Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS)
WWASP Sample letters from their marketing Dept
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "well proxied" ---The letters, apparantly designed to be sample letters for parents to fill out. Apparantly, they expect parents to beg for money to be donated to this "CS Landre Foundation".
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--- Quote from: "firstresponder" ---what they do is have the person attach the childs name to the forum/donation and it goes towards their monthly tuition. dont know if the still do it or not but thats what the rumor was a while back.
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The Christopher S. Landre Foundation, aka the Star of Life Foundation, like firstresponder notes, appears to serve as a funneling agent for donations towards program tuitions when families cannot come up with the entire funds themselves. They also appear to serve as connecting agents to hook up families with EdCons and other personnel who will advise and recommend "approved programs" suitable for a family's needs. The end-all goal appears to be to get kids into these "excellent" programs! Whether or not these programs are all WWASP, I do not know. The website skirts being specific on those details.
The organization maintains the following two websites, which are more or less identical and share many of each other's pages:
http://www.cslandre.org/
http://www.staroflife.org/
From the back cover of their September 2008 Newsletter:
--- Quote ---Star of Life (tm) Foundaton, Inc.
7969 N. Blackstone Ave #315
Fresno, CA 93720
Phone: 559-822-4317
Fax: 559-822-6249
E-mail: info@staroflife.org
Star of Life Foundation works to create positive changes in our teens through various awareness, prevention, treatment, education and support opportunities. We are committed to gaining understanding, growth and change. The position of the foundation is to offer a broad array of services for individuals, families and communities through regional, state and national programs. We partner with organizations that desire to make a difference and provide vehicles for personal growth.
The Star of Life Foundation is an approved 501(c)(3) public benefits, non-profit organization. The foundation’s employer identification number (EIN) is 77-0470654.
Our mission is saving children's lives. We do this primarily through financial assistance to families of teenagers in crisis who are enrolled in cognitive education and behavior modification programs.
"Helping Families. Saving Lives."
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Anonymous:
I tried sending this to ISAC, but the doc files give me too much trouble for some reason.
Can anyone do it for me?
psy:
--- Quote from: "Maria" ---I tried sending this to ISAC, but the doc files give me too much trouble for some reason.
Can anyone do it for me?
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Just email shelby this thread. If the links don't work by then, check the mirrored version here which has these files as well:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26692&start=15#p324563
Ursus:
Here is a more involved description from their website:
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What does the Star of Life Foundation do?
The objective of the foundation is to help families that have younger members with behavioral conditions and disabilities or minimal learning disabilities consider options in therapy and residential treatment to include funding avenues and alternative methods to afford such treatment.
Facilities for treatment can range from psychosocial therapy facilities to cognitive education centers. Behavior modification and conditioning changes are needed for successful treatment in various ADD, ADHD, ODD, Bi-polar, boarder-line personality and other conditions. Psychiatric and psychological therapy assistance can range from acute care to residential treatment. All of which have a high cost.
Such assistance and 24/7 environment for younger individuals have ranged from intensive negative behavior modification to positive peer culture. Many families do not understand the types of services available and need an unbiased observer organization that works with educational consultants, program administrators and the overall process. Part of the daily activity within the foundation includes: research of current methods and types of therapy, develop clarity of information about types of programs available, finding alternative avenues for funding, referring qualifying families to professionals and services for independent educational plans, communicating with educational consultants and program admissions regarding clients, and reviewing programs and schools that services such clients, etc.
Funding treatment is the hardest hurdle for most families. The cost for long-term therapy in this arena is normally out of the range for many families. The psychological and behavioral services at many of these operations are normally in line with current standards, theory and practice. The training and education of staff, providing accredited education packages and full residential/nutritional services is costly. Most facility fees are usually justified once the overall service is considered based on needed therapy. No matter how justified, the family goes from an emotional extreme in caring for their family member to another extreme of how to afford the cost of treatment.
Most health insurance companies do not cover long-term residential treatment programs in their policies. Acute care portions are limited to short-term stays with concentrated psychiatric service. Long-term therapy provides long term conditioning and has been proven effective. The process is longer and can range from 6 months to several years in duration depending upon reaction to therapy. Families must consider the overall cost of needed services. Some families are able to obtain federal educational loans through lending services. Others must use creative directions that include taking mortgage notes on their property. There are many more who do not qualify and must find alternative methods to include fund-raising. Unfortunately, there are many families that are unable to provide and cannot give their family member the needed treatment.
Star of Life Foundation has helped many families in all of the important areas mentioned above. Our obstacles are many but we look for ways and means. We help the family “turn over rocks” and offer potentials but not false hope. We provide clarity and understanding. We have helped raise significant funds that are never enough. Most importantly, the foundation is doing! We are progressive and search avenues of support. We are out there making people aware of the epidemic numbers of individuals in need of therapy. We appreciate corporate sponsorship and financial support to help those that cannot help them selves.
Ursus:
I am guessing most, if not all, of their BOD are former WWASP parents on a mission.
--- Quote ---Board Of Directors
Jeanne Shockley – President/CEO
Twyla Moline – Vice-President
Bob Shockley – Secretary/Treasurer
Jennifer Deming – Board Member
Scott Moline – Board Member
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