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What happens to your child after they ‘graduate’ high school and the program?  A simple enough question.  What does happen next?  Most parents would highly encourage their children to attend college and that’s a fabulous goal.  A college degree ensures a more secure future and that’s something every parent wants, ah, but when private education is involved…there might be a catch.

What catch?  The school you spent thousands of dollars on, very likely isn’t even accredited.  This means they or you, will have to spend even more money to get their GED before they can get any college diploma.  So, even if they’ve gone to a college and done some coursework, they may still have to take another step backwards anyway.

BEFORE you send your kids off to a secluded school, to be taught by people you haven’t met, in a situation where you can’t communicate freely with your child, if for no other reason than monetary, take the time to find out if the institution is accredited.  

 You can check here:  http://www.accreditedschools.org/

ADDENDUM:  I spoke with a gentleman today from the National Association of Private Schools & he advised me that in the state of Texas, there is a law stating that colleges must not discriminate on whether or not the secondary school issuing a diploma is accredited or not.  However, there is a caveat.  If the career field will require the individual to hold a state certification (nurses, cosmetologist, law enforcement, etc…) a GED will be required.

 The state of Oklahoma will automatically issue a GED upon completion of 30 credit hours of college coursework. 

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Posted by Michael "Psy" Crawford

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Pathway Family Centers is closing in it’s Southfield, Michigan Facility!

January 28th, 2009 11:34 am

I personally called and spoke with “Pam”, the intake coordinator at Pathway Family Center at it’s Southfield, Michigan branch recently, and was told that Pathways is closing their Michigan facility as of this coming Friday, January 30, 2009. The reason that “Pam” stated for this current closure of the facility was given as “funding”.  I do not believe this to be the whole reason considering that Pathways has recently had a barrage of complaints to Pathways Michigan certifying body, as well as, Michigan’s health board.

I also learned through this same conversation that the center will be referring clients to it’s Indianapolis, Indiana facility.  This seems to possibly be another duck and run situation for Pathway Family Center, considering they closed down their Ohio branch in late 2008 under similar controversies.

Over the past four years there have been many public complaints about Pathway Family Centers treatment model,  that is based on the same treatment model as the infamously abusive treatment program Straight Incorporated. This is not all that surprising considering that Pathways CEO and Founder, Teri Nissley is a former program parent of Straight Inc.

Teri Nissley has publicly touted the treatment model as good for children despite many instances that prove otherwise.

I will be awaiting further confirmation of this closure as I work to obtain confirmation that Pathway Family Center has surrendered their license to their certifying entity.

Please stay tuned for more coverage.

Posted by Deprogrammed

Hey Matt,
I came across your article for Huffington Post just now. That rez just keeps getting better and better. I’ve been busy. I hadn’t looked over the reform sites, or anything else much lately till now. They’re all about the diversion. I’m in ARD in a rust belt town now. Believe me, it’s a life changing experience! Public transportation here is not good. It’s a 12 hr+ round trip to the county courthouse where I have to report and costs me $20 in fares. Add to that around $900 in fines, another $300+ in service fees to MADD, County Diversion (for a Miss Cleo style ‘assessment’) and drug and alcohol classes. Oh, and 60 hrs of community service. There’s not a lot of work around here in walking distance that doesn’t require a vehicle. I’m practically homeless for the first time in my life.

I’ve had just about all the help I can stand. This might drive me to drinkin’! Please find me a drug czar who will quit being so damned helpful. I wonder what Ron Paul is saying.

–
Ever your dedicated inactivist,
return undef() if /coercion/i
forced treatment = stalinist reeducation
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Posted by Ginger McNulty

 From ISACCORP

Michael Palmer is reportedly in Fort Dodge, Iowa. According to information obtained by ISAC, Palmer is calling himself Dr. Michael Palmer, recently purchased a large building, and is interested in buying a vacant church.

Additional updates will be posted as information becomes available.

Victory Christian Academy is a locked-down Christian boarding school for girls in Jay, Florida.

Girls as young as 10 are accepted at the facility.

Victory Christian Academy is also using the name Lighthouse of Northwest Florida.

The owner of the facility, Brother Michael Palmer, was a long-time associate of Reverend Lester Roloff.

Roloff was notorious for paddling pregnant girls in his homes for “unwed mothers” as well as declaring that he preferred “death or jail” to state licensing of his facilities.

Victory Christian Academy used to be located in California but Palmer and his wife moved the facility to Florida after a California judge ordered the facility to close and banned Palmer and his wife Patty from EVER working at another unlicensed facility in the state.

At the time, Palmer was on probation after being convicted of operating a community care facility without a license.

Palmer also owned Genesis by the Sea, located in Mexico.

Mexican authorities raided Genesis by the Sea on September 10, 2004 after finding evidence of abuse, neglect and a “punishment cell.”

Officials gave the program 48 hours to remove all children from the facility.

Several students and many of the staff members have been moved to Victory Christian Academy.

Palmer has been accused of sexual battery by a former student and reportedly is not allowed to be alone with any of the girls in his care.

Victory Christian Academy is presently accredited by FACCCA (Florida Association of Christian Child Caring Agencies).

The current Vice President of FACCCA is Michael Palmer.

For more information regarding the Florida Association of Christian Child Care Agencies, please see our FACCCA page.

Michael Palmer’s son and son-in-law are both deputies for the local sheriff’s department.

Michael Palmer’s son reportedly transported students to Genesis by the Sea.

Palmer was listed on the Board of Directors for Palm Lane Baptist Academy, which closed earlier this year after numerous allegations of abuse against the school and its sister-school, Mountain Park Baptist Academy.

Mountain Park closed as well and information obtained by ISAC indicates that employees of Mountain Park and Genesis by the Sea are now employed at Victory.

For more information regarding Genesis by the Sea, Palm Lane, and Mountain Park, please see our Archives page.

To read more on Victory Christian Academy, please click here

Posted by Michael "Psy" Crawford

Breaking News This Just in……

December 8th, 2008 12:12 am

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

A series of emails have been released by the

International Survivors Action Committee about the current status
of operations taking place at the Milford, Ohio branch of
Pathway Family Centers, known as Kids Helping Kids.
According to emails from Jim Lapczynski,
(a legal representative employed with ODADAS, Ohio Dept.
of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services) Pathway Family Centers
has decided to close their Milford, Ohio
location of Pathways.

This decision comes to light after over a month of emails and
reporting, as well as, investigating of this particular issue.

Read the article here:

http://pathwayfamilycenter.fornits.com/assessments-and-clinical-treatment-closed/

Posted by Deprogrammed

Here is an email that I received yesterday morning from an apparently cowardly and anonymous source yet to be named. I say to the source,” If ye feel so strongly in your opinion then show yourself and personally stand by your convictions.  As for the website or anyone that is involved with the website being even remotely involved with the organization HEAL(Human Animal Earth Liberation), it is simply not true.  Although, we do not refute HEAL, we also do not condone or endorse HEAL either.

Without any further procrastination, I give you the email that I have received:

from Rusty Nail Tetnus <liars_stick_together@hotmail.com> to pathwayfamilycentersexposed@gmail.com date Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:19 AM subject Your website is a sad joke. mailed-by hotmail.com

Dear PFC “Exposed” :

It is obvious that you’ve decided to join forces with HEAL and bombard the internet with propaganda against Pathway Family Center.  It’s very amusing that you’ve tried to “distance” yourself from the others and create a “show” of dischord when everyone knows you all work together to fight the “bad” program called Pathway Family Center.

Pathway Family Center and its staff are not fooled by your online “disagreements” with “WDTony” and know exactly what kind of game you all think you are playing.  You can create as many websites against Pathway Family Center as you wish.  It won’t work.  You are weak and foolish children playing online games and no one is buying it.

You only make yourselves look more idiotic by playing these games.  Leave Pathway Family Centers alone.  You did not close Kids Helping Kids.  It was closed in order to consolidate and strengthen the Indianapolis and Chicagoland facilities.  You may have noticed other successful and good treatment centers, such as Aspen Education Group, have done the same thing in these troubling economic times.  How dare you claim that your actions over the last few years closed down a good program.  It did nothing.  You are weak and you will never achieve anything more than chasing your own tails.

I hope everyone looking for a good program sees how you and your “friends” operate and fool the public with games of argument on your little fornits pages and elsewhere online.  Who cares?  You all look like idiots.  Stop the bullshit and come clean about what you are really up to, you drugged out freaks.  Everyone at Pathway knows you are only trying to make money and give the “finger” to people who’ve done nothing to harm you.  Get over yourselves.

In All Sincerity,

Rusty

Here is a disclaimer on the website: http://pathwayfamilycenter.fornits.com/about/

Disclaimer: This website is not in any way, shape or form affiliated with the organization HEAL(Human Earth Animal Liberation), or any other organization for that matter.

Posted by Deprogrammed

This just in …..

We have received official word that Kids Helping Kids, a Pathway Family Center is not in fact closed here in Milford, Ohio.  The International Survivors Action Committee(ISAC) has officially released word that the Ohio facility is not closed and that the program is still using the facility in Ohio as an asessment center and marketing hub. This announcement comes to us after an official email released to ODADAS(Ohio Department of Drug Addiction and Alcohol Services) by program director Monica Mertens stating that

“Pathway Family Center no longer has a treatment center in Ohio. We only do assessments and
marketing at our site. Hopefully, new funding will be received and we will be able to open back
up.”

You can read it for yourself right here:

http://www.isaccorp.org/pathway/pfcohionotclosed.pdf

full article here:

http://pathwayfamilycenter.fornits.com/?page_id=7

Posted by Deprogrammed

This just in…….Several eye witnesses have observed that Kids Helping Kids ( a Pathway Family Center) located at 6070 Branch-Hill Guinea Pike in Milford Ohio, has had no clients at the building for a total of four days now.

Apparently, a few days ago the President of the International Survivors Action Committee (ISAC), William Earnshaw, reported this fact to Mr. Jim Lapczynski, a legal representative of ODADAS (Ohio Department Of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services), and Mr. Lapczynski knew nothing about it.

William Earnshaw is also reporting now that a program parent has indicated that Kids Helping Kids( a Pathway Family Center) in Milford, Ohio has been shut down. When a source called The program to verify that the program is in fact shut down, the program denied that they are shut down, and are now claiming that they are using the Milford, Ohio branch as an assessment program.

Dear Kids Helping Kids, a Pathway Family Center,

I just would like to personally know which option it really is: a.) Shut the fuck down? or is it option b.) assessment facility? You people cannot have it both ways.

An email was sent to the president and CEO of Pathway Family Centers, Teri Nissley, to request verification of an answer either way. As of yet the email has yet to be returned with an answer.Also another thing, always remember this: one down …two to go! Protesters are not going away anytime soon.

love ye!

-Your favorite protester

Deprogrammed

AGAIN I REPEAT KHK IN MILFORD OHIO HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN SOURCES SAY!

Stay tuned we will have a follow up article soon, with interviews and everything!

Posted by Deprogrammed