Parsons Child and Family Center

February SubBox

I would never recommend this facility to anyone. They let my daughter be kidnapped by her Father, than plays dumb when reading court order. I do wonder the education level of their "legal" team. The person who runs the RTF, cause damages to families in order to push them out within 6 months. Not addressing the whole issue, including drug use, (actually telling my daughter it's normal teenage behavior to do drugs, as my daughter will drink a 5th without batting an eye) and being held accountable for her actions. They have caused WAY MORE DAMAGE THAN GOOD. AND THEY REFUSE TO HOLD THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DAMAGE SHE HAS SINGLE HANDED CAUSE MY FAMILY. Do not trust the "family advocate" she only advocates for Parson's self serving purposes and WILL NOT ADVOCATE FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILY. I wouldn't trust these people to to provide mental health services to a dead RAT! The only reason they are even still open, is there's legit NO WHERE ELSE in the Hudson Valley district. OMH needs to better. Parsons is failing our children and families. All excuses, zero results or answers on why the LACK of treatment provided.

Lisa Schimpf

This place is a joke . They do nothing to help the child. They set the children up to fail . They refuse to work with the parents and county workers . The things the staff say to the kids is way out of line . Staff changes so much you never know who's working with your child. The education is a joke at best . I wouldn't leave these people in charge of dead animals.

Cyndakilla

I'm a student at Parsons and my five year experience there I can honestly say it's more equivalent to a Prison or Jail then anything else. Firstly when you walk in the main entrance you 'as a student' turn in your electronic devices to the staff near the Office or on refusal get suspended for a day. Once you do that you'll enter a classroom where it seems normal, until you realize every kid looks and sounds autistic thanks to the medication the school gives during 'med reviews' (I had never been given any sort of medication thank god!). Now teachers seem friendly at first (and a few too much) but in reality you say or do anything (even if you do nothing wrong) you either be manipulated, disrespect, or yelled. The education part of it is to far behind every other schools in the area, for example in the current grade I'm in which it's 12th you have work ment for Middle Schoolers to early 10th grade. Not to mention that they are under staff and took away some other classes entirely of the under staffing or even not do a class for weeks and months. Lunches are also horrible to as the staff cooking the food is more strict and untrained in the way of other staff are, not to forget they don't even cook so stuff correctly, sometimes you could get under cooked pizza or burger. Even cooking things half or more of the school hates. One quality of the school is the Gym class, now everything about Gym is the most academic class out of the 5 days but this has some flaws to. For starters the Gym has a slightly higher chance for mood swings by the kids, the entire Gym has padding besides where the bleachers are. All in all the Gym even with these flaws is still better than other classes. Finally, the staff pay is a big question mark as they always have round-a-bout ways of saying they don't get paid 'a lot' but can afford nice houses and other things. I bet that hourly rate most be VERY small. In conclusion, Parsons with nothing but only one class being ok is not the right ideal place to come and bring your kids here as they won't help your kids succeed. Only slow down your kids from succeeding in education and make them just a person that doesn't need to live. The staff here use manipulation and disrespect towards all kids in order to make these kids "better." I can't wait to have my diploma and prepare myself for something more than a waste of space on this world. Have a lovely rest of your day and thank you for reading this. -Rai

Jeanine Wisniewski

i have been trying for over 6 weeks to schedule an initial appointment for my son, on the recommendation of a friend. it is like trying to meet the pope or the president. i have called regularly, and each time i am transferred to voicemail. the receptionist tells me how in the phone log it shows i have called repeatedly, yet i have received no response. one time they had my phone number listed incorrectly, and another time they told me my son had to call to make the appointment, as he is 18 years old. he was 17 when i first began calling. perhaps if they continue to perform this well, he will qualify for a senior citizen's discount--should he get in.