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Quote from: "DHS Report on RCS"
Based on record review and staff interview, the agency failed to provide documentation of staff training prior to working with children in three of five files.

Untrained, unqualified staff...again.  This is like a bad movie.

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Can anybody confirm whether or not these employees got paid?  Any updates on the "riot"?

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Elan School / Re: A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School
« on: January 31, 2011, 01:34:48 PM »
I read the whole thing this morning.  As I read all I could think was "Wow, this is Daytop, redux."  They seem to be just about the same thing entirely.

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Another "disgruntled ex-employee" I suppose.  He must be "lashing out at CALO due to his failures as an employee."  That's the stock response from these duckfarms, anyway.

I would like to know what he's suing for though.  Maybe back pay?  Unfulfilled contract?

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Feed Your Head / Re: Craig Stephen Rogers is angry at Fornits and HEAL
« on: January 31, 2011, 12:24:20 PM »
More about this moron, Craig Stephen Rogers, below, courtesy of Ursus:

Quote from: "Ursus"
Someone recently posted a new thread about ALA, but then chose to pull it. In the meantime, I had already composed a reply. Hence, I'm tacking my reply onto this thread, fwiw...

Quote from: "Guest"
A friend of mine posted a question here on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=6088120783

She signed up just for this occasion and basicaly just asked about the experience of former students. She is doing some research on faith based schools ....her question was reported,her account was deleted....
Someone from ALA reported her...and sent her a very threatening mail (basicaly telling her they will talk to their lawyers etc.)

So I posted a question there today...and got similar feedback from that ALA person.
Now I am waiting if my account will be deleted as well LOL
I mean..the ALA reaction is so overboard...it was just a question, nothing else...If a single question freakes them out and causes such an reaction...don't you think it is strange?
Yes... Abundant Life Academy is a bit "feisty" in this regard. If your friend is doing research on faith-based programs per se, there are also quite a few others of that ilk discussed on fornits, e.g., ones associated with Roloff Ministries. Another program with a heavy Christian hand and which has been recently addressed is Shepherd's Hill Farm.

Anyway, here are some threads which discuss or mention Abundant Life Academy specifically (there are more). There appears to be some type of connection to WWASPS; at a quick glance I can't tell whether that connection is personal, financial, or institutional. Two other good terms to search for would be Spencer Moody and Craig Rogers:


 :soapbox:  :soapbox:  :soapbox:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:

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Feed Your Head / Re: Craig Stephen Rogers is angry at Fornits and HEAL
« on: January 31, 2011, 09:52:07 AM »
Oh well.  Some advice, Craig:  :suicide:  :twofinger:

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:tup:  :twofinger:

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Quote from: "DEE"
This is all pretty bizarre and speculative. The date "Sunday the 17th", as others have noted, doesn't match up with January. It does match with last October, when is about the time the article describing "a mini-riot" at RCS appeared in the Dahlonega Nugget, and was quickly retracted from the on-line version. The letter which we are told was written by Chris Grimwood is also strange, to say the least. If he actually wrote this and sent it to parents, it's a good bet he'll be fired. Bucchi would never have approved such a letter going out. Far too revealing, and unprofessional; but then, what would you expect from a guy who bought his "graduate degree" for $89?

I am waiting for a copy with the full email header intact.  I have spoken to two RCS contacts that both say they received this email last Monday, verbatim, including the time it was sent.  Could I be getting short-stroked?  Stranger things have happened.

Quote
cc Chris Grimwood <[email protected]>
date Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:50 PM
subject Ridge Creek School

hide details Jan 17 (9 days ago)

FWIW, that's why the OP has the word "reportedly" in it.  I'm not satisfied with the supporting documentation yet either.  However, regardless of the time frame, this event or similar did happen at RCS.  Take note that it also says that checks will be sent out on "Thursday the 20th," which was last Thursday, not in October.

Do you know anywhere where we can get a copy of that article?  It isn't in the archives of the website.

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Here we are, two years almost to the day of this letter, and RCS is pulling the same shenanigans as did HLA.  It's time for Dr. John to release some more information to the public I think.  You out there, Doc?  RCS parents are getting ripped off in the same scheme and they need your help!

Quote from: "Guest 3"
From: John Cornell <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: correction and adddendum RE: De. Buccellato and Hidden Lake Academy


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Subject: correction and adddendumRE: De. Buccellato and Hidden Lake Academy




 

It has come to my attention that the assets of the Hidden Lake Foundation, a defendant in the class action suit were dissipated in legal expense in defense of the Foundation. Having no further assets, the foundation was dissolved. No secrets there.

First line of second paragraph should say " I do not take lightly" instead of "I take lightly."  Correction has been made below.

 

 

Tom Croke

http://www.familylight.com

724-216-6843

212-537-6386

304-881-0252

412-203-3177

44.2033.717401


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From: Thomas J. Croke
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:45 PM
To: John Cornell; Nancy Edwards; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Paula L. Rudy; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; http://www.familylight.com/link3/3.05/3.052/index.htm. You will note that I am an equal opportunity irritant.  There is enough in those guidelines to offend just about everyone.  But we would have a better profession if everyone followed them.  I point this out so no one would think I am simply defending Dr. Buccellato out of misplaced loyalty or a belief that we don't need improvements in our profession. Dr. Buccellato has his faults and our profession needs to improve.  For that reason I write this.  I have no loyalty to Dr. Buccellato. I do have a loyalty to his current students, none of whom were referred by me, and I do have a loyalty to a profession that must survive in the in the interests of the young people "Dr. Cornell" disingenuously purports to care about.  

 

I am devoting part of my Saturday to write this because I care about the young people this industry serves and I do not take lightly threats to the ability of conscientious people to continue to serve their interests.  I read with interest the financial papers in the link.  There is no doubt that the vendetta that, you, "Dr. Cornell," have been instrumental in conducting has cost Dr. Buccellato millions of dollars in legal expense and lost revenue, so it is not surprising that he might come up short on payment of some obligations, such as the settlement to which you refer.  However, without any guarantees, I am personally satisfied that he will not allow the school to fold as you suggest sending his students scattering without any kind of safety net.  Again, I don't know for sure, but I would strongly suspect that a particular source that is not part of the litigation you refer to and is not legally obligated to pay any of the school's or Dr. Buccellato's debts would step in to finance an orderly completion process for students enrolled at the school if conditions were to require a cessation of new enrollments.  

 

Whatever opinions I may hold about the quality or lack thereof at Hidden Lake Academy are derived by a comparison of that institution to the Guidelines you can read at http://www.familylight.com/link3/3.05/3.052/index.htm .  I don't plan to discuss that further in this venue, except to say that one thing I am not personally worried about is that the school will suddenly shut down leaving its students in the lurch.  The papers you refer to do not cause me or anyone else who really knows the situation alarm on that particular point. I would be very surprised if, despite your best efforts the school will stop taking new enrollments.  

 

Out of concern for the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of students in schools comparable to Hidden Lake Academy I want to respond to the email itself and its author.

 

First, if your motivation is to get the defendants in this case paid, you might consider cutting back on your efforts to undermine the defendants financially.  You seem to be acting against the interests of the plaintiffs here, trying to provoke a situation which would result in them never getting paid.  If your motivation is to prevent kids from being harmed, you might want to check out the improvements in the school in the past year (not meaning to imply confirmation that there ever was abuse there -- for purposes of this communication, I'm not discussing the what may or may not have happened some years ago.  You might also reconsider your affiliation with those attempting to shut down the entire range of specialty schools and programs, identifying (in some cases, perhaps correctly) past abuses but ignoring the benefits to thousands of young people able to have normal lives because of these schools.  With the enormous amount of time I am putting into my website, I am paying my dues on a serious effort to improve our profession, but unlike you and your associates, I am not attempting to throw out the baby with the bathwater. Unlike you, I care about these young people and I am not using them as pawns in a personal vendetta.  

 

Next, there is the matter of "Dr. John the Shrink" AKA "John Cornell."  The email address suggests that you, "Dr. Cornell," are a clinician at the doctoral level. I have run your name on the web and the only John Cornell who comes up who fits that description is a research psychologist who is probably not you.  If you are a credentialed person in any capacity, lets have your true name, your place of business, and your license number.  In any case, no matter who you are, if you have something constructive to say, out of concern for the young people you disingenuously purport to care about, tell us who you really are instead of simply trying to cloak yourself in camouflage. If you are to have any credibility identify yourself.  From what I see from the way you try to lead us to believe you are a practicing psychiatrist, from the same information I can only draw the conclusion that you are a mentally unbalanced liar obsessed with a vendetta that controls your life the way heroin controls the life of an addict.

 

I know very little about the Chapel issue.  I do know that it is irrelevant to the point you appear to be trying to make.  Where did the money go?  I don't know for sure, but I would strongly suspect that the resources of the entire foundation would not come close to making a significant dent in the $400,000 judgment you claim you want paid.  Not-for-profit foundations with significant assets must file a 990 form annually with the IRS.  I have searched the relevant data base for a 990 from the Hidden Lake Foundation, Inc. for 2005, 2006 and 2007, and I find nothing. The conclusion I draw is that there are not and never were significant assets. If there were enough to build a chapel, there would be a 990.  If there were enough to pay a significant portion of the judgment, there would be a 990. I don't see evidence of mishandling of funds. However an examination of the 990 for HLA, Inc. shows the substantial personal expense -- well over $1,000,000 -- that Dr. Buccellato has put into the operation of this not-for-profit school to compensate for losses this situation has created.  He gains nothing and is pouring his own resources into keeping it going.   You are probably pleased that this is hitting him in the bank account. But the evidence is that he cares enough about the students in the school to do that and you care about nothing but doing damage.

 

I am not evaluating either Hidden Lake Academy or Dr. Buccellato in this communication.  I am asserting that this kind of attack is transparently without regard for the best interests of the students at Hidden Lake Academy and the plaintiffs in the settled lawsuit.  It is about destruction for the sake of destruction.  It is about a totally irresponsible vendetta, seeking only to do damage.  It comes from a source whose integrity and bona fides are seriously in question by the dubious implication that the source is a practicing psychiatrist.  

 

Tom Croke

http://www.familylight.com

724-216-6843

212-537-6386

304-881-0252

412-203-3177

44.2033.717401

 

 


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From: John Cornell [[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:48 PM
To: Nancy Edwards; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Paula L. Rudy; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; http://fornits.com/hla/Buccellatto%27s_ ... motion.pdf

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Quote from: "Jill Ryan"
Question...Does the State of Georgia require RCS to have  LICENSED MSW's and LICENSED PC's on staff  to operate in the many capacities that it does with ORS, ORCC, MHADDAD,DHS, and DFCS blessings.  Or can the staff only have Master's degrees in M.ED, Master of Counseling, etc. and not be licensed ????

If they are conducting therapy groups (e.g. "realizations"), they must be licensed.

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Quote from: "Visitor One"
Thanks, Guest.  That $299 and five day wait has had an incredible return for Chris- a job at HLA with a free place to stay for him and his dogs.

The real question is though, which is worse:  

1) Having a fake degree from Farington University (AKA FU) or
2) Being busted for lying that your degree is from an actual university?

I'm leaning toward number two from an ethics and legal standpoint but can see the arguement for number one as child safety is job one.  Any ideas?  I'm on the fence here???

Quote from: ""Guest""
From an HLA email sent to parents:

HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY
COUNSELING & CLINICAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Administrative/Supervisory Staff:

1.   Charles W Cates, Ph.D., Educational Leadership, (Ga State University) - Headmaster
2.   Clay Erickson M.A., Psych, (Antioch Univ.) ?Addictions Services Coord ? Assoc Director of Counseling
3.   Jeff Holloway, M.S.W., Master of Social Work, (Univ. of Iowa) - Assist Headmaster
4.   John McMillon, M.S., Counseling and Human Development, (Troy State Univ.) ?  Dir of Counseling
5.   Christy L. Jones, Psy. D. Clinical Psych (Regent University) ? Assoc Dir of Counseling ? Clinical Supervisor
6.   Brad Carpenter, Psy.D. Clinical Psych (Argosy University) ? Testing Coordinator
7.   Joe Stapp, M.A., Counseling (Amberton University) LPC (GA) Assist Headmaster

Assistant Directors of Counseling:

8.     Cheryl Ballow, M.S., Counseling/ Psych, (Troy State Univ.) Workshop Coordinator
9.      Kees de Vente, M. Div., (Vanderbilt Univ.) - Spiritual Coordinator
     10.      Anna Jones, M.Ed. School Counseling (Middle Tennessee State University); Licensed and
         Certified School Counselor, Consultant and School Communication coordinator
       
Counselor Coordinators:

        11.     Daryl Beard, M.Ed., Community Counseling, (North Carolina State Univ.); NCC
        12.     Doug Sills, M.S. Professional Counseling, (Georgia State University), NCC, LPC (GA)
        13.     Dan Mansfield, M.A. Marriage, and Family Therapy, (Louisville Presbyterian Theological
                  Seminary)
       
Counselors:

       14.    Betty Greene, M.S., Community Counseling (North Georgia College & State University); ALPC
                (GA)  
        15.  Gerry Mattox, M.Th. (Northwestern Theological Seminary), M.S. Mental Health Counseling
               (Capella University)
        16     Laura R. Inman, MSW (University of South Carolina)
        17.    Lance Henson, M.A. Clinical Psychology (Forest Institute of Professional Psychology)
        18.    Matthew D. Klein, M.A. Clinical Psychology (Argosy University)
        19.    Melanie Mooney, M.S. Clinical Psychology (Augusta State University)    
        20.    Nicole M. Ryder, M.S. Community Counseling (North Georgia College and State University)  
        21.    Isis Ruff, M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy (Nova Southeastern University)
        22.    Jennifer Neal M.S. Rehabilitation Counselor Education (University of Louisiana)
        23.    Chris Grimwood, MSW (Farington University)
        24.    Ed Clark, M.A. (Completing) Professional Counseling (Liberty University)
        25.    Beau Rappe, MSW (University of Central Florida)


______________________________________________________

Leonard Buccellato, Ph.D., the founder and owner of Hidden Lake has been a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Georgia since 1975.  Dr. Buccellato and the Associate Directors of Counseling supervise and oversee all counseling activities at Hidden Lake Academy.

Whoops!

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More RCS/HLAfake degree information here.

Quote from: "Troll Control"
Well, we all know about "Dr." Tom Sisk with the phony degree from a diploma mill, but I was sent the bio of this guy:

Clay Erickson
Director of Addiction Services

B.A. - Pacific Southern University. M.D. ? University of Washington School of Medicine. M.A. ? Antioch University


He has a BA posted from "Pacific Southern University," a well-known, now defunct (sued by the State of Hawaii) DIPLOMA MILL.

Unless this bio is a mistake, Mr. Erickson has a bogus degree.

A news article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stor ... ocus1.html

Here's where they were spanked, fined and shut down for fraud:
http://www.hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/ocp/udgi/lawsuits/PSU/

Another phony clinician on the staff?  Who can tell us more about Mr. Erickson?

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Quote from: "Jill Ryan"
ORIGINAL POST BY  RIDGE CREEK SCHOOL WEBSITE STATING CHRIS GRIMWOOD RECEIVED HIS MSW FROM FARINGTON UNIVERSITY, A  KNOWN DIPLOMA MILL.Chris Grimwood
Program Administrator
Chris has a B.A.,Psychology from the University of
Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. He obtained
his Master of Social Work, at Farington University, Las
Vegas, Nevada.
http://http://www.ridgecreek.org/rc-staff.htm

CURRENT POST BY RCS AFTER HAVING REMOVED FARINGTON UNIVERSITY AND THE MSW.
Chris Grimwood
Executive Director
Chris is a Canadian citizen who was schooled at the University of Western Ontario, in London Ontario Canada. He has been employed in the social services field since 1998, where he got his start working with students coping with learning and developmental disabilities. Prior to joining the Ridge Creek team in 2006 as a Peer Group Counselor Chris was the Program Administrator of a long term Outdoor Therapeutic Program. In addition to breeding Siberian Huskies and collecting automobiles, Chris enjoys camping, skiing, and other outdoor activities.
http://http://www.ridgecreekschool.com/faculty-members.htm#Grimwood

According to LinkedIn: CURRENT STATING THAT CHRIS GRIMWOOD RECEIVED HIS MSW FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

Chris Grimwood’s Education
•   The University of Western Ontario
MSW , Psychology/Social Work

http://http://www.linkedin.com/in/cgrimwood

Sec. of State Georgia Verification of MSW license - NONE

http://https://secure.sos.state.ga.us/myverification/Search.aspx

Follow directions...  no one is licensed but Buccellatoin Psychology.  No one holds an MSW license, nor a Professional Counselor license according to the State of Georgia.
The only staff, former, that held a license was Joseph Stapp, and he is gone.

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Moved from another thread for cross-reference:

Quote from: "Dysfunction Junction"
On second thought...Chris Grimwood does not meet the defintion of "professional staff".  He lists an MSW from Farington University in his CV, but Farington is a diploma mill.  This explains why RCS removed the MSW reference from his profile.

From Farington University's website:

Quote
I understand that Farington University is an on-line life experience institution that awards documents based on information submitted by student and there are no tests and coursework necessary for successful enrollment and completion of any program.

This is the disclaimer you have to recognize before continuing to "register".

"No tests and coursework necessary"

http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/o ... n_home.htm

Ridge Creek parents...you have been ripped off!  Chris Grimwood is a phony social worker with no degree.


Back when HLA was started there was a phony "doctor" on staff with a fake degree from a diploma mill.  Apparently, the owner has no qualms about hiring unqualified people with fake degrees to care for your children's psychological needs.  Chris Grimwood is the latest to be exposed for his phony CV.

Chris is reportedly out of a job at RCS but I hope future employers recognize this guy as a fraud with a fake degree before he can do irreperable harm to other children in his care.

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On second thought...Chris Grimwood does not meet the defintion of "professional staff".  He lists an MSW from Farington University in his CV, but Farington is a diploma mill.  This explains why RCS removed the MSW reference from his profile.

From Farington University's website:

Quote
I understand that Farington University is an on-line life experience institution that awards documents based on information submitted by student and there are no tests and coursework necessary for successful enrollment and completion of any program.

This is the disclaimer you have to recognize before continuing to "register".

"No tests and coursework necessary"

http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/o ... n_home.htm

Ridge Creek parents...you have been ripped off!  Chris Grimwood is a phony social worker with no degree.

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