Hello fellow daytopians
It is nice to see there is a web site for the successful heads for old daytop. First of all I was at parksville from 1989 to1991, then I worked with them in far rockaway, to shipped to texas to help at a new facility in palestine tx. I see there is alot of negative and postive comments about the program. I must say that back in the day Daytop was probably the toughest tc to be in. For me it worked. It was not easy and yes I was screamed at, degrade and de humanized but I have been successful. I was a counselor and worked with senior counselors that thought they new every thing. Today I continue to be successful, I am a masters level social worker and continue to work and help needy families. I actually broke away from daytop texas before they closed down. I need to spead my wings and get from underneath Daytop wings. Alot of people tend to become so dependant in Daytop after finishing their program then working for them. It was the hardest thing I every did in my life back then and I have absolutely no regrets