Turley Joint Action Lawsuit – Wood v. WWASP Et Al.

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,...

WWASP Photos

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...

WWASP History

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...
High Impact – Hell is a Place in Mexico

High Impact – Hell is a Place in Mexico

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...
Survivor Testimony

Survivor Testimony

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...
WWASP Owners & Staff

WWASP Owners & Staff

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...
5) Party in Pago Pago, From P.C. to P/C

5) Party in Pago Pago, From P.C. to P/C

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...
Midwest Academy

Midwest Academy

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...
Cross Creek Programs

Cross Creek Programs

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...
Darrington Academy

Darrington Academy

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...
Paradise Cove

Paradise Cove

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....
Academy at Ivy Ridge

Academy at Ivy Ridge

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...
High Impact

High Impact

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...
Horizon Academy / Northwest Academy

Horizon Academy / Northwest Academy

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...

WWASP Lawsuit refiled in Utah

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...

Video: WWASP's Tough Love Schools

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...

Survivor Testimony

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...

WWASP Programs

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,...