We all will never be the same again, both the kids and guardians reunite after a minimum of a year to only end up strangers. If you choice this path then please do your research of the facilities time on the blacklist. It does get better but this is a risk you shouldn't take, please. read more

The best facility. It completely changed my life. They gave me a second chance. Thank you, Heritage. But this is a crisis only facility. Only send your kid here if they are a danger to themselves or others. Lots of kids there just for school or even eating disorders. Not the facility for those things. read more

My son attended this school from March 2018 until January 2019. At first he was doing his work but after three or four months he was able to start using pills. They would shop off campus and steal items. He was able to get onto the roof from his room with another student. The nurse failed to refill a prescription and he was not medicated for four days, and the most frightening thing was the lack of supervision. When off campus in the park they picked up cigarettes butts and smoked them in the residence. One of the boys pierced his ear with a paper clip and they started doing "stick and pokes" a type of self tatoo using a needle and an ink pen. My son is now about to graduate from another program after undoing the damage done by Heritage, and is embarrassed by the things that were overlooked by staff in this program. Not recommended. read more

the female staff were amazing and some of the male staff, but one time I was running away and 2 3 male staff jumped on me and forced my arms flat on the ground and sat on me until I calmed down, I could not breathe so how was I supposed to calm down read more

I was forced to attend Heritage for about 8 months in 2006/7 when I was 16. I only got out before I was 18 because my mom realized how abusive this place is. Strip searches(occasionally with male staff present), kids being held in isolation for sometimes months at a time, overuse of medication to sedate students, rampant emotional abuse, and even one of the girls I shared the unit with was r*ped by a female staff. They said they had a relationship, but children can't consent to adults obviously. Especially adults with complete power over them. Everything about this program is manipulative. If you say anything negative about it to your parents, you lose phone privileges for weeks at a time and get dropped levels. You pretty much would get dropped levels for anything the staff disliked. I don't know if it's gotten better since then, but I'm a firm believer that these places shouldn't exist. The people that run them only care about money, and not the actual safety of the children. read more

They did not help my son and then asked him to leave for throwing off their metrics. They don't help you if you are mentally ill. Maybe kids who are addicts, but not kids with mental illness. They have no real medication assessment or management. They give you a very big pitch in the beginning, and then throw you out the door when they fail to help. Terrible. read more

4 years ago today I was a completely different person than I am today. If it wasn't for Heritage, I wouldn't be here. I've struggled with many things in my life and Heritage taught me coping skills I will always use. I constantly go back to my workbook and just look at the progress I've made. Before I went to Heritage I was a complete and utter mess. I had no idea what I was doing with my life. I hated school and wanted to drop out. I was failing almost all my classes. I didn't care about my life. I felt as if my depression and anxiety and thrown me in a hole that I was unable to dig myself out of. My brother had been to Heritage before and my parents just knew it was the place for me. My brother told me I was going to have a love/hate relationship with everything while being treated there. My life had completely changed. I met some amazing staff members. I'm so thankful thats there's a sports program there, I know for me a big coping skill is being able to be active and work as a team. The Rec-Therapy is always fantastic, sometimes they would be really emotional for me, sometimes it was really difficult, but all in all- they were fun! Therapy was probably one of the most difficult things to walk away from while discharging from Heritage. You make a bond with your therapist. I had a therapist for a couple months, then she left and I had gotten transferred to another therapist and I felt abandoned. But it was the best thing for me, I learned that people will come and go in my life no matter how important they are to me.. and it honestly really helped with that. I had A's and B's in my classes while being there, and caught up with my credits! The school that Heritage has is amazing and all the teachers are really sweet. The academic advisors are great. I had to catch up so much with credits and my academic advisor - Bob - was just the best! He helped me get packets which you get a certain amount of credits for by finishing them. Being on a unit with up to 13 other girls was difficult at first. Sometimes you don't get along with them, sometimes you get in petty arguments, sometimes you just need to vent to them. In the end - you all need each other to get through the day. I'm thankful to have met all the girls I have and the friendships I've made. We call each other sisters and keep in contact with each other on facebook. I was in 2 plays and wont ever forget those experiences. I was in 2 talent shows. I loved being able to ride the horses. There's things you learn at Heritage that will just always stick with you. I'm so grateful to have had the chance to go to Heritage and not some other place. I miss it everyday! read more