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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS) => Topic started by: Anonymous on January 04, 2007, 08:14:19 PM
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hey, can someone tell me how it is possible that bullshitters like Rich Darrington and Dace Goulding claim to be honest mormoms and have a huge team of mexican illegal workers at the school??? I was there for 11 months and got to meet them....shouldnt Inmigration services do something about it??...i can still hear them both trying to lecture me on honesty ....and they hire illegal people?I heard at the school that this two guys brought people that used to work for them in the mexico's program called Casa By The Sea, even one of their nurses is illegal, can you imaging having your child's health in someones hands 'that you can not even sue cause she is not a US Citizen??
Janette Lopez, Connie Cota, Perla Ramos, Karina Zurita and Miguel Galvan are the names of the illegal workers AT DARRINGTON ACADEMY.
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LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL
Someone call Bill O'rly over this. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Lou Dobbs will help you more, send him an email. Did I tell you he is my uncle, and he has a show on cable. Have you seen it?
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While you're at it, file a complaint with the Office of Regulatory Services. They need to know they have more than one (Hidden Lake Academy) BM warehouse in Ga.
Keith Bostick - Director ORS
kdbostick@dhr.state.ga.us
(404) 567-9001
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the illegal workers are 3 family reps:connie cota, janette lopez and karina zurita, as well as a nurse named perla ramos and the IT manager miguel galvan. can someone provide me with this guy's email address that i should contact?
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Make a complaint to INS. Give them the tip off. Normally I don't have a beef with illegals, but in this case I don't much have a problem with disrupting the operations of a TBS program.
In what positions do they work at Darrington anyway?
The INS was dissolved and became part of Homeland Security.
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Basically
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I so hope the programmies pull a Waco.
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I just hope the kids don't die as a result of it.
Well, I do hope our DHS ninjas and commandos know what to do... yanno, its all FOR THE CHILDREN!!!
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You know how many complaints they get for illegal people probably? They ain't going to do shit.
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Who do you think is going to wipe all the asses of the baby boomers as they start getting old? Sure ain't there kids or grand kids.
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I am not suprised at all about this. are they still called "Mamas & Papas"? funny...and you're the... the "Medical Staff"... they arent legal, and probably have NO medical training...
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This is bullshit i checked some of the names out and 2 of them are not illegal I don't know about the others but i don't care and i dont' think they would want to get in a mess like that. i think that the person who started this link needs to STEP LEFT!!! you are so butt hurt. get over it and get a life. Karina was my family rep and she was awesome.
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This is bullshit i checked some of the names out and 2 of them are not illegal I don't know about the others but i don't care and i dont' think they would want to get in a mess like that. i think that the person who started this link needs to STEP LEFT!!! you are so butt hurt. get over it and get a life. Karina was my family rep and she was awesome.
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i think that the person who started this link needs to STEP LEFT!!!
For those wondering, "STEP LEFT" is a term given to students in seminars. This girl is obviously still under the influence of the program brainwashing.
But it's not just students they brainwash, take a look at this parent testimonial..
Dear Staff at Spring Creek Lodge, We really appreciate all your effort in helping our son. We can’t believe what miracles we are seeing along the way. You encouraged our son to open up to us as a way to build trust and I am amazed at the substance coming from him. His confession letter was his gift to us, telling about all the lies he was covering up. At the end of the letter, he thanked us for not giving up on him. Thank you for teaching our son to work hard and step left. We attending Discovery and are now graduating Focus. This Journey has been amazing for us as well as our son. Kim &
Ron & Kim
http://wwaspsrebuttal.com/accolades.html?&page=43 (http://wwaspsrebuttal.com/accolades.html?&page=43)
Funny, there's that phrase again.
The entire phrase actually goes something like this:
"STOP- LOOK- CHOOSE -VOTE- DO IT -STEP LEFT "
Read the seminar material yourself and learn where these phrases come from (.pdf_ (http://http://springcreeklodge.googlepages.com/Seminar_Overview.pdf)
Here is more seminar material for your reading enjoyment(.pdf) (http://http://springcreeklodge.googlepages.com/DiscoveryReviewMaterial.pdf)
you are so butt hurt.
"Butt hurt" is another phrase picked up at the program, another sure sign our friend Vanessa is fresh out of the program. You might ask why this term has stayed with the program for years when it isn't in seminar literature, it's because the family reps use this term towards their lower level kids to shame them for feeling sad (cutting edge therapy.. right). In turn the kids learn it, and when they get to be junior staff use the same terms the staff taught them like good program kids. The family reps have a special training in emotional manipulation, official or not, they share the same vocabulary and teach it to the new generation, the program continues.
get over it and get a life.
Brainwashed program kids are programmed to hurt those who don't get with the program, hopefully this will fade with time, for Vanessa's sake, and those around her. Those, embracing program ideology are the ones with live limited and lonely lives.
Karina was my family rep and she was awesome.
A lot of other people don't think it's so awesome.
This is information from the website http://www.isaccorp.org/darringtonacademy.asp (http://www.isaccorp.org/darringtonacademy.asp)
Darrington Academy is located in Blue Ridge, Georgia.
It is one of several facilities operating according to the guidelines of the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS) and affiliated with Teen Help.
Darrington Academy opened in late 2004 at what used to be the Fannin Inn Motel.
Dace Goulding purchased a home nearby and information obtained by ISAC indicates that he is acting as Director of the facility.
Dace Goulding is currently the President of the Mormon (Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) church in nearby Ellijay, Georgia.
Goulding was formerly the Director of Casa by the Sea.
That facility was closed by Mexican Authorities in September, 2004.
Goulding was also a supervisor at a facility in Samoa called Paradise Cove when that facility closed under suspicion of child abuse.
The law firm representing Darrington Academy denies any affiliation with WWASPS and stated in this letter that Richard Darrington, not Dace Goulding, is the owner.
However, ISAC has found several internet sites that list Darrington Academy along with facilities known to be affiliated with WWASPS.
This particular website clearly shows a copyright belonging to Teen Help, the marketing arm of WWASPS.
ISAC also obtained a copy of the November/December Source Magazine.
Page 19 clearly lists Darrington Academy with all of the other WWASPS programs.
The contract for the facility is remarkably similar to those of other WWASPS programs, and even has a "zero tolerance" clause stating that problem children will be sent to Tranquility Bay, a WWASPS facility in Jamaica.
As part of our investigation, ISAC obtained a copy of a deed for Darrington Academy.
As indicated by the arrow, the name on the deed is "Goulding" - NOT Darrington.
Darrington Academy, Inc. was incorporated by Richard Darrington, but it appears to us that Dace Goulding owns the land and building.
Recent information indicates that Darrington Academy is having difficulties finding staff members who meet the minimum requirement of having a high school diploma.
ISAC has learned that at least one parent was required to pick up her child from a nearby gas station, instead of at the facility.
According to the parent, staff members at Darrington said it was best if the remaining children at Darrington Academy were told the child went to Tranquility Bay, not home.
There are photos on this page;
http://www.isaccorp.org/darringtonacademy.asp (http://www.isaccorp.org/darringtonacademy.asp)
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Hey! Thank you so much for posting all of this information..
I went to Darrington Academy in 2004 when I was just 14 years old. I was there for 6 months & never made it past level 2.
I would compare this place next to hell.. I wouldn't know how to tell my story yet because I'm still trying to get past some things that happened there.. I have nightmares about that place. Every time its a different facility, staff, & people there, but its always the same trapped feeling. It was clearly unsuccessful because my real journey started AFTER I left the program. I had never been exposed to such horror before I went there. I was in 8th grade. I'm a Christian so they let me have my Bible, but NEVER talk about my religion or express it in any sort of way, and I deteriorated further from there.. When I was sick, I thought I really needed to go to the doctor but they would not let me since I didn't have those privileges. They separated me in the intervention room and all I ate for days was a small bowl of soup for each meal; as if I was going to gain health back with just soup... The doctor there had me start on a very high dose of Depakote several times a day also. I passed out several times on it, but no one seemed to care! I was shaking so bad and people had to help me walk to the next place we had to go, but still, the doctor would not take me off of the unnecessary medicine for days after my reaction. I was one of the smallest girls there and was one of the first to go on what they call "150%" for meals. I had told my mom I was really hungry there with eating strictly 3 times a day and that's it. Normally I would eat 6 small meals a day. I have a fast metabolism and I was getting so weak there. We would also run right after eating lunch so that would make me so sick.. Run run run. I'm very fit and always have been, but I was so overworked like an animal. Over a few months, my scalp started scabbing up... The very cheep shampoo used for our 5 minute everyday luke warm/maybe cold, shower was making my scalp react terribly.. It was infected basically and the nurse did not care! No one cared.. I remember seeing a girl go into a severe asthma attack once and she was looked at like a weakling. She didn't have her inhaler and I felt so bad. I knew something could have gone terribly wrong and she should have been rushed to the hospital..but of course that didn't happen.. I had also got my first 2 cavities ever there. Still//no dentist. I couldn't have midol for my SEVERE periods that I would have either. I found it funny that the boys could have razors but the girls were not trustworthy to have tampons, or razors. Boys got showers first//so we get the leftover hot water, if there was any. This is just a few things off the top of my head right now. But I'll end it here. Btw, I'm doing just fine today, finally. :)
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A "doctor" at Darrington gave you Depacote? Well, he really should've known better.
The NIMH warning quoted in Part I is worth repeating here:
"According to studies conducted in Finland in patients with epilepsy, valproate [Depacote] may increase testosterone levels in teenage girls and produce polycystic ovary syndrome in women who began taking the medication before age 20. Increased testosterone can lead to polycystic ovary syndrome with irregular or absent menses, obesity, and abnormal growth of hair. Therefore, young female patients taking valproate should be monitored carefully by a physician."
The University of Toronto study also bears repeating, where half of those on Depakote reported menstrual abnormalities vs 15 percent among lithium users. Those taking Depakote had higher levels of male sex hormones, with half the overweight women with menstrual abnormalities having hyperandrogenism
http://http://www.mcmanweb.com/mood-stabilizers.html
see also: http://http://www.psycheducation.org/hormones/Insulin/weightgain.htm
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And also:
http://http://crazymeds.com/
Depakote's pros and cons:
Pros: Proven to be effective for wide spectra of epileptic and bipolar disorders. It's been around for so long that the long-term effects are well known and well documented. If you can get past the initial side effects and get used to a valproate medication, you don't have to worry about anything biting your ass in the long run.
Cons: The side effects suck donkey dong! The valproates are amongst the harshest meds to take. Everyone hates them so much that they've given the entire class of anticonvulsants a bad name.
Depakote's Typical Side Effects: The usual for anticonvulsants plus a special set for valproates: instant old age. You'll get fat, bald, tired, confused, uninterested in sex, unable to hold your liquor and everything will give you heartburn and/or the runs.
For tips on how to cope with these side effects, please see our side effects page.
Depakote's Not So Common Side Effects: Edema. Being more prone to respiratory infections. Getting a ringing in your ears.
These may or may not happen to you don't, so don't be surprised one way or the other.
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Btw, I'm not taking any sorts of medications now. There is nothing wrong with me. I just think Darrington Academy wanted to drug me up. -& the Depakote certainly wasn't monitored with me, as I told you my very bad side effects. I was taking it as early as 14 years old there; big 2 doses a day. I didn't even know what it was for until after I got out. When I was 16 or 17 a doctor took an ultrasound because I was having really bad pelvic pains. They said cysts were bursting and it was endometriosis. Another doctor told me recently that it was impossible for me to have endometriosis because I was so young, but if I have polycystic ovary syndrome then it says it can start as early as 12. & Depakote hormones could cause it? hmm
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I remember "butt hurt" from my program days. Isn't it sad how they get you to accept the programming by making you feel special for having submitted to it? Getting you to be an asshole for the program's sake like they were to you when you first got there? That's the real effect of having gone through the program. They replace whatever personality you had when you came in with that same elitist cult personality that you find in Scientologists, Marines, etc.
I still have those dreams, too. It isn't always the same staff, the same program, whatever. It's the same environment of complete domination, the same helpless, hopeless feeling, and I have been trying to escape it in my dreams for 5 years now. The actual events aren't as important to this trauma as the feeling of being completely isolated, having lost everything you thought you knew, all of your safety, your belief in a just world, your ability to influence your surroundings and so on.
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Yep.. Those dreams will get to ya. (the isolation) It was worse than jail because you didn't know when you were getting out, if you could, if they liked you enough, if you could change everything about yourself to make it to level 6(hence "Fake it til' ya make it").. Something will come up and remind me of Darrington everyday and nobody gets it. It broke me down and didn't teach me what it intended to teach, but I did learn SO much and now I appreciate a hot shower, food, a quiet room to sleep in, privacy, respect, freedom to talk about my religion, friendships, and more to a new level. As far as what they WANTED me to learn; That was all trash.
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By: Tina · Posted: Jan 31 2009 07:42:53 PM
Darrrington
This school is a joke. Anyone who would send their kid to any of these type of schools is heartless. These schools are torture, brainwashing and hid the real truth of what is going on behind those high walls. Don't do it, save a child's life. There are other ways of helping your child, this isn't. These schools are a way of HARMING your child more.[/list]
By: Tina · Posted: Jan 31 2009 07:44:54 PM
Darrrington
This school is a joke. Anyone who would send their kid to any of these type of schools is heartless. These schools are torture, brainwashing and hid the real truth of what is going on behind those high walls. Don't do it, save a child's life. There are other ways of helping your child, this isn't. These schools are a way of HARMING your child more.[/list]
By: here · Posted: Mar 03 2009 09:25:48 PM
dilusional
all that you said is naive and idiotic...i went there and your full of it. have you ever been there, probably not as a student. i learned more there than i would have out in the world i was in. do yourself a favor and put yourself in other peoples shoes and think before you speak.[/list]
By: anon · Posted: Mar 12 2009 11:48:40 AM
both ways
I worked there. I was told I cared too much for the students and it was all about the money. Some of the kids would come out of "intervention" with bruises and black eyes, bleeding. Yes, some of them needed a lot of attention, but others were in need of care. Half of the students seemed to have parents that just didn't pay attention to them. I don't agree with almost all of the ways they treated the kids.[/list]
By: Avian · Posted: Jun 04 2009 01:04:00 AM
Parents Please Listen
Please listen to me. I went to one of these when I was 14. I spent a year and a half there and I have never been the same since. It is now 6 years since I got out, and not a week goes by where some terrible thought bred from my time there comes cropping up. I understand that many parents are desperate, worried about the LIVES of their children even, but this is NOT the answer. I wont claim that NO-ONE finds it helpful, but by and large it simply increases the distrust, resentment, and fear between parents and their children. Creating deep issues that are extremely hard to get over even in the years that follow such an experience. These schools DO lie to the parents, they get away with it because many of the children sent there have lied to their parents and are therefore considered untrustworthy. Also, all mail is screened and children are made aware that mail with "negative comments" in it, will not be sent. My mother finally found this out much later when I was home again. I could go on and on as to the traumatic effects of sending your child to one of these programs. Being sent to these types of places and forced to handle incredible pain with no support and no one you can really talk to honestly (without being severely punished at least) creates an insecurity and deep-seated fear that can easily last well into adult-hood, if not a whole lifetime, causing an entirely new and considerably more dangerous set of behaviors to form. Parents I beg you, consider EVERY other possible option first.[/list]
By: gaby lopez · Posted: Dec 09 2009 11:07:54 AM
fuck DA
i hate that place and the man who owned it but hey thanks for buying into my bull! btw that shakespeare book has been trashedd[/list]
By: casey · Posted: Nov 02 2010 01:44:07 PM
should have learned
FOR THOSE OF YOU... who should have learned the first time you went through this program, it is neither brain washing or abusive. You are a manipulator who still doesnt get it. And sounds like your still struggling for not having worked through what you were sent there to work through. I have been to two schools. One was shut down and i graduated from darriton. Being that i have worked in intervention, R&R and worked through level 1-6. Id say i have just as much if not more experience. Yes im sure ppl come out with bruises B/c i watched them slam their heads into walls in rebellion. It IS NOT because of the staff!!! So for those of you who were given a gift when ur parents were at wits end and you did nothing with it, I am not surprised at all that your no better off than you were when you went in. On the other hand I have been out for 6 years as well coming up and 8 years clean. And the experience changed my life. FOR THE BETTER. I Would not be successful with out the help of these people.[/list]
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