If you want Congress to hear the survivors, tell your story

[Anonymous]

If you want your story told to congress, post your story at the wikispace
There is even an outline you can follow

http://endinstitutionalabuse.wikispaces ... /list/home

POST YOUR LETTER OR STORY HERE
Please scroll down to post your letter or story so that it can be submitted to Congress in relation to the October 10 hearing entitled, "Cases of Child Neglect and Abuse at Private Residential Treatment Facilities."

Please end your letter with your name, state of residence, and any contact information that you are comfortable providing. Remember that this contact information will be visible to the public.

Please indicate whether any of the following key phrases apply to the letter or story that you are submitting. Type them into the "keywords" box, separated by commas.

Your Perspective --
youth
parent
family member
program staff member
educator
mental healthcare professional
legal professional
clergy
concerned citizen

Program Types --
therapeutic boarding school
wilderness program
behavior mod program
boot camp
faith-based program
other program type

Reasons Youth are Sent to Program --
academics
family conflict
breaking rules
drug use
psychiatric diagnoses
sexual activity
legal issues
other issues

Experience in Program --
escort or transport services
education
therapy
medical care
facility conditions
discipline
seclusion (isolation) & restraint
privacy violations
human rights violations
abuse
neglect
suffering
no access to advocates

[Anonymous]

First of all, whose wiki is this?  Kinda looks to me like it is affiliated with A START ( Allison Pinto)?  Is that correct?  If so, why would survivors want to give their story to this group given that in doing so, they are indirectly attaching themselves to a special interest group?  Is A Start (Pinto or another member of that group) testifying?  Let's have some transparency and put an end to the speculation, shall we?

Second, a list was posted which contains ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS AND FAXES for the members of the Education and Labor committee as well as George Miller's staff who is most likely behind the selection of witnesses in the first place.

SURVIVORS can send their stories there.  No need for them to go through any special interest group, least of all one that no one seems to know what their position is on the troubled teen industry (other than they hope to benefit in some way by regulating it) and who has obvious ties to Cafety, who many feel compromised their integrity with the refusal to adopt a zero tolerance policy on the referral of youth into treatment programs.

SURVIVORS - speak out directly to Congress using this list:

http://www.frac.org/pdf/110thHouse_EdLabor.pdf

[Che Gookin]

Reasons Youth are Sent to Program --
academics
family conflict
breaking rules
drug use
psychiatric diagnoses
sexual activity
legal issues
other issues

What does this matter? Kids shouldn't be in programmes in the first place. Doesn't this sort of justify a programme placement to some extent?

[psy]

we already have a wiki.  use the fornits wiki at http://fornits.com/wiki