by WWASP Survivors | Sep 30, 2020 | Breaking Code Silence, Cross Creek Programs, Survivor Testimony
September 27th, 2004 I was sent to Cross Creek Manor (CCM) Utah- One of the therapeutic boarding schools that were operated by World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (WWASP). September 25, 2004-“What the hell am I doing?” I ask myself this question...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 28, 2020 | Academy at Ivy Ridge, Survivor Testimony
I was dropped off at Academy at Ivy Ridge by my mom and stepdad. They treated us like animals for the most part. We could look, talk or do anything without permission. We were watched in our sleep and even forced to use the bathroom while the stalls door were left...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 15, 2020 | Academy at Ivy Ridge, Breaking Code Silence, Survivor Testimony
Admin Note: This is reproduced from Facebook with the permission of the author Shortly after my 15th birthday, I was sent to a WWASP affiliated “troubled teen” program. Unlike many of my peers in the program, I was not kidnapped in the night by strangers, and...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 13, 2020 | Paradise Cove, Survivor Testimony
After New Hope, I was sent next door to Paradise Cove. I was 16 for a few months, and saw what happened to New Hope. I herd that the programs were the same, and that Paradise cove was worse. Two nice young white adults came to pick me up and brought me to Apia. I...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 13, 2020 | Academy at Ivy Ridge, Survivor Testimony
I cried my self to sleep praying God would let me die in my sleep. I was abused I was just a kid 1000s of miles away from everything and everyone I know no contact with out side world. We are not allowed to contact ANYONE we get one letter a week that they look over...
by WWASP Survivors | Sep 13, 2020 | Ash Creek Academy, Survivor Testimony
I went to Ash Creek Academy for ten months. My experience there was ineffective and traumatic. Keep in mind, I cam from [redacted] wilderness therapy in Bend Oregon, and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. In my time at ash creek i witnessed a program...
