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Many of our boys come from very difficult circumstances, and their outcomes can vary based on their backgrounds and how they respond to their experiences with the staff and with each other at Mountain Top. You might be interested in the following sampling of stories that outline some of their successes. While we have assigned names to the boys in these stories, please understand that these names are not the boys' real names but have been changed to protect their privacy. The stories themselves are very real, though. |
Cary's Story
Cary is a medically fragile youth with behavioral difficulties and has a
life expectancy of about thirty. Because of this he had always received special
care that deleted self responsibility from his picture. When he came to us he
had abused his fragile body with smoking and other negative activity to the
point that he had had to have one half of a lung removed. He had been in high
security mental health care and was a serious risk to himself. Through the team
work of staff, his social worker, and medical team, he graduated recently to the
ultimate goal - his family (an aunt that has been trained to help). His
behavior improvement allows this move, and most importantly he is now a
candidate for a lung transplant -- they do not give lungs to self-abusive
people. Mountain Top raised him to a level of self appreciation and
responsibility that changed his life.
Noah's Story
Noah came to Mountain Top in the fall of ‘07 as a special education
student with suspected learning disabilities. Mountain Top helped him
break through his internal barriers and develop his real potentials. He moves to the tenth grade
this year in the upper ten per cent of his class. He has no blood family in a
position to care for him. YOU and Mountain Top are his family. He depends on the Mountain Top
staff and their extended support.
Timothy's Story
Timothy – was traded by his mother for drugs to a man as a sex object when
he was a young boy. He came to Mountain Top Boys Home last year as a silent
and retreating young man with little trust in others and no understanding of a
stable family life. The Mountain Top staff challenge in this case was to
advance Tim to a point he recognized the depth of his issues and, together
with our staff, seek the current treatment which he previously rejected. That
point was reached in July, and with a hug and a tear he gave a temporary “good
by” to our staff as he entered a special treatment program. You see, the hug
was a treasured step. It spoke volumes as to the progress he had made as well
as his expectations.
This page was last updated September 9, 2009.
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