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OPINIONS/STORIES

A place where you can share your stories, opinions, and thoughts - e-mail us at info@caica.org
                     

Every parent should
read this:

Breaking the Vow of Secrecy:
A true story about Teen Help/WWASP by Karen E. Lile

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January 7, 2007 My Experience at Carolina Springs Academy
5 1/2 years later and the nightmares still continue to haunt her. Because of the lack of medical attention she will need medication and assistance if she chooses to have a baby.
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September 10, 2006

More than 25 years later, Sean wrote to CAICA to let us know what happened to him when he was only 9 years old. He believes, after years of experience ... Behavior Modification is a very controversial form of psychological therapy. It is extremely intrusive... He warns: If a parent is reading this right now, please think long and hard before sending your kid to a behavior modification facility ...
 

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July 21, 2006 "The Worse Experience of My Life" by Melanie
WWASP Programs: Casa by the Sea and Tranquility Bay
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June 19, 2006 Sherri Weems - Experience at Carolina Springs Academy
I put my daughter in Carolina Springs after weeks of research on speacilty boarding schools. I began speaking with Nancy Thompson (Admissions Coordinator) about Carolina Springs. She assured me they were a top notch school ...
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June 7, 2006 A Mother’s Story by Cindi Kirkpatrick
WWASP Program: Carolina Springs Academy
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June 7, 2006 Seven Days I Will Never Forget by Taylor Kirkpatrick
WWASP Program: Carolina Springs Academy
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May 9, 2006

A hunt for truth behind teen's death

OUR OPINION: BRING PROPER CHARGES IN LIGHT OF SECOND AUTOPSY'S FINDINGS

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March 20, 2006

The Punishment Did Not Fit the Crime: Martin Lee Anderson
"... They beat the life right out of Martin. Parents will be up in arms, and should be up in arms, about this issue ..." "... Children, once locked behind closed doors, have no voice so it is incumbent upon us to be their voice." read more
 

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March 11, 2006 Boot Camp Failures Were Unquestioned
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March 11, 2006 Christopher's Story - a child abused in the Florida juvenile system
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March 10, 2006 Teen Behavior Modification Camps Abuse Teens: They are not what they seem! I know I survived two years in one! They are unregulated, poorly staffed and a money making scam. They will abuse your child badly.
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Late February

Lawmakers, Parents Outraged by Nurse in Boot Camp Beating Video
 

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March 3, 2006 Troubled teen therapy: What are we doing to our youth?
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February 24, 2006 Justice for all?
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No Date The Mind Control: Post WWASP Checklist
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No Date Mother of Child at Thayer Learning Center
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Testimonies

WWASP ~ Tranquility Bay

Testimony of Aaron Kravig, Lindsey Wise & Nick Violante
IN RE: JONATHAN TYLER MITCHELL, GINA FARMER
 

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February 20, 2006 Opinions re: Conduct Unbecoming Article (below)
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February 16, 2006

IN MY OPINION
Boot Camps for Kids Should be Given the Boot
By Fred Grimm

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February 12, 2006 Conduct Unbecoming - An 8-Year Old Sent to a Boot Camp
A Chance to Give Your Opinion (click on link, then scroll to bottom of article): http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/13854442.htm
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February 18, 2006 More information on Martin Lee Anderson's death and what the professionals are saying (and not saying) ...
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February 17, 2006 Is Beating Kids at Boot Camp All in a Day's Work?
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September 2005 Christine & Jim Rosenborough Richmond, Va - Carolina Springs Academy
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May 2005 19-Year Old Tells Her Story: "... My experience there was horrific and abusive to the best of my recollection. I had been diagnosed with severe depression and post traumatic stress syndrome. The treatment I received was in no way therapeutic for my diagnosis. On the worst day, I was given a forced injection of a powerful chemical restraint, Haldol, while 6 people brutally held me down on the ground..."
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January 18, 2005

Montel Williams Show: Samantha Monroe attended Straight, Inc. from 1981-1983 - "... Samantha spent the next two years of her life surviving Straight. She was beaten, starved, and denied toilet privileges for days on end. She describes her “humble pants,” a punishment that forced her to wear the same pants for six weeks at a time. Because she was allowed just one shower a week, the pants often filled with feces, urine and menstrual blood..."
 

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January 2005 Declaration of Philip DiPaulo - Carolina Springs Academy
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December 29, 2004
 		 Parent's Story by Susan Oldham: Carolina Springs Academy (WWASP)
 "NO CHILD should be subjected to what my daughter went though. These FOR PROFIT 'treatment centers' are nothing but legalized child abuse centers."
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December 7, 2004

Declaration of Rachel Hope Roberts: "I was scared and I dropped to my knees, there was no strength in my body. I then had to remove my pants and I was given a shot in the butt of Haldol.... I’ve seen the effects of Haldol on others. One friend at PCS had a muscle spasm and was unable to move her neck; another one who was unable to keep her tongue in her mouth because it was so swollen.  She just kept drooling. It gave some of the girls’ lazy eyes that just sit there at the bottom of the eye and go nowhere...."
 

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August 8, 2004

MOM DEFEATS CORPORATE GIANT - Utah Jury Sends Message to WWASP
 

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July 2004

Casa by the Sea: A Memory That Will Haunt Me Forever
 

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July 2004 Carolina Springs Academy, WWASP – A Story of a Graduate
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June 10, 2004 Stephanie Pokorney's story about her experiences at Cross Creek, a place she said she would not recommend for any child
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January 18, 2004 SUMMARY OF ABUSE SUFFERED BY MY CHILD: Assault, battery, hair pulled, restrained against her will, drugged with an overdose of Haldol which caused her to black out and wake to blindness, facial paralysis and pain, drooling and lethargy for three days. Imprisoned and forced to sit in structure (staring strait ahead) for up to 5 hours. Woke to vaginal bleeding and wet pants on the morning after Haldol injection. CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATED: Freedom of speech, religion right to safe and humane treatment, prevented from writing grievances and punished for suggesting that others write grievances. Punished with isolation for venting about her abuse and mistreatment in a group therapy session on December 13.
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Spring 2003 My Visit to Tranquility Bay by Richard Titsch, III
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September 18, 2003

BETHEL BOYS ACADEMY ~ Story by Cheryle, Mom
"3 1/2 days later we were back down there rescuing our son. He was covered in bruises including a black eye."
 

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May 22, 2002 Grandmothers Request for Prayer.
By Blanche Hardy

Letter from Amber, Blanche Hardy's granddaughter
 

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1999-2001 My Testament At Spring Creek Lodge (anonymous)
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September 13, 2000

Trapped in Christian Boarding School: You Think Your School Days Were Rotten? Allison Tobey Has it Worse
 

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June 19, 1998

Ron Ackert's letter of June 19, 1998 to Dr. Linda Blessing, Director, Arizona Department of Economic Security, regarding the killing of teenager Nicholaus Contraraz at Arizona Boys Ranch
 

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January 6, 1998

IS THIS A CAMP OR JAIL?
Are parents violating the rights of their own kids when they ship them off to tough "attitude rehab"? - By Adam Cohen

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No Date Mandel Crittendon, a Victim of Green River Boys Camp, Tells His Story of Abuse
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No Date Josh Akramoff: Topic: Spring Creek Lodge
Much like a war, or a tragic event, I look back at Spring Creek Lodge Academy. Like a bad dream or chill of fear down my spine, I remember. No matter how hard I try, forgetting that two years of my life is not possible.
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