Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center

I was also a resident of this facility when I was there it was a fairly new facility and Cornell I believe was the company overseeing this place I can tell you that this place was the furthest thing from a vacation home but I can say that it wasn't nearly as bad all the time it wasn't an easy place to be in especially because when you first get there they put you in the famous Bob barker sweats and shirt and jailhouse black and white shower shoes and you can't have any of your personal belongings for the first three days they had to go through your personal belongings to make sure nothing was being brought in that's not allowed and they inventory your stuff as well they were a bit strict you couldn't have any clothing that was blue or red you couldn't have any hygiene items that had alcohol in the first three ingredients it wasn't too horrible but the bob barker soap and shampoo were absolutely awful it dried my hair and skin out and I developed an allergy to it but one of the higher up staff members named Laurie was absolutely amazing she went out of her way and got me shampoo and conditioner and body soap for me she was honestly one amazing staff member now onto the food it's no five star restaurant but at the time we were served turkey everyday and almost every meal I was there for a little over two years and to this day I still can't touch turkey when they did serve chicken we were almost positive that was turkey too! Or the one time there was a pretty decent size outbreak of stomach flu even it was bad! Now onto the staff members I don't remember all of them but the few that I do remember made a positive impact on my life their names are josh,patty,Laurie,And I believe the one teacher I had her name started with a D she used silver wear to eat chips she had a case of ocd but she was amazing as well and the art teacher at the Time I was there also made a huge impact on my life I could literally write a book on my experience at sprtc the good the bad and the ugly I hope to someday return to sprtc and maybe volunteer my time or even talk to the kids living there currently because I know when I was there it felt like the only person that truly understood life inside that place was the other kids it felt like we only had eachother and I wished that staff could walk in our shoes and I've always wanted to return to sprtc to share my story even when I was a resident it was my goal to one day return and I really wish that one day I would run into a staff member or any of the staff so I could one day thank them for everything they did for me a had a staff member that took the time to teach me how to crochet I'm left handed and she was right handed but she didn't give up and I finally learned it took a while but I still to this day have the blanket that I made while I was there so in conclusion yes it was mixed with bad and good things but at least they never physically abused me and didn't call me a liar or blame the abuse on me because I was an awful child like excelsior youth center in Aurora Colorado did so thank you SPRTC for everything you did for me I wouldn't be where I am today without you