Easterseals Blake Foundation

"THEY WILL REPEATEDLY ATTEMPT CONTACT WITH ABUSIVE SPOUSES EVEN IF THE SPOUSES HAVE ABUSED YOUR CHILDREN. THEY WILL REFUSE TREATMENT IF YOU CAN NOT COMPLY WITH LOCATING AND CONTACTING YOUR EXES. This review applies specifically to intake, as I do not plan to consent to treatment at this facility. There were two main issues I had, so scroll down if the first isn't an issue for you. Easterseals Blake Foundation in Tucson AZ will not complete your intake, or provide ANY services, unless they have your children's birth certificates on file. No other location in Tucson requires this information for treatment. Initially, when asked, they said it was for psychiatry and to have it 'just in case'. They added that they could not speak to the 'level' of services I may receive at other locations, as if other places were breaking some rule. When I still pressed, because psychiatry is not a service we will be consenting to, they revealed that they request permission to treat from ALL parties. Which is totally fine, unless any number of things like poverty, homelessness, or mental health mean that you have to track down paperwork that prevents the other spouse from knowing where your kids live. EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T NEEDED THAT PAPERWORK FOR 10+ YEARS (because who goes and tracks down an inactive parent to include them in treatment). This is what was told to me by several people, not an assumption I am making. So if you turn in a birth certificate but not all the other paperwork, guess what? You have to deal with Easterseals Blake WAITING TO TREAT the child you have legally raised yourself. Wait, while they ask what amounts to a stranger legally, if it is ok for the kids they haven't legally been a parent of, or seen in years, to go to group or get counseling. Heaven forbid you did not leave that person because they were violent. And I get it, people should have that paperwork, and I do.. But why would I go somewhere that can not treat unless I can legally prove I am a sole parent.. No other place makes you do that EVEN FOR PYSCHIATRIC CARE.. So what's the obsession here? On top of that issue the person doing our intake was frustrated by my children's choice for me to be in the intake room with them. She could not believe my children would be honest with me there, and kept repeating different variations of that idea. Alluding to the idea that their intake could not be accurate if I was in the room. Which is HILARIOUS to me because one of my children has difficulty verbalizing complex ideas well when under stress. So I was interpreting these images my kid was drawing up to answer intake questions then the intake personnel would summarize to check understanding. At least twice, for different serious topics, I said 'no, I do not think that is what was meant' then looked at my kid to ask if they felt they were being understood. In both instances they said 'no' and tried again to be more clear. However, both of those specific times the intake personnel just repeated what they already said while adding "the why' or "the specifics" don't matter. They were misunderstanding whole concepts, and completely butchered entire ideas my kid was trying to convey. I know parents cannot know everything about their kids all the time and there might be sometimes they are more comfortable with someone else.. but not a complete stranger they just met asking them personal questions most people don't even tell their friends. I don't know...the entitlement about my kids' choices/feelings, the birth certificate being mandatory specifically for them to get actively involved in custody, and the weird amount of 5 stars with no comments here are few too many red flags for me to not speak up about an uncomfortable intake and weird paperwork policy. Edit: I was told they would not compartmentalize or generalize when communicating cross-or-inter agency and would give very specific details about the minor children to whomever 'they felt' needed to hear them."

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"Beautiful experience here, they do their best to take care of all their members and their employees. I always recommend them."

"There for my mental well being, staff there are very attentive and care very much about what you are going through. Telemed appointments are available..."

"My son and I were exploited by the people we trusted to help us. If you love your kids, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM these people....there are 622 pages of FALSE medical records, including entries of children that are not mine! If you question anything they do you will have a report on you and they will lie to your face and tell you they know nothing about it. This is a community-wide crisis as I had two employees tell me 91% of the clients here experience what I experienced. I went to the compliance manager with a trusting heart and they have done absolutely nothing so I am urging the community to please keep your children away from these people it is a criminal Enterprise and accountability is slow but it's happening. Deeply personal information about ME was included in the records....I'm not a client, so why is my name on every page?? Taisia, Gema and Mykah engaged in multiple secret meetings behind my back where they discussed me in great detail. They never once said anything to my face they are completely INTENTIONAL with their actions and I urge anyone to retrieve their medical records immediately to find out what is really going on with your child and what is being written on paper. Please reach out if you need support"