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Anonymous:
Are there anything, someone will like to add to the Fornits Wiki article about the facility?

Anonymous:
didn't this used to be utah boys academy?

Anonymous:
Fornits wiki about West Ridge

No hard feelings. Utah is the prison state of the country, so it is easy mixing them up.

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "Guest" ---I wonder who owns this program?
--- End quote ---

Top person depicted on their Administration Staff page is Bryce Zundel, CFO. Both domains are registered under his name as well. Those domains are:

www.strugglingteens.us (initial registration July 31, 2002 with Wild West Domains)
www.diamondranchacademy.com (initial registration August 9, 2002 with GoDaddy)

Go ahead, try clicking on them. The first one gets forwarded to the second one. Several of the pages are also created on the "strugglingteens" site; if you follow what your browser does, you will see them forwarded back to the "diamondranch" site before the journey is done. I imagine he is trying to capitalize on some of the traffic to Lon Woodbury's site.

However, I believe the founder/owner is actually the Rob Dias, as the account a few posts back details.

Ursus:
Diamond Ranch has more of that Samoan-LDS cultural interchange going on. Many of the staff describe missionary stints of 2 years in Poland, Brazil, or other...  Lead clinician is from Samoa:

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Name:  Fotuopala'au Soliai

Position: Clinical Director/Therapist

Education:
* PhD in Social Work candidate, University of Utah
* Master of Social Work, Brigham Young University
* Bachelor of Social Work, Brigham Young University
* Associates of Art, American Samoa Community CollegeProfessional Work Experience:
* Community Liaison/Counselor, Asian and Pacific Islander Association of Utah
* Therapist, Sex offender Treatment, Cy Roby and Associates
* Consultant, Queens Center Non-Profit Residential
* Council Member, Governors Advisory Council on Pacific Island Affairs State of Utah
* Samoan Language Instructor, Missionary training Center
* Utah State Hospital
* Internships (Veterans Affairs hospital, Salt lake City, LDS Family Services, Sydney Australia, Utah Boys Ranch, West Jordan.)Interests:

Although, home (American Samoa) is thousands of miles from Utah, it has been a great adventure learning and understanding who I am and where I came from while away from home. Many of my personal philosophies, hobbies, and volunteer work have been strongly influenced by my Samoan Heritage. As part of my culture I have grown to cherish family ties and understand the importance and value of children to their families and I am gratified to be part of improving those relationships.

Comments on DRA:

Diamond Ranch Academy has helped me gain tremendous insight into adolescent behavior and has been a very effective place in assisting teens in understanding themselves and the reasons for changing their behaviors. I also consider myself a very happy person and very easy to be around. This allows me to develop close and trusting relationships with my students. I also have the ability to set boundaries and not allow youth to manipulate me, thus I am not only easy to get along with, but respected.

Working with parents is another opportunity that I have enjoyed here at DRA. It has been rewarding to understand the different social, economic, and cultural dynamics that have contributed to some of today's issues with our youth, and it is heartwarming to work with parents to see their role in the change process and assist them with new ways to relate to youth that are healthy and productive.

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