- Children to adolescents
The Children's Home - Education and Behavioral Health
- Address: 5050 Madison Road | Cincinnati, OH 45227
- Rating: 3.68 (60 reviews)
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5050 Madison Road, OH, 45227
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For the price and 5-star rating of Costars it was not the learning center I expected. Children were not separated by age and my daughter started developing behaviors as a result of teachers frequently giving attention to the tantrums of much younger children in her class. She received formal preschool curriculum only when staff was available maybe 2-3 days pwk and only during the summer prior to kindergarten though she attended for about a year. The onboarding process was unreasonable and required multiple days of the parent attending with the child-- in my experience the teacher seemed to use this as an opportunity to critique parenting more than anything else. In fact on one occasion I was called about an issue with my daughter and I could not take the call while I was working. The teacher did not try to contact my husband at all and my daughter was very upset by the time I was free to call. When I tried to talk to the teacher about this she became defensive and critical of my parenting instead of simply agreeing to call my daughters dad if I couldnt answer the phone. It was incredibly awkward and we ended our enrollment early as a result. There are a few excellent teachers and staff members who are wonderful but I would not recommend this center.Update I spoke with the director and she was very receptive so Im updating this review to 3 stars. She noted that changes are being implemented to address age separation and a therapeutic room for children with higher-level needs. I cannot speak to those changes but I appreciated the conversation and her openness to feedback.
Shut this school down Im not going to say what my daughter told me its inappropriate Im pressing charges
If there was a option for no stars I would definitely put it. This is not a helpful place for young behavioral children. Theyre worse than daycares kicking your child out. They literally can not safely strap a 3 year old in car seat. If you have a job and a 3 YEAR OLD refuse transportation they will literally spam you with messages and calls and make you force to leave your job to pick up your child. They have absolutely no sympathy for single moms struggling with behavioral child problems.
The absolute worst place to send a child with any type of mental health and Or behavior issues. My daughter has been going for over about 4 months. She got referred by her primary teacher who noticed problems in her behavior I was told this school would help my daughter and so far it has created even more issues than the ones we began with. On my childs 2nd or 3rd day of school with best point she had a tantrum it became physical and as a result my daughter was handled like a suspect in a criminal case bending her arms holding her down with excessive force and restrained until she was able to calm down thats a huge problem for me because I dont even do those type of harmful things to my child the situation really traumatized my daughter and had me extremely upset. These ppl are only in this for the insurance and money they dont teach the children anything and they all have the same answers for the same questions everything is scripted and covered up to make them look good when reality they are so nonchalant rude not to mention that its them against the children. Ride right does transportation for them and the pick up windows are always different theres never a steady time which is confusing and very unprofessional. I feel that their only goal was to diagnose and put my child on medications so that shed become easier to deal with THEY DO NOT CARE FOR THE CHILDREN THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT MAKING INSURANCE MONEY THEY DID NIT SUPPORT MY CHILD THROUGH HER CONDITION INFACT THEY MADE IT WORSE NEVER PAID ATTENTION TO HER ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE NEVER TAUGHT HER ANYTHING BUT DIDNT HESITATE TO PUT HANDS ON HER WHEN SHE IS ONLY 5 AND ALL IT TAKES IS FOR SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY CARE AND BE SUPPORTIVE. They push a narrative that these children are crazy so that they arent liable if they do something that may be harmful to one of them. These are the types of people you protect your children from because they do not care for them nor are they supportive to the conditions that these children have -0 stars if it were an option
Dr. Edgar is very inconsiderate and does not care about the mental health of children. My child had an appointment at 130pm at the clinic and was refused to be seen since we showed up 8 minutes after. Dr. Stephanie Edgar had staff explain that she cant see us because we were late. All of this is very much untrue considering my mother showed up to meet me at the clinic at 120 and couldnt sign us in because the front desk computer needed to reboot. By the time I walked in the computer was still rebooting and I had to wait to be checked in. I was only late because I was lost as gps took me to the front of the building where the school is and I didnt know how to get to the back. Nonetheless we sat for 15-20 minutes before we were told we couldnt be seen. I asked the clinic manager what was the grace period and why would I even be allowed to check in if I was so late in the first place she explained that they give patients 10 minutes. So I then asked well what is so different about today because I wasnt 10 minutes late at all. Dr. Edgar was very inconsiderate about our time and having to pull my child from school for this appointment just to not be seen. To have me wait before telling me I couldnt be seen only lets me know that the doctor was already running behind from her previous appointment. I was told that I needed to be seen in person for this visit to then be offered another appointment as a telehealth which I asked for to begin with. Just a complete waste of my time. At this point waiting 6 months to be seen by Cincinnati Childrens will be well worth dealing with Best Point or better yet Dr. Stephanie Edgar.
I have a foster child in this school and she is 15 and cant write a sentence. She is there 4 hours a day and learning absolutely nothing. I am currently reporting them to the board. Most are black kids and I guess thats why they are doing nothing. I care so I decided to do something. I have nothing nice to say although she eats everyday I guess thats a plus.
I went to best point for over 5 years the experiences are phenomenal i had a lot of issues and best point helped me work through them. i love the teachersprinciples and therapist
Im kind of bias on choosing this place with reviews that add concerns on my decision. why get referred if quality of service is questionable
This school didnt help my daughter she was there for like a 2yrs. The staff let several people bully her for having a prosthetic eye and they kept telling her to pay attention as she was trying to take up for herself by saying stuff back but she didnt do anything wrong so litterly she wants to kill herself all they doing is talking with a parent and still letting this happen I swear if something else happens Im going to do whatever it takes to shut this down. Im tired of hearing about her coming back crying or either not talking to me.
My child is it is it awesome because they also have a healthcare with everything is offer therapy. I totally recommend this place is awesome.
Its alright. If you get the right teachers and make sure you have a good IEP written but if your kid is very intelligent then they get placed in front of a keyboard and monitor and use a online program and they all do different curriculums based on what they know. The problem with that is you cant find a good teacher for everyone. Overall besides that a very good school.
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- Build "relaxation time" into their normal routines and schedules
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