Chesapeake ADHD closing its doors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This place is notorious for getting kids sent away to long term treatment centers. Recently their rehab specialist has been caught sending over 1500 kids to these traumatizing programs. David levin you are scum

I heard he practiced without a license for over a year. He should be reported to the board of social work. He’s a liability!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m so curious how the Banner had access to all of those “internal emails”?

Those could have come from anyone who worked there; that's not too suspicious to me. A lot of people who choose not to speak on the record will still forward documents to a reporter if they want a story told.

What's just crazy to me as a parent is that from the outside, the place seemed like such a well-oiled machine. I remember appreciating getting the very pointed reminders about getting med prescriptions filled over the holidays -- as a parent who probably has undiagnosed attention issues, I liked those DO YOU HAVE YOUR MEDS?? emails. I liked the fact that they would submit bills to my insurance, for the same reason - I would never have remembered to do that myself. I remember thinking how nice it was that they had so many providers under one roof, so that if I wanted to get another neuropsych I could do that. Or if my kid could benefit from executive function coaching, I could do that. Or I could just have a support group for myself as a parent of a kid with ADHD. I justified the prices in my own mind by telling myself that it was a one-stop shop for decent services.

Just goes to show that you never know.

[Anonymous]

Therapist here with no relationship to this practice: you should report them to the APA board. All providers are required to provide a reasonable transition for patients who are under their care. The only time I have seen something like this is when someone abruptly closed because of a terminal diagnosis. You can't just leave patients in the lurch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This place is notorious for getting kids sent away to long term treatment centers. Recently their rehab specialist has been caught sending over 1500 kids to these traumatizing programs. David levin you are scum

I heard he practiced without a license for over a year. He should be reported to the board of social work. He’s a liability!

I heard this too. And it was only because a parent looked up his license that anyone was even aware the license lapsed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This place is notorious for getting kids sent away to long term treatment centers. Recently their rehab specialist has been caught sending over 1500 kids to these traumatizing programs. David levin you are scum

I heard he practiced without a license for over a year. He should be reported to the board of social work. He’s a liability!

I heard this too. And it was only because a parent looked up his license that anyone was even aware the license lapsed.

Yikes. Bold arrogance.

[Anonymous]

it looks like maybe the entire family running the place had ADHD and other issues they couldn't manage and otherwise a high conflict and dysfunctional family

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Financial problems due to federal government changes makes a lot of sense. These are admittedly pricey services and between the loss of jobs and the shutdown, it’s been tough for families. It doesn’t surprise me that they had to find alternative care. And there is nothing like financial problems to tear a family apart.

It doesn’t sound like the existing business model could support the costs if clinicians are going to be paid out of the owner’s personal pocket. And it sounds like they are acknowledging their ethical responsibilities and trying to set up a means to meet them.

I almost worked there as a contractor; each practitioner sets their own fees; they earned 60 percent of what there fee was/is. Did anyone say that less people were being seen? That clients dropped off?

Providers setting their own fees must have been new, because that was not the case previously. Providers were often pressured into raising rates even when they didn't want to, discouraged from giving discounts to long-term patients who fell on hard times, and would be talked badly about if they did make the decision. It was a bully operation.

[Anonymous]

This article was shared in a group I’m in today:
https://www.thebanner.com/economy/chesapeake-center-adhd-closing-SQDO6MUDLNGLBK5BZLPURRXFAU/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This article was shared in a group I’m in today:
https://www.thebanner.com/economy/chesapeake-center-adhd-closing-SQDO6MUDLNGLBK5BZLPURRXFAU/

yes, it's already been discussed upthread if you read the messages starting from the publication date Jan 9.

[Anonymous]

The info@cheaseapeakeadd email is working and sending bills out if you need it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The info@cheaseapeakeadd email is working and sending bills out if you need it!

Who is sending them out snd are they getting paid?

[Anonymous]

None of the contractors or clinicians have been paid yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of the contractors or clinicians have been paid yet.

I hope you all are talking to a lawyer. When they inevitably declare bankruptcy, you want to be at the front of the line.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dr nadeau is 💯 to blame here. First she entrusted her business to her daughter and husband who is shady as hell. Then she decides to abruptly close the center? Langdon was fired twice by her mom. Once in mid Dec and after that we got assurances that it was a family dispute. Langdon was back and Kathleen stepped down. Then late Dec Langdon forwarded an email from her mom firing her saying she wanted things to be different. Kathleen then closed the practice and says she will pay staff from her own personal funds. She’s completely off the rails and making terrible decisions. Even before this she was horrible to work with. Very mean and condescending to admin staff and anyone she didn’t need something from. Sure she’s written books but it’s just a narcissistic exercise to stroke her huge ego. Shes over 80 years old and should retire. She has completely ruined her previously excellent reputation over greed and nepotism. Something is very off her. And her reputation is dead. Sad. But what’s more sad are the hundreds of people who trusted her who she treated like paychecks or trash. I hope that family does not get away with this. It’s truly despicable and unethical. I hope she is held accountable (together w Langdon and Gonzalo)[/quote]

woah-- she fired her daughter and then her daughter came back and she stepped down? and then she just shut it down? this all seems bizarre. [/quote]

I was an admin at Chesapeake years and years ago back when it operated from Silver Spring. Even back then, it was known mother and daughter had issues and the Colombian husband was also shady. The clinicians at Chesapeake are all excellent. The best in the DMV. The family drama And politics are a whole different story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This looks like an elderly mom taking one last bullet for her daughter trying to shield her from the consequences of her actions, yet again. Very sad that someone who has accomplished so much feels the need to throw themselves on the grenade at the end of her career to protect her child. Langdon needs to take responsibility for her actions.

Langdon is the reason the practice was a success for all those years. Her mom is the problem. Dr. Nadeau could barely remember the names of the admin or clinicians.