by WWASP Survivors | Sep 13, 2020 | Casa By the Sea, Survivor Testimony
The things that i remember most are the brainwashing techniques they used on us the staff played audio tapes at every meal i can still hear the fucking tapes in my head saying tranquility over and over. The seminars were a whole other kind of torture “Accountability”...
by WWASP Survivors | Oct 23, 2012
My name is Jessica. I was imprisoned in Casa by the Sea from 1999 to 2001. I know that my dad had heard about WWASP from a coworker at his place of employment at the time, which was a Christian organization. Apparently, this coworker had a son that had gone through...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 28, 2012
Being conned by Casa! “It all started when my son was born (10/07/84), him aging and me fermenting.” In May of 2002 I had just about had enough of the lies, arguments and late night worries with our son. Ryan was 17 at this point and going through the same...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
Casa By the Sea Casa By the Sea in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico was opened in 1998 by Dace Goulding (formerly of Paradise Cove). Many allegations of physical abuse, maltreatment, sexual abuse and human rights violations have been reported by former students of...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 13, 2020 | Cross Creek Programs, Survivor Testimony
Declarative StatementAs a 34 year old man still constantly tormented by and in intensive therapy for CPTSD, as well as having to seek intensive medical treatment for infertility, I honestly feel it is my duty to share my story with survivors of, and potential...
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by WWASP Survivors | Aug 21, 2014 | Breaking Code Silence, Casa By the Sea, Survivor Testimony
Published: Aug 21, 2014 #BreakingCodeSilence #UnitedwithOneVoice #EndInstitutionalAbuse Captivity By the Sea A Survivor’s Account of Casa By the Sea Ensenada, Mexico and High Impact Tecate, Mexico 2001 – 2003By Chelsea F. It was just before dawn when I was rudely...
by WWASP Survivors | May 7, 2012
CAPTIVITY BY THE SEA A Survivor’s Account of Casa By the Sea Ensenada, Mexico and High Impact Tecate, Mexico 2001 – 2003 By Chelsea F. Published on: May 7, 2012 It was just before dawn when I was rudely awakened by two burly escorts. I was told: “We...
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by WWASP Survivors | May 7, 2012
Trouble In Paradise Early one morning when I was 14 years old, 3 men burst into my room and shook me awake. They handcuffed me, dragged me outside, put me in the back of a rental car, and so began a journey for me that would span half the globe and lasted two and a...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 11, 2020
About WWASPSurvivor Testimony We speak for them to be heard About WWASP Survivors WWASP Survivors is run by a dedicated group of concerned alumni of WWASP-affiliated programs. Our mission is threefold: to raise awareness of the true dangers of WWASP Programs, to...
by WWASP Survivors | Jun 20, 2018 | Ben Trane Trial
In this post we will review the first half of Ben Trane’s testimony. The next post will be the cross examination. We will review the highlights in this post as we did with all the other testimony and post the link to the full testimony below that. In his...
by WWASP Survivors | Oct 11, 2013 | News
October 10th, 2013 According to recent reports, as of October 13th 2013, Youth Foundation Success Academy (YFSA) will be ceasing operations. WWASP Survivors has obtained an email sent to all parents by Youth Foundation Inc’s Board of Directors. This letter announces...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 7, 2013
Lately i have been thinking about my past.. things have happened, like it does to everyone, but a lot of it haunts me. About 10years ago my parents sent me to a ‘School’ in Mexico called Casa by the Sea, a place that will forever haunt my dreams. evil red...
by WWASP Survivors | Jul 25, 2013
Youth Foundation Success Academy Youth Foundation Success Academy or Youth Foundation Inc is the most recent reincarnation of the former Cross Creek Program and until 2011, the former Horizon Academy. Located on the former Cross Creek Center property, Youth Foundation...
by WWASP Survivors | Jul 24, 2013 | News
By Timothy Williams After Alexander Chomakhidze and his family moved to the United States from Greece a few years ago, he became so despondent he started skipping school and even tried to kill himself. Worried, his parents sent him to Horizon Academy, a Utah boarding...
by WWASP Survivors | Mar 11, 2013 | News
Redditor Speaks out to /r/troubledteens about his experience in Horizon Academy “I went to a WWASP called Horizon Academy in Amargosa Valley Nevada. I had just turned 13 and was there for over 2 years. After I was there for a few weeks to a month I started being...
by WWASP Survivors | Jan 29, 2013
I wouldn’t consider myself a “Troubled Teen”… but as a kid diagnosed with ADD, I was struggling in school and my Mom was concerned for the future of my education. She decided to look for professional help and an opportunity for me to get a higher education....
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by WWASP Survivors | Nov 3, 2012 | News, Politics
What do Mitt Romney, Bain Capital and the notorious Troubled Teen Industry have in common?… Sadly, quite a lot. I wouldn’t consider myself a “Troubled Teen”… but as a kid diagnosed with ADD, I was struggling in school and my Mom was concerned for the future of...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 28, 2012
A Grandmothers Request for Prayer. By Blanche Hardy Please take a moment to read her story and request. I am a grandmother that has a granddaughter locked up (in my opinion) in a World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (WWASP). I have been fighting for custody...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 8, 2012 | News
By TIM WEINER Published: May 27, 2003 OROTINA, Costa Rica, May 25 — A torrent of teenage rage, hard and fast as the tropical rain on this Pacific coast, washed away the Academy at Dundee Ranch this weekend. Dundee Ranch, the latest foreign outpost in a far-flung...
by WWASP Survivors | Jul 12, 2012 | News, Politics
Romney, Torture, and Teens The former governor’s connections to abusive “tough love” camps By Maia Szalavitz | June 27, 2007 Article quoted from Reason.com When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he’d support doubling the size of the...
