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I was a resident at Jasper Mountain from age 7 to 8 (21 years ago) and I wanted to share my perspective as an adult looking back. The structured environment taught me important life skills like manners, responsibility, and following rules through daily chores and working with animals including horses and llamas. I particularly remember Molly the llama,(I called her Polly Molly) Champ the horse, and Willy the miniature horse. Oh, there were also some snack feisty peacocks. We would run track or walk the mile to get a better breakfast (hot breakfast and not a bowl of cereal). This helped me understand the reward of working hard, and exercising. Despite the extremely strict environment where most staff members were not particularly compassionate (I recall Mat, a staff member who was very protective of his headphones due to ear wax concerns but was generally he was a cool guy), and a man who I don’t remember the name, he coached me in flag football. The structure ultimately helped me develop discipline that has served me well in adulthood. However, the use of physical restraints and holds was traumatic and caused lasting anxiety in my peers. I experienced this once when I deliberately got into trouble out of curiosity and it caused me to panic. Holds are not fun, I repeat, not fun. While my experience included both positive and negative elements, I’m grateful for what I learned there about responsibility and structure, and as an adult I can appreciate how these skills have helped me even though some aspects were difficult at the time. This reflects my personal experience from over 20 years ago, and programs may have evolved since then, but overall I’m very thankful for the growth and manners I gained during my stay. Oh, Christmas here rocked. I still have photos of my time with Santa and opening up my gifts. Thank you JMC, you were more of a family than mine ever was.

I've been to this facility many times. It is a true haven for the children in their care. Realizing that many of the children in residence exhibit fairly serious emotional and behavioral issues, I have to commend the staff for their ability to handle some very difficult situations, with restraint, respect and affection for the kids.

I was here from 11 years old to 13, I had been to the oregon state mental hospital, trillium, farm home and youth villages, and out of all of them, this place is the best. I have mixed feelings about jasper. I left a better person I do believe, but I was not ever stayed in contact with like I was told, and that hurt. Left a bad taste in my mouth. I had got to know everybody I was there with, staff members, Ethan is one I really remember, and there was a short man with a ring he would play with and we would play chess. I have been doing really well if anyone remembers me. Really happy to see you guys are still on a mission. Not sure why 7 years later I decided to leave a review at 1:35 in the morning, but here I am.