Cameron Pullan, i personally watched you beat a student until he was bloody. You may retire with lots of money one day, but you will be remembered by many as a sick and twisted person. You belong in jail!
March 26, 2007 2:17 AM
posted on the SCLA blog page by an ex student
Owner/Director Cameron Pullan began working for Robert Lichfield in 1991/1992 at WWASPS flagship program, Cross Creek Manor.
Pullan then worked for Lichfield at Brightway Adolescent Hospital before opening Spring Creek Lodge Academy.
Cameron's twin brother Chaffin is assistant director at SCLA.
They live in the woods off the SCLA "campus" in large houses filled with extravagant toys.
Spring Creek Lodge received at least 40 children from Casa by the Sea when the facility was closed by Mexican Authorities in September, 2004.
As a result, the facility was reportedly overcrowded and understaffed.
The following month, a 16 year old girl committed suicide at the facility.
Information obtained by ISAC indicates that staff members "missed" the child during a head-count.
She was later discovered in a bathroom, hanging from her own shirt.
The facility reportedly has many staff members who lack even a high school diploma and recent complaints indicate that the facility does not have a licensed nurse on staff.
Former students have complained of ritual abuse, sexual abuse, brutal and unwarranted physical restraint, humiliation, and the use of excessive isolation.
According to former students, isolation takes place in a small, run-down building called the "Hobbit."
Marketing materials claim that Spring Creek Lodge Academy has been in operation for "20 years."
While this may be technically true, the facility has only been used to house children since the late 1990's.
Prior to that, the property was a hunting lodge.
Spring Creek Lodge is currently being sued by at least 2 families.
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Opened in 1996, Spring Creek is the largest WWASPS affiliate, with about 600 teenagers in residence. It is owned and operated by twin brothers Cameron and Chaffin Pullan, 33. Neither Pullan is a college graduate or has any formal training in child development. Cameron worked as a YMCA day-care administrator, and Chaffin served as a residential manager for a WWASPS program in Utah before starting the school in Thompson Falls, Mont. But the brothers pride themselves on their self-taught proficiency in rehabilitating kids. "We help build confidence," says Chaffin, "through character building."
-Time Magaine ArticleAccording to the Montana PBS documentary
“Who’s Watching the Kids,” DPHHS charged that Cameron and Chaffin Pullan, as officials of the school, neglected Karlye when she became suicidal by not providing her adequate therapy. “Who’s Watching the Kids?” also reported that DPHHS alleged that Spring Creek employees placed Karlye in solitary confinement for periods of hours, sometimes days, “damaging her mentally.” Finally, according to the documentary, the department alleged that Spring Creek’s method for keeping track of students was inadequate in that it left Karlye alone long enough to commit suicide.
