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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: Anonymous on September 26, 2003, 02:09:00 PM
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1. Brightway Utah
2. Sunrise Bch Cancun
3. Morava Czech Republic
4. Paradise Cove Samoa
5. Red Rock Academy Utah
6. High Impact Mexico
7. Academy at Dundee Ranch Costa Rica
8. Bell Academy California
Sure they will debate who is who but it seems deep research will show they are all connected at the roots.
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5. Red Rock Springs Academy Utah (think it was Narvin Lichfield)
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Quick question:
Where's the evidence that Bell Academy is closed? I've seen no news accounts to that effect-- or press releases or anything other than anonymous posts...
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Is Red Rock Academy the same as Red Rock Ranch Academy? What abour Red Rock Canyon School? It's hard to tell who is who, anymore.
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Call Jade Robinson, bet he will confirm. Call California DSS they will confirm too. Dont know abuot Red Rock.
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8 and counting.
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:wave: :wave: :wave: Slowly but surely they will all be gone. Unfortunately slowly for the kids that are there now. But the day is coming. That is for sure.
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watch the porterville recorder, i hear they will be putting out a article soon about the CLOSURE of bell academy.
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We need to pressure our government to take this fight to Utah!
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Red Rock Springs - WWASP
http://www.schools4teens.com/rrs.html (http://www.schools4teens.com/rrs.html)
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... /np03.html (http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/1998/10/np03.html)
1998 Kevin Hansen, Adms. Director
http://www.ytyt.org/infobank/document.cfm/parent/522 (http://www.ytyt.org/infobank/document.cfm/parent/522)
Serves mainly as a short-term holding area for youths on their way to other Teen Help programs. Because of overcrowding, Utah?s Department of Human Services put the program under close observation through June. Red Rock Springs intends to expand to 200 beds if it can obtain water rights. (It?s going to call itself a boarding school, so it won?t need to be licensed.)
Red Rock Academy- WWASP
http://www.teennewhorizons.com/pgmresid.htm (http://www.teennewhorizons.com/pgmresid.htm)
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... rate.shtml (http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/site-desperate/mpg6-desperate.shtml)
Red Rock Canyon- Not
http://www.rrrtc.com/ (http://www.rrrtc.com/)
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... /np05.html (http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/2000/2/np05.html)
http://entertainment.msn.com/artist/?artist=112411 (http://entertainment.msn.com/artist/?artist=112411)
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... een03.html (http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/2000/12/seen03.html)
(November 21, 2000) announced their Maternity Program, designed to help young mothers through a successful pregnancy.
http://www.teenadvocatesusa.homestead.c ... a2003.html (http://www.teenadvocatesusa.homestead.com/Agenda2003.html)
May 2001 Lawsuit- Broken neck
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... een02.html (http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/2001/6/seen02.html)
(June 1, 2001) Abe Dalley,announced an expansion of their program to provide a wilderness experience. Dalley stated ?We recognize the value of Wilderness in taking the lead in preparing a student for long term care.? The field Director is Clint Dalley and his assistant is Jason Barchi.
Red Rock Ranch Academy-Not
http://www.teenadvocatesusa.homestead.c ... a2003.html (http://www.teenadvocatesusa.homestead.com/Agenda2003.html)
$6 Mil Wrongful Death Lawsuit
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/jul/07132003/utah/75064.asp (http://www.sltrib.com/2003/jul/07132003/utah/75064.asp)
Update
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... heard.html (http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/2002/12/dec02seennheard.html)
(November 20, 2002) Abe Dalley, owner of Red Rock Ranch Academy, St. George Utah, 888-921-597, announced to Woodbury Reports Inc. that the outdoor program is in the process of closing. It should not be confused with Red Rock Canyon School.
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http://myopr.com/articles/2003/09/26/ne ... news02.txt (http://myopr.com/articles/2003/09/26/news/local_state/news02.txt)
Here is your article. 9/26/03
Bell Academy shuts down
By Henry Winckel, The Porterville Recorder
A Terra Bella boarding school closed its doors over the weekend after coming out on the losing end of a five-month struggle with the California Department of Social Services.
"The reason we shut down Bell Academy is because they were operating as an unlicensed facility," said Andrew Roth, spokesperson for the state agency. School director Jade Robinson sounded disconsolate Thursday as he spoke by phone about having to close the school. "It's disappointing," he said. "We put in a lot of work here. It's a shame that the state wasn't willing to work with us."
Robinson said he opened the academy about one year ago with the intent of providing at-risk youth with an education, as well as life and leadership skills.
The school had about 24 students in April when state representatives paid a visit and determined that administrators were in violation of civil law.
Robinson argued that the academy wasn't required to have a license because it was a school.
State officials disagreed.
"Our analysts went out to the school and reached the conclusion that the kind of things they were offering did indeed more closely resemble a group home," Roth said.
Group homes cannot operate without a state-approved license.
Robinson said he showed state officials that the school was certified with the California Department of Education, but they refused to change their position.
"We asked them what is it we need to change, but they were unwilling to tell us," he said. "That's the thing that was frustrating."
Robinson appealed the decision, but his appeal was denied last week by Superior Court Judge Patrick O'Hara, who sided with the state.
Robinson said the school was facing $200-per-day fines for each day it operated without a license, so he was left with no option but to shut it down.
And that's a shame, said Kitty Melicia, who credits the school with teaching her daughter leadership skills.
"The staff was excellent. They worked miracles," Melicia said. "My daughter graduated when she was 15 and is now attending Monterey Peninsula Community College."
Robinson said he is not certain where his former students now attend school. That decision is up to their parents, he said.
State officials say that Robinson still has the option of applying for a license.
"If he wants to go through the licensing procedure, we'll be more than happy to help him do that," Roth said.
Henry Winckel can be reached at 784-5000 ext. 1043 or Henry_Winckel@link.freedom.com
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Ain't it grand when state licensing officials DO THEIR JOB? High Five to California for being on the ball when so many other states have fumbled or downright dropped the ball on protecting the interests of children.
::drummer::
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It still shocks many that New York allows this crap. But as Anon said, time for count down.
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:tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Moving ahead to more closures. Who will be 9? Any takeers?
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So they didn't close because of abuse? Nothing was mentioned nor even hinted. How could that be?
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Dear Anon: Do you suppose that the state was aware of the goings on at the WWASP family's 7 other closed programs? Even a halfway awake state official might reasonably conclude that -- simply because of who the owners are -- licensure of BellAcademy was rather more imperative than, say, some mom running an unlicensed day care service out of her house.
[ This Message was edited by: scottT on 2003-09-27 15:16 ]
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I was in Morava. I'm trying to locate everyone who was there if anyone knows anyone who was there or anyone was there, please contact me.
mistresscaution@msn.com
Thanks.
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No difference why they were closed, they know they have skelatons all over. They close before the closet doors are opened. So who will be next? Maybe all of them.
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when did morava close? where did the kids go after that? another wwasps program?