Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS)
son in WWASP program
Nihilanthic:
--- Quote ---On 2006-04-13 19:44:00, Anonymous wrote:
"sorry to disillusion you dad but these guys are right on. Your son's nose isn't in a pile of meth because he's locked up but some day he is going to have to deal with the real world. What you have here is a temporary fix, like all drugs. These schools are not "theraputic" in any sense of the word. They are brutal, demeaning, demoralizing and abusive. They are run by ill-educated (if at all) people with piles of their own problems they put on the kids. I am a parent. My daughter's psychotic father had her kidnapped and shipped out to one. It took three weeks for me to get her out but the damage done was enormous. She was just 13, innocent, with a beautiful,feisty spirit. She suffered years of post traumatic stress and finally hanged herself.
It sounds like you really care about your son. I am sorry there is not better news about these places and I do wish you luck with helping your son. "
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Im terribly sorry she commited suicide. :sad:
Have you added her name to the list we have of program casualties? Each person willing to speak up counts.
Troll Control:
--- Quote ---...was i totally sold on it right away?? hell no--but over the past year and 1/2 i can't argue with the results--does he love it there??--another hell no...
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Machiavelli would be very proud of you, sir.
May I suggest that you watch a few WWASPS "reality shows"? Take a look at the videos that have come from WWASPS - kids beaten, pepper-sprayed, starved, locked in dog cages, raped, denied medical care, etc.
The corporation with which are are dealing is well-known and documented to be severely abusive and harmful. If you can read and understand this and you do not bring your boy home immediately you are making a grave mistake.
wwasp dad:
first of all i would like to thank all the people who did reply to the post. alot of the info was very informative, and if nothing else gave me a different spin on things. the link to the video was something that i found very interesting. i new right from the beginning that first and formost that this was a business, especially considering the cost. to answer some of your questions, we have been to the seminars, which i have to admit were quite strange, although i did pick-up SOME useful tools in dealing w/ everyday life. my son is at midwest academy in iowa. as for never being able to communicate without staff around, we have had a couple of off ground visits where i'm sure i would have heard about the severe stuff you guys talk about. of course you all will say he is brainwashed, and or scared of what may happen if he did say something.. well to answer that ahead of time, you don't know my son. i pulled him aside on both of these visits, w/o his mother around and told him to lay it all on me..now he HATES being there but does admit it gave him a different view of choices and life in general..he also had alot to say about how the PROGRAM is so gay,etc. as for the staff, there are some he doesn't care for at all, and others he has a great deal of respect for. we saw one staff member outside the school (coincidental at a local retail store), and if you could of seen how they greeted each other, you would've seen that this wasn't an acting job.
today or tomorrow i'm meeting with an ex-student of this particlar facility, to get his spin on all of this..he has done very well since leaving the place(about 1 year ago). again the reason for this meeting is for more info from all the sources that are available to me.
i will post how that went in the next day or two and hopefully get more input from you folks.
thanks again for your time and input--it's greatly appreciated- - -wwasp dad
Anonymous:
I think what you are doing is good. Try meeting with a "student" that has been out of the program for more than 10 years. You will hear honesty, not program mumbo jumbo. Took me almost 18 years to realize my program was crap.
Good luck.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-04-14 06:30:00, wwasp dad wrote:
to answer some of your questions, we have been to the seminars, which i have to admit were quite strange, although i did pick-up SOME useful tools in dealing w/ everyday life.
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Glad you're at least willing to take a look at these issues. How much have you really looked into the seminars? Here's an interesting link. http://www.insidersview.info/canitrustthem.htm
I'd like to hear your thoughts.
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