by WWASP Survivors | Aug 25, 2020 | News, Politics
Recently, as member of a multi-organization coalition, WWASP Survivors along with The Freedom Village Experience and The National Youth Rights Association, co-wrote an open letter to our law makers to close “troubled teen” programs for youth.Due to health...
by WWASP Survivors | Jul 18, 2015 | News, Politics
By Rep. Adam Schiff Congressmen from California Read full article here: Op Ed – Stop Child Abuse in Residential Treatment Programs for Teens Act 2015 This piece was co-authored by Jodi Hobbs, the founder and President of the Survivors of Institutional Abuse...
by WWASP Survivors | Mar 15, 2014 | News, Politics
Yours truly has started a new petition on Change.org to end the practice of using teen escorts (aka legal kidnapping) to get kids to residential treatment centers. This practice is widely considered one of the most traumatic, harmful, and damaging in the industry and...
by WWASP Survivors | Dec 24, 2013 | News, Politics
Logan River Academy is an abusive program in the style of WWASP located in Utah. Abuse, neglect, forced medication, and even deaths have occurred and continue to occur. LRA is a member of NATSAP, a non-accrediting membership body that does not enforce any ethical nor...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 10, 2013 | News, Politics
The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2013 Tens of thousands of U.S. teenagers attend private and public residential programs – including therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, boot camps, and behavior modification facilities – that...
by WWASP Survivors | Nov 13, 2012 | News, Politics
Roch Longueépée THE I THAT IS WE: a self determination of peoples – Address to the AGM for the Coalition for Persons with Disabilities. Delivered October, 24, 2012, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada I want to express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing...
