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[Anonymous]

I was being facetious.  :grin:

[BuzzKill]

I was personally disappointed in Jeff's silence concerning the Whitmore allegations - but I was disappointed in all the Trekker's.

I find it appalling they are so willing to ignore these allegations just b/c they are coming from one of Susan's cash cows.

I felt (and still do) that they should have spoken out in a united voice against a Trekker (Susan) referring to a program accused by multiple families (not just one kook) of abuse and neglect.

And please, spare me that garbage about sticking together and working together to bring down the one big bad wolf.

ISAC has it right  - No one should be abused in the name of treatment. This includes the families that turn to PURE for advice and assistance, as well as those who call Teen Help, or Struggling Teens or any of them.

But to be fair - I have not heard that Jeff is still telling families to contact PURE. It could be he no longer does.

Unless some one comes forward and says otherwise, I prefer to believe he has at the very least, refrained from referring any more to PURE.

[Anonymous]

Lots of people who would have otherwise been great contributors to this site have left because they are disgusted.

Say it isn't so!  :roll:  :lol:

[Anonymous]

Again, who IS Jeff Berryman?
Another "WWASP parent?" Some type of "child advocate" who could STILL be in the position of referring parents to someone like Sue Scheff at PURE?

[Antigen]

I've tried to talk to Jeff before. He doesn't return my calls or email. But, from what I gather, he seems to fit the profile of an aging, unattractive, childless do-gooder who thinks he knows what's best for everyone else's kids; typical educrat/social worker type. You know the kind; one of those guys you just look at, shake your head and know he'll be among the first up against the wall when the revolution comes. I think he was a hall monitor in highschool and college.


 

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.

--Charles Austin Beard

[Anonymous]

Ginger, I just love your sense of humor, Berryman a hall monitor, a real do-gooder.  :razz:

[Anonymous]

So, this Jeff Berryman just "knows parents out there somewhere" that he can refer to Scheff? Tried the "google" thing and came up with an author, attorney, and some guy in the theatre business. Guess that wasn't THIS JEFF BERRYMAN.

Wonder how he got "recruited" to be a TREKKER?
How he became a "believer?"  Scary, huh?

[Anonymous]

Jeff, like Mrs. D.VA (a PURE volunteer) posts on Struggling Teens.  This is how he signs his posts over there:

"When I mount my horse, ALL THE WINDMILLS IN SPAIN TREMBLE!"

Personally, I think the guy should get off his high horse and pony up with an explanation as to what, if any, his affiliation with Sue Scheff/PURE is.

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Anonymous]

Whoa!!! When Jeff Berryman mounts his horse, all the windmills in Spain tremble?  What the heck does that mean?

And this is a person that anyone would rely on to help them make a decision about the welfare of their child? And it appears his advice is to go-and-ask-Sue-Scheff about a proper placement?
Something's wrong here folks!

[Anonymous]

On 2005-10-17 18:47:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Whoa!!! When Jeff Berryman mounts his horse, all the windmills in Spain tremble?  What the heck does that mean?



And this is a person that anyone would rely on to help them make a decision about the welfare of their child? And it appears his advice is to go-and-ask-Sue-Scheff about a proper placement?

Something's wrong here folks!



"

Hi-Ho Silver ...  :rofl:

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Does Jeff Berryman not see the light?

Sue Scheff sent her daughter to an "abusive WWASP Program," then she LOUDLY complained about the "ed con" who referred her there, and understand she's filed a suit against WWASP for abusing her daughter.

What is the difference between Sue Scheff's complaints and filing a lawsuit and this:

Parents who were referred to Whitmore Academy LOUDLY complain about the "Referring person" who sent their children to Whitmore--Sue Scheff at PURE because THEIR CHILDREN WERE ABUSED AT WHITMORE.  Then parents filed a lawsuit against the abusive owners. AND one of the owners is charged with criminal child abuse.

Why does Sue Scheff scream and shout that these parents, and their children are liars, that no abuse happened at Whitmore Academy, and Scheff continues to support the owners of Whitmore?

No one is calling Sue Scheff a liar, or denying  that her daughter was abused, or saying Ms. Scheff has no right to file a lawsuit against those she claims abused HER DAUGHTER.

There is ONE BIG DIFFERENCE: none of the Whitmore parents have gone into the "referral business" to make money by sending other people's children into any RTCs, declaring these RTCs to be "safe" just because they are NON-WHITMORE.  And most certainly, none of the Whitmore parents withdrew their children from Whitmore, yelling "Whitmore is abusive,"...yet scammed other desperate parents by collecting referral fees by sending these desperate parents TO WHITMORE.

One would think that Ms. Scheff and PURE owe these Whitmore students who were abused, and their parents one great big apology.  Or a least the respect to not publicly try and discredit the students and parents who are victims in the criminal case.

[Anonymous]

On 2005-10-18 07:35:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Does Jeff Berryman not see the light?



Sue Scheff sent her daughter to an "abusive WWASP Program," then she LOUDLY complained about the "ed con" who referred her there, and understand she's filed a suit against WWASP for abusing her daughter.



What is the difference between Sue Scheff's complaints and filing a lawsuit and this:



Parents who were referred to Whitmore Academy LOUDLY complain about the "Referring person" who sent their children to Whitmore--Sue Scheff at PURE because THEIR CHILDREN WERE ABUSED AT WHITMORE.  Then parents filed a lawsuit against the abusive owners. AND one of the owners is charged with criminal child abuse.



Why does Sue Scheff scream and shout that these parents, and their children are liars, that no abuse happened at Whitmore Academy, and Scheff continues to support the owners of Whitmore?



No one is calling Sue Scheff a liar, or denying  that her daughter was abused, or saying Ms. Scheff has no right to file a lawsuit against those she claims abused HER DAUGHTER.



There is ONE BIG DIFFERENCE: none of the Whitmore parents have gone into the "referral business" to make money by sending other people's children into any RTCs, declaring these RTCs to be "safe" just because they are NON-WHITMORE.  And most certainly, none of the Whitmore parents withdrew their children from Whitmore, yelling "Whitmore is abusive,"...yet scammed other desperate parents by collecting referral fees by sending these desperate parents TO WHITMORE.



One would think that Ms. Scheff and PURE owe these Whitmore students who were abused, and their parents one great big apology.  Or a least the respect to not publicly try and discredit the students and parents who are victims in the criminal case.





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Sheesh, when you get right down to it ... you'd have to be dumb as rocks not to see there is NO DIFFERENCE.

Good luck to the Whitmore parents and their children, the true victims of RTC abuse and exploitation at the hands of unscrupulous profiteers.  

Berryman, if you are reading, I sincerely hope you awaken to the realization that it might be time for you to find a new "cause" because the way I see it, it looks very much like you are part of the problem, not the solution.

 :smokin:

[Anonymous]

Sue Scheff didn't sue WWASP, WWASP sued Sue Scheff. It cost her insurance company over a million dollars to defend her.

[Anonymous]

Sue Scheff is suing WWASP now, at the present time, IS SHE NOT?.
 Everyone knows that WWASP sued Ms. Scheff; and for exactly the same reasons that she criticizes Whitmore parents: for standing up for HER RIGHTS, and criticizing HER ed con, and for saying her daughter was abused in a WWASP facility.