When Community Services Are Not Enough

April 8, 2011

We were brought to the FFS as a last desperation for our daughter who was labeled untreatable by her therapists, with emotional difficulties, socialization problems, and she had stopped attending High School. In our area the School System was either unwilling or unable to cope with her problems. The two specialized schools which could deal [...]

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Notable Openness and Dedication of the Staff

April 4, 2011

As the parent of a student currently enrolled in The Family Foundation School, I am writing to express my support for the school in light of the smear campaign waged against the school by a small segment of former students.  My daughter was enrolled at The Family Foundation School almost one year ago.  Our decision [...]

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My Experience

April 2, 2011

My experience with the staff, administration and students has been very positive throughout the time from my first visit, through the admission process, the initiation and adjustment periods, and to the present work in progress phase.  During my initial visit and tour of the Family Foundation School,  I was totally impressed by the unfettered access  [...]

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Professional, Supportive and Responsive.

March 25, 2011

Dear Jeff, As you know, my son has been at The Family Foundation School since 2009.  He watched his father die of lung cancer after an 18 month battle and coped with the loss by smoking marijuana and completely checking out of life. Here is what he had to say in a recent letter to [...]

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Placed with the support of Professionals

March 22, 2011

My daughter has been attending The Family Foundation School (FFS) since 2009.  She arrived there after 68 days in a therapeutic wilderness program.  She was sent to wilderness after several years of significantly difficult behavior.  Our intent was to bring her home after her time in wilderness, but this changed when we received information about [...]

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Safe and cared for…

March 17, 2011

I enrolled my fourteen year old son in The Family Foundation School in April of 2009.  As you can imagine it was a very difficult decision to make.  My husband and I researched many other facilities and came to the conclusion that the Family School was the best choice.  In all honesty, I feel that [...]

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If not for this school…

March 10, 2011

Dear Jeff, Our son continues to go to AA meetings and plans on staying in VA when he graduates. He loves it down there. He continues to enjoy his friendships with other graduates from the Family Foundation School. These friendships along with his sobriety almost didn’t happen, had he not attended the FFS. As you may recall [...]

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Putting the Pieces Together

March 8, 2011

Dear Jeff: I am writing this testimonial letter of our experience at the Family School, where we enrolled our daughter for the last two years of her high school in 2001. Our story is very similar to many other families where a teenage child goes out of control and engages in dangerous situations.  Our daughter [...]

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Today would have not been possible…

March 5, 2011

I completely and honestly believe that without him having attended the Family Foundation School, the lifestyle he has today would not have been possible. He would not be at a ‘regular’ school, he would not be passing his grades, he would not be enjoying healthy activities, he would not be phoning/emailing and texting me funny [...]

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Just as they were ready to give up…

March 3, 2011

We were brought to the FFS as a last desperation for our daughter who was labeled untreatable by her therapists, with emotional difficulties, socialization problems, and she had stopped attending High School.  In our area the school system was either unwilling or unable to cope with her problems. We were very fortunate to find The [...]

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