He kept 1 girl in isolation for 6 months. Randall Hinton was something of a jack-of-all-trades for WWASP. Two years under Brian Parker my therapist Mary my family clinician and Ron Garret. I recall being at Brightway, and staying at CCM at level 3. I was in group five and six with craig. Jade Robinson is supposedly gone, but his wife still worked there a couple of weeks ago. Was crying on my couch tonight telling my girlfriend about the things that still haunt me from my childhood, being molested, seeing my friends die or go to prison, family members dieing, n then cross creek came up. I still have nightmares to this day, and wonder if I should seek more therapy for it. That I did and always will love. 3 Beds. I remember Craig too and the kids in his group were always fucked up and acted stupid ass shit. As Administrator of the boys side of CBS, Finlinson was responsible for running a brutal program that systematically abused, deprived and tormented children. I remember cory padilla, Jeremy sun, jeff perotti, trevor latson, david bumpass, Damian, drew, ricki mcmaster, lauren, Ashley both guys btw. Cameron even taught me to drive! That is very comforting, and will make it easier to heal. I hated that man! I was there in 1999.i was 17 and had my 18th birthday behind that white fence. Its been 9 years and Im still not free of that place. this is drake. You were a troubled teen , and so were most of your companions. Im here for all of you and want to hear your stories and hopefully some of you recognize me. Rick, maybe if we were all 15 years old and still locked up, this would make sense because we would be trying to manipulate our way out. and later Spring Creek Lodge in Montana He also worked for a time at the notorious Tranquility Bay in Jamaica until he left to help start Casa By the Sea in Ensenada, Mexico. For example, if a kid punches another kid and a staff restrains him, that is not abuse, because you would be more pissed if he did nothing and let the fight continue. At some point he was working in a public school, but currently Goulding reports to be coaching LittleLeaguein St. George Utah. I was in group 6 with Craig Hanson as my therapist. But it was because I was terrified with the threats of we will send u to jamaica if u dont comply, where they can keep u till 25 and have rights to do way worse things or we spoke with your parents and if you dont stay we are going to go to court and take away ur rights till 25. So I kept my mouth shut and played the game. I thought I was a young Robert Lowell or something in there. They got their start in the TTI owning an all-girls program called Sunrise Beach in Cancun, Mexico. I dont know if this place is still up and running but for anyone looking to send their children there, think twice. I remember you. A month on silence, being restrained, and the worst part by far is I look back and think that I somehow bought in to it and aided in the demise of others. I also went to red river/ USYouth Services. Ive been addicted to prescription drugs and ended up in federal prison fire to my drug abuse. I was there at the same time you were. He apparently the served as a Trustee for the company. Just another obstacle in my journey. Incomplete submissions will be denied. I was there for half a year in 2017. He definitely helped ease my time there. Any who hope all of you are alive and well. Maysam Ken Kay Its insane knowing in hindsight that so much abuse went on in that building. I dont think youll find one person who will disagree with you about Ron. Dkcedrake@yahoo.com. Im 36 now, and I dont think Ive ever gotten over the trauma of being kidnapped and locked up against my will at that tender age. Jay Kay, the son of Ken Kay>, got his start in WWASP working for his father as a security guard at Brightway Adolescent Hospital. That man and place have caused some issues in my world that idk if Ill ever get over and I am almost 30 now. I spent a long time wandering in the emotional desert my program experience threw me into, however, before I could emerge into the promised land. It erodes the kind of trust needed for meaningful dialogue. Pullan was also invloved in Camas Ranch, an apparent attempt to remake a portion of the facility into an 18+ program, which also failed. And the wheels on the bus go round and round. 5+ days) sitting in structure and brutal attack therapy sessions that he appropriately named after himself. I graduated the program. After the closing both Miguel and his wife Ali Hernandez were invited to come back to work for Casa By the Sea, where Miguel was responsible for more assaults on students and Ali assisted in the admissions department. I can remember working in the kitchen and being told to make the worst possible meal for those in the isolation room, or 30 second showers, or the horrible tape room that would drive anyone insane. The detailed stories she would share whenever she needed to were heart wrenching to hear, I could not even imagine having to physically and mentally go through that! I then graduated and went to another shit hole, not quite as bad as CC but still no place for anyone specially growing teens with young minds called Discovery Academy where I was later pulled in late 05 damn near 06.. Id really like to get in touch with everyone who was there around the same time to catch up. I figured it was a shut-down RTC or an abandoned, ratty hotel but I never got any answers because none of the staff seemed to know. Any help would be awesome. And my son was beat up daily while staff watched and did nothing. If places like this still exist they should burn to the ground. Its funny you mention suicide: more than half of the people I havent seen online that Ive looked up have been either dead or in prison. Many Thanks! Not jail for DUI straight convicted felons of violent and extreme crimes. Right around the time you were. He next appears in the WWASP saga in 1996, when he bought and opened Spring Creek Academy along with his brother Cameron and Dan Peart. Cant tell you how many times that was held over my head by Hanson, that they were a week away from sending me out of the country. The more and more I see now how much more crazy that place has made me since leaving. After that, the other programs were founded one by one, following roughly the same model as developed at Cross Creek Manor but each separately owned. Rob my brother from another mother hit me up! I hope everyone can find what they seek. I played there game and worked up the level system. This whole organization is so twisted I have wanted to go look these pathetic cowards face to face for years now. I was in CC from 2003-2005, such an insane experience I cant even explain, only the kids who were there will ever understand. But it gucci my parents were asians spoke weak english easy to manipulate but however writing letters and waiting just waiting to hear a response back. Love is all I have left. I mean that literally, I would have committed suicide. Ill never be the same and I feel an obligation to make sure other kids dont have to be trapped in these prisons where restraint, belittling, or cruel punishment are an every day occurrence. Long story short at 32 years old Im still fucked in the head. I fortunately was only there 6 months before I learned I was able to leave via juvenile probationary period ended but was told I had to stay untill program completion. They actually ran a program called New Beginnings in LaVerkin Utah back in summer 1991. One Survivors Report Kelly Adams. Hannah, I also attended CCM but I left in 2003. To all you out there who shared that experience, youre not alone. It was horrifying. He put me on staff buddy my very first Ron meeting because he said I was not being honest about why I was there and that I had to be a terrible child for my parents to send me away to this program. Please tell me what reason do I have to lie? I was in an RTC in Hurricane two years ago (which cannot even be compared to the abuse of any WWASP school, but also completely endorses the regular treatment, borderline if not outright abusive dehumanizing bullshit) and we drove past this building twice a day every day on the way to school. Award. Yea it was absolutely horrible. I graduated from Tranquility Bay as well, until I got home and my school district did not accept any of the credits. A Board member from the Alta Mirada Townhome Association located in Tempe, AZ left a note of appreciation for their. I have tried contacting years ago with no response. Yeah I was at cross creek very fortunately for only 8 months cause my parents pulled me out. One graduate claimed he was forcibly kidnapped from his home, handcuffed, beaten, and taken across state lines against his will in order to be transported to the program, or in short legally trafficked. Constantpy restrained by big Samoan guys, 62 and 250+. Cross Creek Center | 1000 places You don't want to be as a teenager, Sinead McCarthy: How I Survived a Brainwashing Facility. I had been their for over 1 & 1/2 years on the day he said that to me which ended up making me feel bad. Ron Garrett I know exactly what you mean. In typical WWASP fashion, a new identity for the combination of Cross Creek and Horizon has been developed, they are now calling their program Youth Foundation Inc. (youthfoundationinc.org) dont take my post down this time like really have some accountability for what you did.I dont know how many time you had big guys toss me on the floor as staff was yelling at me telling me to have accountability as they lay across my back as I am just trying to get air which is really hard to do with three guys laying on your back with all of them putting all there weight on me they made me pass out more times then I can count in there S.N room which was smaller then a jail cell with no bed just enough room for them to lay you out and crush you it your turn to have some accountability. The pain that will NEVER go away. So good to see you two on here! He was murdered in 2009. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwaspsurvivors/, Thanks Bill, Ive already submitted a request to join. For more survivor testimony please visit: WWASPSurvivors: Survivor Testimony Blog Help Save Troubled Teens - Our Stories The WWASP Diaries AntiWWASP Forums H.E.A.L - Human Earth Animal Liberation Tales From the Black . A backpack and the cross creek uniform still on my back. All you do is look within. I am not sure about all that has transpired with these programs. How are you? I remember you Nick we used to be in the same group together. Justin Silverman????? Fuck Chaffins Fat Ass people that bent us over and spanked us with rulers about to rape us. Always in the tape room, I wax at cc from 2003 to 05, that place is horrible and I dont know how it wasnt or hasnt been shut dow Anyone remember Dallas? Hey guys!!! Doug I was in your group when you got there I think I was level 3 at the time? He served as WWASP president until 1998, when he was replaced by Ken Kay. I am a lawyer in Alexandria Louisiana and I have been contacted by a family, whose son was possibly abused at this facility. Such as the Coronvirus Pandemic. In 2010, CSA was closed. Vaifanua started his career with WWASP at Cross Creek, La Verkin Utah, Then in 1994 he opened Paradise Cove. The most intimidating men i have ever met. He lost his original one. Suffered Ron Garrotts abuse too. They also threw mine out. Ken Kay was President and the public voice of WWASP. Forced us to sit in front of a wall for 8 hours a day, listen to mindless tapes for 5 hrs a day, and much more. We made it, they didnt. Id really like to know what went on. They wanted me to assure them I was not going to bring any of the detention center tendencies to their facility. Xandir OCando tells Cross Creek anti-queer brainwashing and abuse story at Bawdy Storytelling Cross Creek Program is closed and their website has been removed. Stephanies story, 2004 Rumor then were he married his wife when she was 17 and she was a former student at the program. Talk about the fox guarding the hen house! I did worksheets every night. It was closed in 1996 by Mexican authorities and the Roaches were arrested on charges of illegally detaining children and depriving them of their rights, and running an unlicensed and unsainitary facility. I would guess that maybe 10-15% of the kids that were there actually needed to be there. It has been on my mind a lot recently. its not possible since there is nobody to reach out. Your name sounds familiar. The program was originally located in the former location of Cross Creek Manor (a notoriously abusive and now-closed WWASP program) at 150 N State St, La Verkin, UT 84745. With doug Morse comment. OMG Wesley T. W. Craig PHD! "In September of 2004 I was sent to Cross Creek Manor (CCM) Utah- One of the therapeutic boarding schools that were operated by the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (WWASP). In an interview, multiple graduates, parents and staff members from the school described the program as manipulative, abusive and traumatic. Also even though the education was totally bullshit, I was self motivated and interested in school again being away from drugs and hustling. When they took her from me, I thought that I was going through Hell, but I was nowhere near La Virken, Utah. Rons personalperversionof therapyoften includedinappropriatesexual conversations and telling girls who were rape victims that they need to take responsibility for what happened to them as well as forcing victims of child abuse to admit they deserved the abuse they suffered. Cross Creek Manor/Youth Foundation - Closed suddenly in 2013, one of the longest running WWASP facilities. It saddened to read the things said about Brian Vaifanua. Do you know how to get a hold of justin? He has admitted to pepper spraying students repeatedly. @Rick. It is easier to see the truth when you dont try to enforce your own beliefs on it. May you find peace and love in your worlds. I told off Ron Garrett every group meeting I could. In 1996, he then opened Spring Creek Lodge with the Pullan brothers, serving as Vice President. Another graduate claimed that male staff members performed rape re-enactment on girls who have been sexually abused, stating that other students were instructed to yell insults at the victim during the re-enactment. Yes No. Jason Finlinson I remember Dallas and Sam and Craig and all those guys. Call Us Today! Brian, you are troll. Remember, Majestic Ranch treated children from 7 to 14., so all victims were under 15 for sure and possibly quite younger. I witnessed some horrific things go down that no one deserved regardless of how troubled they were. Even though I didnt like any of the group members and refused to work the program, I was almost always the center of attention so to wake up one day only to realize that Im the last member of group 5 still in the program made me feel like I had been left behind only to be forgotten. I attended Cross Creek from 2006-2008. He is just a greedy pig They all sat around a table afterwards and wrote statement of facts to match up against mine. Hey blake, werent you my staff buddy? I was at cross creek in group 5 with Craig Hanson from 2002 to 2004, it Was horrible. I had to do it twice. I was betrayed by family and kidnapped during the day. The only time I was restrained was when I was violent. I cant say I didnt learn from it, but I can say it wasnt necessary.
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