legal ass first and take care of our children second these days. This the fault of parents who like The Help Group call lawyers first. When your child has special needs it's difficult to find good services and the fear of losing the good by pointing out the bad is always looming for parents in this situation. Perhaps this fear is why their are so few reviews by parents to help us decide. Consider carefully before handing your child over to The Help Group. Make sure your child is fully informed and understands what can happen if they choose to seek help or trust The Help Group. Do you think my child would have confessed if informed that the police would be called? My child gave his trust and is now heart broken. His trust destroyed by The Help Groups promised confidentiality now betrayed. Of course if the first thing you would do when your child needs help is call a lawyer. The second thing to call the police. Then The Help Group is there for you.

I like how it helped me get good grades and they help you a lot

I think the education at Summit View is good. the transportation is very convenient, free taxi's come to your house. The learning is customized to your level of excellence. The campus is very small so you have a low chance of getting lost so that may also be a plus.

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