Resolution Ranch Academy

Incidents on record

1. 2016 License action

   Since 2016 the Texas Department of Health and Human Services has cited 23 deficiencies, including a staff slapping a child, improper restraints, a child restrained naked in view of others, and an unreported injury requiring stitches.source

2. Abuse

   Survivors report verbal and emotional abuse, excessive violent restraints, improper supervision, prison-like conditions, physical abuse, punitive punishments and forced manual labor.source

3. Investigation

   Unconfirmed parent and survivor reports say Texas Licensing was investigating the program, including an accusation that an administrator beat a boy in a bathroom and that a former director of education had drug arrests and a suspended teaching license.source

Staff

Notable staff

• Scott McGarrahan

  Foundersource

• Chris Langley

  Program Director and Clinical Directorsource

  Elsewhere in the industry

  • a therapist and case manager at an unnamed group home for boys with severe emotional and behavioral issues
  • a Residential Leader/Residential Living and Learning Staff at Tarleton State University from 2013 until 2015

• David Stubbs

  Directorsource

• Alicia Eggleston

  Therapist (2020, r/troubledteens wiki)source

  Elsewhere in the industry

  • Tarleton State University Residential Leader/Residential Living and Learning Staff, 2013
  • Baylor Scott & White Health Contact Center Specialist, before 2020

• Ernest Smith

  Therapist (2018, r/troubledteens wiki)source

Wiki entries

• Resolution Ranch Academy Cameron, TX | 2004-present

Materials and links

Reference and research

• Tammy (Yelp)
• stated

Other links

• Resolution Ranch Academy Website Homepage (archived copy) live site
• Parent Introduction Packet (archived copy) live site
• here (archived copy) live site