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Majestic Ranch info please
Anonymous:
Hi Everyone
Thank you for the helpful links. Keep anything of use coming I am trying to tread lightly with my brother because if he ses it as a matter of takig sides he will side with his wife as he is a weak weak man.
I am not sure if this is the site to ask but does anyone know of any good day schools for dislexic kids or places to search for them in the sanfrancisco reigion. The more alternatives I can try & offer the better.
I have looked on the aspen sites as well as the forums which surround them but again the emphasis seems to be on focusing on childrens negative behaviours instead of encouraging the positive.
MightyAardvark:
You can't "treat" dyslexia, you can't cure it and you can't attenuate it. For crying out loud it's not even really a disorder, simply a slightly different perceptual scheme.
Essentially a dyselxic child processes sensory data with different areas of the brain meaning that usual perceptive cues that act as mnonic (sp) devices will not work on her. Any half decent public school ought to have facilities in place to help a dyslexic child.
http://www.interdys.org/jsp/resources/i ... ations.jsp
http://www.dyslexia.com
Both of these sites contain useful information abot special educational requirements for dyslexics and how to best meet them.
On a personal note, frankly I am alarmed that this is even being considered for a dyslexic child. What does the wife hope to achieve by doing this?
It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was
made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.
There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to
govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be
masters.
--Daniel Webster
--- End quote ---
AtomicAnt:
Most States in the USA have laws which require public schools to provide for the special needs of students with learning disabilities.
The process is quite simple. The parents arrange with the school to have a CST (Child Study Team) test the girl. They will write up their findings, discuss it with the parents and make recommendations. It's free to the parents.
If there is a need for special services, they make up a plan for these (called an IEP, Individual Education Plan).
Since dyslexia is common, I'm sure they already have programs in place in any large or medium size city.
All of this is at no cost to the parents as the States are required to provide it.
Anonymous:
If it is ok I have a few more questions as the more i learn the less i realise i know! (the dislexia sites were very helpful BTW i took the californian details down to give to my brother)
I assumed that there was plenty of time to research this & do something as we are currently moving into the northern hemisphere summer & I figured school does not go back till september. After reading some of the sites it would seem that the WWAPS schools do not send kids home @ all over the summer & therefore take immediate enrolments during this time. Is this true? It is staggering! How can anyone be happy for their young child to potentially spend that much time away?
This means that a kid could not see extended family or friends @ all ever for up to 3 years? I am astonished that this has not gotten international media coverage. It seems no better than the human rights abuses in China.
I noticed that there is a californian congressman fighting to regulate the industry. Does anyone know if I want you to be an american resident or citizen to try & get a political rep to intervene?
This idea is a long shot, but if it g0ot to the point that there was a legal dispute, could the fact that the kids mother made provisions for me & her sister to be guardians have any influence? Given that the kids dad is alive & well & has custody i doubt it, but if we have any laywers on the forum their input would be helpful.
Also in the event that a kid is not an american citizen can they be forced to go? I realise that a 10 year old is pretty well powerless but her extended family are now ready to get on the first plane to the US if the situation becomes urgent. We just need the right information to try & prevent this disaster.
i am aware that my emails probably are coming across as a bit incredulous & hysterical but I am becoming increasingly panicked everytime I learn something new about these vile places. My heart breaks for the kids who are already in there. For the money their families are paying they could have a first rate education and in the event it is needed excellent therapudic treatment.
Rude Intrusion:
http://old.heraldextra.com/modules.php? ... &sid=34937
Monday, September 20, 2004 - 12:00 AM |
Investigation shows troubled school may be buying interest with lawmakers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY -- A family that runs a chain of troubled boarding schools has dumped bundles of money into Utah political campaigns over the past two years -- and may have been peddling influence with lawmakers to avoid regulation, a newspaper reports.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports in Sunday editions that lawmakers quietly killed a bill this year that would have allowed the state to regulate boarding schools. Since then, checks have flown into political coffers, and complaints surrounding the schools have swirled.
At the center of the storm are House Speaker Marty Stephens, who received a $30,000 check six days after the bill died from its biggest opponent, and the Majestic Ranch boarding school near Randolph, which has been has been investigated three separate times for alleged abuse, according to state Human Service officials.
That school is owned by Dan Peart, brother-in-law of World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools founder Robert Lichfield, who awarded Stephens the $30,000 check.
The ranch is among seven troubled-teen schools affiliated with World Wide in four states and two foreign countries. Several others have been shut down amid allegations of abuse or poor living conditions, including the Casa by the Sea facility near Ensenada, Mexico, closed last weekend by government officials.
Ken Stettler, director of the Utah Office of Licensing, told The Tribune he's convinced he had the votes to pass the bill giving his office regulatory authority over Majestic Ranch, if only Stephens and others had allowed it to come up for a vote.
"It still goes back to the old deal that, you know, if you are giving political contributions, then when the time comes and I want you to call in your chips, you're going to have a listening ear, which is more than a lot of the citizenry has," he said.
After several years of relatively modest contributions, Lichfield, of La Verkin, and his network of family members and business associates opened their wallets to politicians -- all of them Republicans, and many of them Utah politicians -- starting in 2002. They donated no more than a couple of thousand dollars prior to Jan. 1, 2001, but since then have forked over $1 million.
'A responsibility
to bless others'
Lichfield told The Tribune there was nothing nefarious about his sudden plunge into the political arena.
"We've been abundantly blessed, and when you're blessed, we feel you have a responsibility to bless others," he said, confirming that World Wide member schools gross more than $70 million annually.
Lichfield added that the family's charitable contributions, which he estimated at $3 million last year, dwarf its political donations.
Stephens, the outgoing House speaker whose bid for governor ended unsuccessfully in the May 8 Republican State Convention, did not return repeated requests from The Tribune for comment or a telephone message Sunday from The Associated Press.
However, Lichfield denied receiving undue influence, and shrugs off suggestion that he has become a political powerbroker.
"Believe me, the check had nothing to do with (the bill)," said Lichfield. "Marty Stephens was going to get a donation from me no matter what happened to (it). Marty Stephens is a quality guy."
"I'd like to use my means and resources to bless peoples' lives. Does that also imply influencing policy-makers to make good policies that support good family values, quality education and the things I believe in? Definitely. I'd like to have some influence in that," he said.
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D4.
http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/PrRel/prjune142002.htm
For Immediate Release
June 14, 2002
YOUTH RANCH DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE
The director of a boarding school for troubled youth has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a young girl at the Rich County facility. Wayne E. Winder, 35, has been charged with a first degree felony count of aggravated sexual abuse, a third degree felony count of dealing in material harmful to a minor, and one second degree felony count and two class A misdemeanor counts of child abuse.
Winder is the director and staff supervisor at the Majestic Ranch, located near Randolph in Rich County. The parents of the children paid the school approximately $3,000 a month to care for each child. The investigation involved interviews with 41 children at the ranch.
The children told investigators about sexual abuse, physical abuse and that the defendant displayed a pornographic picture. The children are between the ages of 10 and 14-years-old.
The Office of Licensing has sent a letter to the owners of the school to inform them they need a Human Services license to operate a residential treatment center.
Assistant Attorney General Craig Barlow, the division chief of the Children's Justice Division of the Attorney General's Office, will be prosecuting this case. Bail has been set at $30,000.
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