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Boy raped at WestCare-Georgia Intensive RTC
DannyB II:
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--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Richard Steinberg has been the CEO of WestCare since 1979 (i.e., for the past 31 years, in case ya just happened to gloss over that). Here's his bio from the Nevada Attorney General's website, color emphasis added:
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Governor's working Group on Methamphetamine Use Members
Richard Steinberg, CEO of WestCare Nevada
For years, Richard (Dick) Steinberg has dedicated his life toward "uplifting the human spirit" by helping people build better lives. As a clinical specialist in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in South Vietnam, Dick demonstrated leadership abilities early in his career. In addition to supervising personnel, facilities, and health programs, Dick also developed substance abuse treatment programs for the troops and medical civic action projects in the villages.
Since 1979, Richard E. Steinberg has been President/CEO of WestCare and is responsible for developing a management team to operate all aspects of the respective agencies including, board development, program design and implementation, fiscal and legal matters, treatment protocols, resource development, and community relationships. Under his tenure as President/CEO of WestCare, WestCare has grown from a small treatment center in Las Vegas, Nevada, into one of the largest nonprofit substance abuse and mental health treatment organizations in the United States. Over the years, Dick expanded the agency to meet the growing needs for education and prevention services. WestCare now operates programs in seven states and off shore: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, and Nevada, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands. Dick's insight into substance abuse and mental health treatment programs has prompted several communities across the country to model programs after WestCare.
Mr. Steinberg has demonstrated his expertise and knowledge of providing mental health, substance abuse treatment and recovery services and the benefits of the Therapeutic Community treatment modality in working with diverse populations through the variety of services developed under his leadership. Mr. Steinberg has made significant contributions to professional organizations in order to promote research and efforts to improve the quality of services for mentally ill and chemically dependent individuals and their families. He is a founding member of California Therapeutic Communities (CTC) and past Vice Chairman; Immediate Past President, after serving four years as President, of Therapeutic Communities of America (TCA); member of the American Correctional Association, the National Association of Drug and Alcohol Counselors and the Nevada Association of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Western States Youth Services Network, the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities, and the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions; has served as an appointed member of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) National Advisory Council as well as appointed to the Forensic Addictions Corrections Treatment (FACT) Board for the University of California San Diego Medical School. As President/CEO of WestCare, Mr. Steinberg has had prolonged and direct management experience with Therapeutic Communities, mental health and community-based substance abuse treatment programs, and treatment and recovery programs for specialized populations.
Mr. Steinberg received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from California State University, Long Beach, and a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In addition to his academic training, Mr. Steinberg holds certification as a Substance Abuse Program Administrator from the Nevada Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
©2010 Nevada Attorney General
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Ursus I you still trying to prove this is a TC, Well all righty then. It still does not make that facility in Georgia with State Juvie kids a TC, sorry. This is a warehouse for kids, I know the report said he went to his therapist to explain the incident, well I was also referred to as a therapist at 17yrs old @ Elan when I was working there. That doesn't make me a therapist though now does it.
Danny
Whooter:
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Ursus I you still trying to prove this is a TC, Well all righty then. It still does not make that facility in Georgia with State Juvie kids a TC, sorry. This is a warehouse for kids, I know the report said he went to his therapist to explain the incident, well I was also referred to as a therapist at 17yrs old @ Elan when I was working there. That doesn't make me a therapist though now does it.
Danny
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No, from what I have read I agree, the place is far from being a TC. I think Ursus is trying to tie it back somehow to Synanon. Typically if he can find a person Stienberg had dinner with or he worked with who had ties to synanon or if Steinberg himself was involved early on then he would feel that is enough evidence to say WestCare-Georgia is Synanon based.
Its like trying to make the argument that 2010 Ford mustangs have no airbags and 8 track tape systems and lousy gas mileage because the CEO has been there since the 1970’s.
Any one of us can sit here and speculate but until we drive over to the dealership and take a look none of us really knows for sure. The same applies to West Care-Georgia.
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DannyB II:
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--- Quote from: "DannyB II" ---Ursus I you still trying to prove this is a TC, Well all righty then. It still does not make that facility in Georgia with State Juvie kids a TC, sorry. This is a warehouse for kids, I know the report said he went to his therapist to explain the incident, well I was also referred to as a therapist at 17yrs old @ Elan when I was working there. That doesn't make me a therapist though now does it.
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--- Quote ---Whooter wrote:
No, from what I have read I agree, the place is far from being a TC. I think Ursus is trying to tie it back somehow to Synanon. Typically if he can find a person Stienberg had dinner with or he worked with who had ties to synanon or if Steinberg himself was involved early on then he would feel that is enough evidence to say WestCare-Georgia is Synanon based.
Its like trying to make the argument that 2010 Ford mustangs have no airbags and 8 track tape systems and lousy gas mileage because the CEO has been there since the 1970’s.
Any one of us can sit here and speculate but until we drive over to the dealership and take a look none of us really knows for sure. The same applies to West Care-Georgia.
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--- Quote ---DannyB II wrote:
Like if it was a treatment center it would legitimize the abuse more and if Synanon was responsible for this program existence well then that would be tantamount to a conviction.
Ursus I am not trying to be a ass ( I don't have to it comes naturally....lol) but what is your point, is it that they are a treatment center with their unique modalities, OK. That WestCare-Georgia birthed itself from Synanon once again, OK.
The article was about a rape at a facility at the Georgia WestCare facility with juvie residents, not about the genesis of WestCare. I thought we were trying to dig into that story and if this goes on at other facilities.
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Danny
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Ursus:
--- Quote from: "DannyB II" ---Like if it was a treatment center it would legitimize the abuse more and if Synanon was responsible for this program existence well then that would be tantamount to a conviction.
Ursus I am not trying to be a ass ( I don't have to it comes naturally....lol) but what is your point, is it that they are a treatment center with their unique modalities, OK. That WestCare-Georgia birthed itself from Synanon once again, OK.
The article was about a rape at a facility at the Georgia WestCare facility with juvie residents, not about the genesis of WestCare. I thought we were trying to dig into that story and if this goes on at other facilities.
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I'm not trying to say they are a treatment facility which is a replica of Synanon. Just wanna be clear 'bout that. But they do do business with Amity Foundation, and may have in one form or another over the years as well. The machinations and manuevers of Amity over the years does not impress me as being too squeaky clean, if ya get what I mean. Organizations that start out corrupt as all hell, don't tend to become magically above reproach in their later years. Where WestCare got the TC modality from might be of some interest whether you like it or not. Incidentally, at least one of those TC organizations under Steinberg's belt is the same one Father O'Brien and David Dietch from Daytop is heavily involved with. Jus' sayin'.
Ya know how some politicians do something with one hand, and then something with the other to seemingly compensate? Ever wonder how the availability of hard drugs in this country greatly increased after 1971? What was Nixon up to? And what really did happen to Jimmy Hoffa?
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