by WWASP Survivors | May 23, 2012 | News
Salt Lake City, UT – On August 25, 2006, the prominent and prestigious Turley Law Firm of Dallas, Texas filed a lawsuit on behalf of 25 plaintiffs against the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS) and their associates, alleging Child Abuse,...
by WWASP Survivors | May 10, 2012
My Experiance at Midwest Academy…. By Lily_Shatteredsoul well first off alot of you know that i transferred from Casa by the Sea to Midwest Academy. and soon i shall have my story about Casa in the Casa by the Sea forum. i was transferred to Midwest after Casa...
by WWASP Survivors | May 10, 2012 | News
In an attempt to dissuade controversy over both Darrington Academy’s affiliation with WWASP and the involvement of his business partner and long time friend Dace Goulding, Mr. Darrington sent out a rebuttal to claims of abuse and maltreatment at...
by WWASP Survivors | May 9, 2012
The following are galleries of photos from different WWASP schools. You may also find these galleries on the individual school pages. High Impact [nggallery id=3] Paradise Cove [nggallery id=4] Casa By The Sea [nggallery id=5] Spring Creek Lodge [nggallery...
by WWASP Survivors | May 9, 2012
WWASP(S) – The World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (and Schools), or as it was known later, Youth Foundation Inc, was an umbrella corporation of associated teen behavior modification programs, boot camps and therapeutic boarding schools. Created by...
by WWASP Survivors | May 8, 2012
Survivor Testimony of High Impact Tecate Mexico 2002 By Chelsea Filer I turned 15 in November 2001, 3 months later I was sent to Casa By the Sea and then in July of that year transferred to a “boot camp” called High Impact. Dace Goulding, owner of Casa By...
by WWASP Survivors | May 7, 2012
This is a page where survivors are welcomed to share their experience, read other stories from WWASP programs and provide parents with a reference to how WWASP/ Teen Revitalization has a long history of abuse and maltreatment. For testimony submitted to...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 28, 2012
These are the owners, directors, staff and employees of the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (and Schools) also known as Teen Revitalization, and marketed by TeenHelp LLC. On every count of abuse against the students in their care, each one of these people...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
Notes From Tha Cove – Party in Pago Pago, from P.C. To P/C By Bill Boyles So…clearly I am not telling these stories chronologically. This one skips all the way to the end of my time at Paradise Cove (although I still had 8 months left in WWASP.) I’m going to do this...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
Midwest Academy Midwest Academy in Keokuk, Iowa was started by Brian Vaifanua in 2003, former owner of Paradise Cove in Samoa. Midwest Academy is currently directed by Ben Trane however the property is owned by The Lichfield Family Partnership. Since the...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
Cross Creek Programs The Cross Creek Programs, often referred to Cross Creek Manor for the girl’s program and Cross Creek Center for the boy’s program were (and still is) operated by the controversial World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (and...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
Darrington Academy Darrington Academy in Blue Ridge Georgia was opened by Dace Goulding and Richard Darrington in 2004, the same year Casa By The Sea was raided and shut down. Darrington’s history is checkered with accounts of illegal workers, escapes, odd...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
Paradise Cove Paradise Cove was an all-male facility opened in the early 90’s in the island nation of Western Samoa. It operated up to 5 campuses (Le Tiara, Sinalele Beach, Faga Beach, Fagatele Beach, and Vavau Beach.) At peak the facility housed up to 450 boys....
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
Academy at Ivy Ridge The Academy at Ivy Ridge was a co-ed facility opened in 2001 by Jason Finlinson, previously the Director of Casa By The Sea. The school was located on property purchased and owned by the company Robert Browning Litchfield, LTD, in the city of...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
High Impact High Impact was a brutal bootcamp located outside of Tecate, Mexico. Owned and operated by Miguel Rodriguez and Ali Hernandez as well, co-owned by Dace Goulding, Owner of Casa By the Sea.The compound consisted of an outside area fenced in by chain link and...
by WWASP Survivors | Apr 19, 2012
Horizon Academy Just before Casa By The Sea closed in 2004, Administrator Jade Robinson headed back Stateside, taking a group of kids from Casa with him, to open Bell Academy in Terra Bella, California. When California officials refused to allow the school to operate...
by WWASP Survivors | Feb 4, 2012 | News
Visit original link here By Amy Joi O’Donoghue, Deseret News Published: Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 6:39 p.m. MDT SALT LAKE CITY — Attorneys representing 350 former students and 150 of their parents have renewed their claims of fraud, breach of contract and...
by WWASP Survivors | Feb 4, 2012 | News
This is an investigation into WWASP’s “Tough Love” schools Casa By the Sea, and High Impact by Inside Edition back in 2002. A few of our own survivors were there that day, When the helicopters flew over High Impact to get this footage. Staff...
by WWASP Survivors | Feb 4, 2012
This is a page where survivors are welcomed to share their experience, read other stories from WWASP programs and provide parents with a reference to how WWASP/ Teen Revitalization has a long history of abuse and maltreatment. For testimony submitted to...
by WWASP Survivors | Feb 3, 2012
WWASP Survivors provides detailed reports on the various WWASP(S) Programs that have either closed and left behind a history of abuse or are currently in operation and accepting kids today. Due to the multiple closures and legal troubles surrounding the WWASP name,...