Sarah A. Reed Children's Center

I was 14 when I went here in June of 2024. I was in Revere House at first then I went to Wright House. Some of the staff were nice. When I was in Revere House, I loved Miss Tia. When I went to Wright House, I loved Miss Brandy. When I got put in the restraint, there was a staff that had me in a restraint and was putting my face down on the rug and when the nurse came to check, they said to sit me up and the staff refused and said "I will When shes calm" and I was literally only screaming bc I was getting rug burn on my face from the carpet and the staff still refused to sit me up. Another time when I got restrained, the staff sprained my ankle. There were good and bad experiences but mostly bad. When I was there, they were pretty strict but idk about now. But that's my opinion of when I was there at kidpeace

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I was in placement here at 6 years old and 9 years old for 9 months each time. I am now 29 and carry so much trauma from being slammed on the ground and held down on a daily basis. The amount of fabricated mental disorders diagnoses they slapped on to up the amount of pills they could give you. At the age of 6 i was on 6 pills ! My behavior leaving this place was so much worse than entering from the fear from being attacked by staff or other children. I have PTSD and nightmares of being trapped here again . If you are a parent please dont . Find another way. I am now a mother og children those same ages and I couldnt fathom having them go through what i did in the name of treatment.

I was a resident there in the late 80s I remember the staff there I remember a lot of the staff members. They were very supportive got me through a lot of hard times I didn’t have the greatest upbringing, but the first time I fell in love With a boy, he was a resident there as well. I don’t have a whole Lotta great memories in my life, but I remember being there and I remember having somebody that I could talk to whether it was a staff member or staff member in the unit. The counselors used to sing a song and play guitar and it was such an amazing song and this day I remember that song, I remember going on activities and playing baseball and finally for the first time in my life having somebody that actually listen to me I would actually love to be able to get a hold of an employee there. His name is Glenn. He was on the boys unit last I heard he was working in the school Wrote a story about the boy I remember in my life during time I really needed them so thank you To the staff that was there during the time I was there

This place is traumatizing. I was a client in 2017, and was there for 8 months. With the ability for other clients to easily SA and have the staff not regard it, I was put on high supervision multiple times for talking back to staff; my beliefs were disregarded and some of the staff just power tripped all the time. Hearing people get restrained at different times of the night, hearing staff say they enjoyed restraining them when they thought i was not listening. Bullying was horrible, and it's just not a great place. Please do not ever bring your loved ones here. I'm 17 and still traumatized. I can't sleep without nightlights, i'm worried about someone watching me when i shower. This isn't a great experience. let alone a humane one.

I'm going to have a hard time putting all that I need to say in this review. I understand the need for these places and the reasoning behind why they run the way they do. But the methods Sarah Reed used to keep kids "safe" were traumatizing. Restraints were terrifying to even watch. I even heard staff discuss how they enjoyed releasing their anger during a restraint. Being watched while we showered and used the bathroom was humiliating. I was discharged over 2 years ago and I still am worried about my privacy being invaded. Some staff were phenomenal and truly cared about the clients, but unfortunately, there were also many staff who used their position to belittle and hurt clients. I believe many of these situations were ignored because none of it was physical. Staff members frequently lashed out on clients. I personally was threatened multiple times in very aggressive ways At 20 years old I still have nightmares about this place and fear losing my freedom and dignity again. If you are a parent considering sending your child here, please do no. My parents constantly express their regret in sending me here. I left this place in a far worse state than I went in.