This is my working file on Teen Help. If anyone has links to add, please pass them along. It is by no means complete, just began last week.
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TEEN HELP WWASP Utah
BOD: Bob Lichfield, Brent Facer, J. Ralph Atkin
Executive Director Karr Farnsworth
Ken Kay Brightway Administrator
Jay Kay Tranquility Bay director and former hospital administrator
Teen Help is an umbrella name for a consortium of companies headquartered in the red canyonlands of southwestern Utah. Parents training in separate multiday seminars, patterned after 1970s-era pop group-awareness sessions of est and LifeSpring.
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... esp4.shtmlPsychologist Margaret Singer, professor emeritus at the U of C at Berkeley, says that Teen Help practices "large group awareness training," a technique designed to turn an individual into an instrument of a larger group.
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... esp7.shtmlDavid Gilcrease, designed Teen Help's BM seminars
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... esp9.shtmlDavid Gilcrease's bio, and a mother's account of the seminar.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... eaking.htmRules for Seminar
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... rogram.htm1/8/1998 TH Incorporated in Utah as a domestic non-profit
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... _wwasp.htmConglomerate of programs and facilities
http://www.factnet.org/letters/letter.html?
FACTNet
Shady business practices: unqualified staff, spamdexing
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... exing.htmlParticipant referral fees paid
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... pidnet.htmSpamdexing is obviously a flagrant violation of all search engine guidelines," says Pursley. "But it is more than that. The whole site is a violation of advertising ethics. For me it's a lot more relevant than some abstract cyber-issue, because it affects real people's lives: It misleads people about what options are available for their kids. These schools are absolutely unethical and manipulative from beginning to end -- from search engine rules to how they actually treat the kids."
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1 ... ature.htmlCRITICS:
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1 ... ture2.htmlReason for the convoluted ownership situation is to shield Bob Lichfield from liability
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1 ... ture2.html0/2001 Political contributions to Rep Party #3 Teen Help LLC $158,790.
Top Soft Money Donors #3 Teen Help $125,000 LLC. LICHFIELD, ROBERT B
LAVERKIN, UT $125,000. FACER, BRENT M
ST GEORGE, UT $500
http://www.opensecrets.org/states/contr ... &Year=2002Adolescent Services International- Referral Service
Narvin Lichfield Owner
Promotes TH WWASP programs as RTC, but licensed as Res Service Prog.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/TeenHelp/asi_disses_intrepidnet.htm
Fraudulent Advertising
ASI presents as a "service" center for parents dealing with "teens in crisis," with strong implication that it is unaffiliated with particular schools. But Adolescent Services was founded last year by a man named Narvin Lichfield, who for the previous seven years had been the managing director of Teen Help, the marketing wing of the WWASP.
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1 ... ture2.htmlBrightway Adolescent Hospital (closed)
18-bed adolescent hospital, 24-bed adult treatment hospital. Licensed by the Utah Dept of Health to the Utah Alcoholism Foundation, the units were in fact run since 1993 under contract to a group of Southern Utah businesses.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... nly_...htm8/1997 Authorities restricted license,
facility failed to report suspected case of child abuse and repeatedly treated teenagers before getting both parents' permission
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... N73509.DTL2/1998 Utah officials said the hospital failed to report two cases of suspected tuberculosis and failed to provide individualized treatment plans for its charges.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... N73509.DTL3/1998 Adolescent unit closed voluntarily after several disciplinary citations by the Dept of Health.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... only_..htm3/19/1998 closed by its owner this week after numerous complaints by state
regulators over how it treated troubled teenagers, some of whom were later shipped to overseas boot camps.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... N73509.DTLCarolina Springs Academy--Donalds/Due West, South Carolina, USA (See S. Carolina Programs file)
Casa By the Sea--Ensenada, Mexico
Cross Creek Manor--LaVerkin, Utah, USA
Teen Help WWASP program
http://www.factnet.org/letters/letter.html?FACTNetCCM, originally incorporated in 1990 as a Utah Corporation by Robert Lichfield, voluntarily dissolved, March 25, 1997. Incorporated as an LLC 3/25/97 and owned by Recaf, Inc. and JILL-CO, Inc. both Nevada Corporations. Officers, members of the Lichfield,Facer,Atkin family.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... etter.htmlStaff members at CCM are "employed" by the employee leasing firm Resource Management, Inc.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... pidnet.htm11/13/1998 Celece Dochterman (12) abused. Parents file lawsuit, one week after Morava closed.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... wsuit.htmlhttp://www.desnews.com/cgi-bin/libstory ... 98112203972/1999 Marie Peart Adm Dir, part of WWASP, remodel
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... een03.htmlLinden House for Pregnant Teens--Saint George, Utah (See Utah Programs file)
Morava Academy--Brno, Czech Republic (closed)
11/9/1998 under investigation after the arrests of four staff members including the American Director, Glenn Roach for abusing children in their care. An unscheduled visit by American diplomats yielded evidence of
physical abuse and neglect. Czech police have filed charges.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... orava.htmlLinks to other articles
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... uments.htmRoach's were also involved with Sunrise Beach which was closed.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... beach.htmlMAJESTIC RANCH Randolph, Utah
Affiliated with Teen Help/ WWASP (see Utah Programs file)
1991 Jodi Tuttle and Carol Gundry refer for retainer, not commission
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... een01.html6/1992 Majestic Ranch Review at Strugglingteens
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... /np02.html2/1997 Purchase of land from Steve and Nancy Cowdrey of Spring Creek
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... ews04.htmlMajestic part of WWASAP, opened in 1997
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... rate.shtmlIntrepid inquires about ownership, assoc with WWASAP
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... etter.html6/2002 Att General Press Release
http://attygen.state.ut.us/Press%20Rele ... 014%202002..htm
http://www.political1.com/Utah/6.4.02.ag.PR2.asp6/2002 Dir Wayne E. Winder charged with Sexual Abuse. Owners say their facility is a boarding school. However, the state classifies the ranch as a RTC. The Office of Licensing has sent a letter notifying the owners they need a Human Services license to operate
http://www.sltrib.com/2002/jun/06152002/utah/745780.htmParadise Cove--Apia, Western Samoa
Enrollment Agreement -Contract
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... #RestraintRandy Cook's account of being escorted to Brightway, then PC
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... only_..htmRandy Rogers account of being escorted to Brightway then PC
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... only_..htmRules and Consequences
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... e_cove.htmNewsletter for parents with teens at PC
http://www.vpp.com/teenhelp/pokis.html9/1998 State Dept received "credible allegations" of abuse at Paradise Cove. Kay says he knew nothing about the investigation.
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... esp4.shtml11/17/1998 STANLEY GOOLD, III files lawsuit. COMPLAINT FOR NEGLIGENCE; NEGLIGENT CHILD ABUSE; FALSE IMPRISONMENT; INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS; BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY; RICO; NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... dsuit.html3/21/2000 Corey Murphy commits suicide after 32 mo in TH Montana and Paridise Cove, W. Samoa. Ken Kay says that only two or three kids in the program have committed suicide, while hundreds have benefited.
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... esp1.shtml5/2000 TH ends its relationship with Paradise Cove.
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... esp4.shtmlRedrock Ranch Academy--Saint George, Utah, USA
Teen Help WWASP Program
http://www.factnet.org/letters/letter.html?FACTNet12/25/2001 Katherine Lank dies. Multiple violations of regs, state filed "notice of intent to revoke license", remains open pending protest hearing. Ratio 2:9 (law 1:4), hiking unsupervised in dangerous area, least experienced staff,
http://www.sltrib.com/2002/jul/07192002/utah/754809.htm5/2002 Salt Lake Tribune, $6 million wrongful-death lawsuit by parents of
Katherine Lank, who fell into a deep crevice while hiking, also demanded a jury trial.
http://www.strugglingteens.com/seennheard/index.htmlSpring Creek Lodge--Thompson Falls, Montana (See Montana Programs file)
1999 TH/WWASP's ASI (referral service) lists SCL as a RTC, licensed as a RSP in Utah, no license in Montana.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... pidnet.htmSunrise Beach--Cancun, Mexico (closed)
Immigration officials at Cancun Airport arrested Glenda and Steve Roach as well as two Mexican Nationals on a variety of charges including depriving juveniles of their liberty. Because the charges included an ongoing investigation of sexual abuse the couple was held initially without bail.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... beach.htmlGlenda and Steve Roach also involved with Morava (see below)
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... orava.htmlTranquility Bay--Treasure Beach Jamaica
8/13/1997 David and Scott Burke abducted and sent to PC by Houston Stockbroker father, Stoney Burke. Mother Donna wasn't told. First stop, Brightway.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... _burke.htm11/1997 David Van Blarigan abducted.
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1 ... ture2.html1/1998 Van Blarigan appealed to legal authorities to get him out
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1 ... ture2.html4/20/1998 Social worker ordered to visit TB, her account.
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... ty_bay.htm9/25/1998 Justin Goen abducted, links to numerous Colubumia Dispatch articles at
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... uments.htm1/15/1999 A Mother's Account Karen E Lile
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... lile2.html4/29/1999 Donna Burke (Tx) files lawsuit. NEGLIGENCE; NEGLIGENT CHILD ABUSE; FALSE IMPRISONMENT; INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS; BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY; RICO; NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... awsuit.htm5/14/1999 Kathleen Thornton sues People Mag for article with picture of her son.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/19990 ... .0514.html11/1997 David Van Blarigan abducted.
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1 ... ture2.htmlYouth Programs International (defunct)
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PROVO CANYON Provo, Utah
Farnsworth, Lichfield, and Facer of Teen Help WWSAP are veterans of Provo Canyon (see Teen Help Utah)
http://www.intrepidnetreporters.com/Tee ... wsuit.htmlUnofficial Alumni Website-personal stories
http://papamugz.tripod.com/A personal account
http://www.beyondbusiness.net/index2.htm9/1982 Lawsuit MILONAS v. WILLIAMS, violations of First and Fourteenth Amendment rights
http://papamugz.tripod.com/page13.html8/1996 Celebrates 25 yrs
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... een03.html30 July 03
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Deborah
[ This Message was edited by: Deborah on 2003-07-30 17:21 ]