Parsons Child and Family Center

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.

I was a student at parson they helped kids there like me learn how to be responsible, manage a good behavior, participate when needed, most of all patience. I was accepted for who I was there and I'm seeing these reviews like it's a horrible place to be. IT'S NOT a "prison", it's not unprofessional, it's not a unacceptable place to bring ur kids to. These people have rules to follow and kids to worry of. They're very patient with these kids. Just the parents need to be patient with the workers. Cooperation from my mom and the workers worked very well cause of the patience she had with them. I was a straight A student cause Parsons taught me responsibilities, managing my behavior, and participate when need be. I actually had jobs cause I used their techniques and teachings to use. I was well remembered, idol, and famous for when I went to school there. My teachers miss me so do my friends. The electric rule is applied because of drama, nonparticipation, and not focusing on important material. If you read to this point then good for you cause you have patience to read and listen to others' oppinions. Thank you Parsons for the time I was there and now. I miss you all. P.S. Parsons has a job program for the students that make it to highschool. I was a mailman, librarian, and kitchen staff. They teach you how to do the job as you work. I got paid well from them. I had almost $100 every month. This program helps with responsibilities of a job and give experience to those who want a part-time job in the future.

Staff is horrible to work with

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

Extremely unprofessional, advoid these people like the plauge!

Took over a week to get any type of return call from Parsons regarding an application. Myself and staff from Saratoga School District attempted making contact with Parsons for 5 days straight both by phone and email, before I got a response call.

Whenever you attempt to call in IF you are lucky a dismissive and rude receptionist will come up with excuses why you can't talk to anyone and forward you to a voicemail. OR you will get a busy signal during normal operating hours. Either the receptionist decided to take a break and left the phone off the hook or this company can't afford more than one phone line for Their business.