He was also served with 3 summonses regarding bad checks written on CSAs closed checking account totaling about $2,000. Robert Lichfield In 1998, he became majority owner of Morava Academy, which was shut down later that year. I remember Cory Padilla. In order to shield WWASP, he relied on tactics such as shell companies, misspellings of names and addresses, and name changes. Ron Garrett was fired from Cross Creek in 2008 and now works in Real Estate. You were a troubled teen , and so were most of your companions. If its a matter of us just not moving on with life, how are so many of us successful professionally and personally if that were the case? However I was and am extremely smart and manipulated them as they tried to do the same to me. I was at casa, 1998 1999 Alexis Seath from alliance well actually from Santa Cruz friends with brittney Hensley who was there too, we were friends back home, they put us in different familys. Having said that, there were a lot of kids who didnt and they paid the price. To all you out there who shared that experience, youre not alone. I then graduated and went to another shit hole, not quite as bad as CC but still no place for anyone specially growing teens with young minds called Discovery Academy where I was later pulled in late 05 damn near 06.. Id really like to get in touch with everyone who was there around the same time to catch up. I was at TB and Cross Creek. you want to make a movie. I was there in February 2003 never forget. I was there from oct. 16th 2002 to June 24th 2004 in group 5 with Craig Hanson as well. I know exactly what you mean. The pain that will NEVER go away. While the non-stop abuse was the worst thing that happened to me, their was one day i experienced that was very different from the rest and that was the day when one of the last students from group 5 was leaving cross creek and one of the students from another group said to me Youre the only student from group 5 that is still here. World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools Get that gaslighting bullshit out of here. Your email address will not be published. Just food for thought. Needless to say, I think Id torture them all, for 16 months straight, feed them just enough to see the next day. When I was at Cross Creek, he was one of the good guys. Do you remember Willy Modisett? miss you man. Anybody else there at the same time? Tammy Johnson took over as Director of Majestic Ranch in July 2002, which was when Wayne Winder was arrested. I didnt need to be there and that place scared the #### out of me. i myself was also imprisoned in this hellhole glad to finally start to see it all come crashing down. Narvin vowed to reopen, but backed off that claim when he was arrested by authorities in South Carolina in 2011 after he was pulled over and determined to have been driving on a suspended license and without insurance. I was there for 14 months around 2006, and stayed after turning 18 and graduated, and I want to sincerely apologize to anyone I participated in putting down or preventing from going home. I had to stay there for 6 1/2 months. He was told it was basically a wilderness experience. Ive been clean for a few years now. 4605 East Elwood Street, Suite 100. Teen Mentor was shut down in March 2011 by Costa Rican authorities after they received numerous complaints from children and parents regarding abuse at the school. Thank you. I can100% agree with everything said in these posts. Although . Mi name is paul morrison I was also in greig hansens group five but spent most of mi time in the isolation unit on mi stumic in the cold hungry. As for everyone on here, I hope you all are thriving in your lives. Im trying to find out if Alaskan Tyler wolf is the Tyler that got in a lot of trouble in Alaska. Do you remember me? He lost his original one. But i hope they find something new to help troubled teens, everything is so sugar coated these days. My parents would write back saying Im glad you are doing so amazing and having so much fun.. fuck narvin lichfeild and every one of these Wwasp people. Cross Creek Manor/Youth Foundation - Closed suddenly in 2013, one of the longest running WWASP facilities. He next appears in the WWASP saga in 1996, when he bought and opened Spring Creek Academy along with his brother Cameron and Dan Peart. FILE UPLOADS LIMITED TO 30MB IN TOTAL SIZE AND MUST BE OF TYPE DOC, DOCX, JPEG, JPG, PDF, OR PNG. I am so glad they shut it down. Jade Robinson also assisted with his wife at Morava Academy in 1998. Most of these are abuse. Owner of Casa By The Sea and co-owner of High Impact. I also remember being forced to choose out of a seminar because I wouldnt admit to being a slut. Tanner, I think we were in the same Discovery seminar, Its scary places like that exist. Now this may seem like I am sticking up for the place that tore my mind from reality and caused long turn problems. I was fortunate when I went there, but I have many friends that werent. index/crosscreek - troubledteens - Reddit @ cross creek from 04-06. You must have been a good little slave, and i bet you got off to belittling your peers when they gave you upper level status. I was at CCM for six months in 1994. I dont honestly know how she was so strong to endure all of the mental abuse and assaults she had endured. Wet successful in my current life and have a flourishing social life, so no one knows what Ive been through. Jump to: got pulled out because i stopped eating, lost about 100 pounds, Mike, when were you at CC and what group were you in? I question your credentials as a professional if you mean to insituate that a large group of 2000 or so *adults* are not moving on but somehow still maintain we are lying. all of you disgust me especially the ones whose programs I stayed in I dont know how you look yourselves in the mirror each day, To All Who are a Party to any Case involving WWASP, investigate why Ken Kays former Administrative Assistant Jeanene Hawley, is working as the Judicial Assistant at 5th District Court, Washington County, St. George Utah. Not cool at all. Paul Arslanian is Co-Owner of Eagle Ranch Academy in St. George, Utah, which he founded with his brother Dave. POH was billed as facility for 18-22 year-olds, but there are multiple reports of children under 18 being held there. I witnessed all 50 times this kid flipped out. Its hard to grasp the fact that we were all there. how dare them! Hey blake, werent you my staff buddy? Talk about the fox guarding the hen house! I kept telling my parents to get me out and that they are being abusive and they would change my hand written letter to nice emails. Long story short at 32 years old Im still fucked in the head. Whitney, did you have a younger brother there too? Its there. I hate that man still till this day. They also had a cabin up in the mountains in an area called Duck Creek. If you want anything to go away, dont buy it. Cameron even taught me to drive! @ cross creek from 04-06 horrible experience they condition your brain so drastically when i got out in the real worl i could not function in public or be comfortable around people for years i would get horrible panic attacks and though i have gotten to be much better i still get those panic attack type feelings from time to time anything you want to help for this site let me know! As someone who went to 3 wwasp facilities as a teenage (Casa / SCL / Horizons) I firmly will say thisscum like you are how so many children were allowed to be raped, abused, sexually assaulted, and profited off of. I cant find pics anywhere of the inside and have been looking and looking. Miguel Rodriguez He is also responsible for overseeing afacilityin violation of many health codes and maintaining a lack of ethical standards of care for the students of CBS. I spent 04-06 at cross creek. Fucking trash, yet no one believes or cares. Cross Creek Programs was a reform school[2] facility in La Verkin, Utah, operated by the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS). Im in my 30s, college grad, own a home, have a family, and it serves me zero to LIE about the disgusting shit that happened at WWASP facilites. You just had to listen to those god awful, annoying sounding tapes and then take a test after. As a Judicial Assistant, she has authorized access to all court records, and could very well manipulate or what if she has already manipulated files. As Administrator at Casa by the Sea, Luke Hallows has been reported to have participated in, ordered, endorsed, excused and covered up multiple incidents of abuse. I pray for the victims and their families every night before I go to bed. The Roaches were arrested and charged, but escaped the country and have never faced trial. Look inward. I remember Thane, but I wasnt in your group. Can anyone help please I need them for a new job. Ive been addicted to prescription drugs and ended up in federal prison fire to my drug abuse. 2 wonderful people who made a very positive impact on my life. LDS Church members must have the honesty to speak out against these atrocities or they will be repeated elsewhere. To everyone who spent time at this facility- I hope these pictures and videos can bring you some sort of closure. They also threw mine out. Its a TRIP. I can remember working in the kitchen and being told to make the worst possible meal for those in the isolation room, or 30 second showers, or the horrible tape room that would drive anyone insane. I know she played by their rules to get by, but I could always see it in her eyes. In 2001, he left CBS in order to move to New York and open the Academy at Ivy Ridge. It sometimes is referred to as two facilities, with the name Cross Creek Manor applied to the girls' program and the name Cross Creek Center used for the boys' program, which were originally in different locations. Troubled Teen Programs - 25 Plaintiffs Join in Lawsuit - WebWire I got lost down this rabbit hole, and Im seeing some familiar names pop up. and to any boy who lived there from 2004 to 2006 and didnt see abuse or experience it themselves is still programmed they will get a CAT 5 if they say the truth. He apparently the served as a Trustee for the company. I remember constantly having some kind of foot fungus. That place fucked kids up even more than ever helped. miller.mDOTdaveATgmail.com, I will be getting access to the inside of the property that Cross Creek was located on. I been good man. You get to a point where youre so institutionalized that you forget theres an outside world. people who are angry when they come into work and take it out on children by throwing them up against the wall and slapping the crap out of them when they did nothing wrong; and even if they did, they deserve to be beaten. I was in Combat weather and I would be remiss if I let this go. 2005-07 I went there as a child, ages 12-14 in 2007. I fortunately was one of the few lucky ones who figured out how to get in and out of that place fast. Opened in 1988, by Robert Lichfield and Brent Facer, CCM was Lichfields first facility and largely considered the hub of the WWASP conglomerate. Call Us Today! I only know of one that is currently ongoing, against Midwest Academy. I attended a place called Trident in 95-96. If you want to talk more, feel free to send me an email at sporter8989@gmail.com Cassie, I remember this being the place I saw my family for the first time on pass. I did worksheets every night. I can tell you all about it, if you are still needing to know? A backpack and the cross creek uniform still on my back. Maybe he can help them enter another dimension until their sentence is up. In 1996, he then opened Spring Creek Lodge with the Pullan brothers, serving as Vice President. This place was hell! I recall a ton of abuse, no mental help. Immoral or not, this place was designed to bring back full control of what little brain cells we had left to keep us out of a true institution. 5+ days) sitting in structure and brutal attack therapy sessions that he appropriately named after himself. I graduated from Tranquility Bay as well, until I got home and my school district did not accept any of the credits. In 2003, Dundee Ranch was shut down by Costa Rican Child welfare authorities due to allegations that children were being held against their will (illegal in Costa Rica) and were being abused. I remember Dallas and Sam and Craig and all those guys. There has been talk about re-naming it, and the YFI website has gone black. To anybody that was at the location at 150 N. State St- at the bottom of this comment there is a google album link with pictures and videos mostly of the boys side as of September 2020. Narvin was also named as a defendant in two other lawsuits, namely Lexington Insurance Company vs. Carolina Springs et al., a personal injury suit, and the Turley class action suit. Because I had been in there for so long and heard every tape a million times and actually paid close attention to them and usually read the books from the library later, I could fill out the sheets without listening to the tape and would have the rest of the time to write poems, which I was really into at the time. I also see what they tried to do in seminars, but people interpret it as brain washing. To the right, which is where the hallway going towards SN and the other rooms, was closed off. They all sat around a table afterwards and wrote statement of facts to match up against mine. We follow the Lord and value family. Colin, chase woods(later randomly bumped into him in Richmond Virginia) therapist craig, jeff. He ordered their restraints, food and sleep deprivation and bragged about keeping students in isolation for more than 6 months at a time. Keep going. Cross Creek Manor, was opened in 1987 in La Verkin, UT. Farnsworth met Litchfield when both worked at Provo Canyon Schools. Over the course of 3 decades, over 20 WWASP programs would open and later close for various reasons including abuse . What was his position in Morava Academy? Melissa. I attended Cross Creek from 2006-2008. Dont know how causer I know girls that were there for over 2 years and on a lower level. I doubt you would suggest victims of other kinds of violence should get over it merely because they have dedicated their lives to preventing that violence. Ran by the Herman Fountain in lucedale, mississippi. Cant tell you how many times that was held over my head by Hanson, that they were a week away from sending me out of the country. My god I hope you arent actually a mental health professional. Just another obstacle in my journey. I was small, still have a chip in my hip from the abuse, I struggled for years after I left from the abuse. Id like to know what really went on. I personally witnessed abuse on multiple occasions in isolation and some, though not all, of the daily living staff were insufferable. Several WWASP programs have been shut down after investigations into allegations of child abuse and medical neglect, and WWASP no longer exists as a corporate entity. Where you at these days? They called it brain washing when I was there, but from that experience I was taught that I can handle anything life sends my way. The first was filed by an ex-student at Cross Creek Manor and her mother. The World Wide Association Of Specialty Programs and Schools ( WWASPS or WWASP) was an organization based in Utah, in the United States. Be seeing you Ron. Ken Kay is a criminal. Trane was insistentthat under histutelageMidwest has changed, yet he continued to run the school in the same style, including hiring unqualified employees, maintaining a program that systematically abused children and refusing them the right to call theauthoritiesfor help if they felt they were being abused. GTFOH. There was only 6 staff in that program that I didnt trust. Rick is a troll. I look forward to the day when all these places are shut down. You may call me at (318) 445-9696. I checked to see if the door was locked, and when I noticed it wasnt, I quietly went in and closed the door behind me. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. And you have come out of that hole. Blake Davis, We were at CC around the same time. Dace Goulding His license to teach was subsequently suspended by the state of Nevada in relation to his pending charges in Georgia. I couldnt have imagined what was on the other side.. Really, they were all just empty and torn up, unused by the motel. Cross Creek Programs, UT (Cross Creek Center for Boys and Cross Creek Manor) Darrington Academy, GA Help My Teen, UT (Believed to promote and market WWASP/WWASPS/Robert Lichfield . I was one of the girls who unfortunately spent days on end in isolation and was restrained several times. I mean that literally, I would have committed suicide. Homeowner Association Management Company Phoenix Fuck that place. God Bless EVERY SINGLE PERSON who had to go through Cross Creek for even a damn DAY! Id literally blocked out much of the details of this horrible place, and reading these stories have helped me remember, and my sense of outrage is renewed. He has admitted to pepper spraying students repeatedly. Pullan was also invloved in Camas Ranch, an apparent attempt to remake a portion of the facility into an 18+ program, which also failed. So cool to see you on here. He next appears in the WWASP saga in 1996, when he bought and opened Spring Creek Academy along with his brother Chaffin and Dan Peart. You and all those pieces of shit need to be professionally executed. Ron Garret deserves to endure the horrible things hes done to his victims. WWASP PRESS RELEASE ON UTAH LAWSUITS (In November, 1998, two lawsuits were filed in the State of Utah against Cross Creek Manor, Teen Help and the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs. Reading through this thread and seeing so many familiar names really brings me back, justin, Colin, I knew lots of these guys, one day we all need to meet back up and exchange stories, wish all of you the best, I know first hand how hard it can be adjusting to life outside after going through such a traumatic event, God bless! I witnessed a lot of horrible things but I kept my composure and wits untill I learned that I was able to be released by 18 via court order but was told I had to stay regardless untill completion.. I was there too in the late 80s. Guess what, I was told once I left I would never make it. a million dollar money making scam at childrens expense. FUCK JAY KAY AND FUCK YOUR BITCH ASS CHILD MOLESTING CHILD ABUSIVE PROGRAMS. In typical WWASP fashion, a new identity for the combination of Cross Creek and Horizon has been developed, they are now calling their program Youth Foundation Inc. (youthfoundationinc.org) In May 2009 and charged with battery on two students at the school. He then went on to be the owner of Majestic Ranch, now operating as Old West Academy, where children as young as 7, and perhaps younger, were detained, abused, and used as forced labor. I remember those seminars Discovery, focus, accountability and those other ones for level 4 and 5 fags. He is just a greedy pig I spent a long time wandering in the emotional desert my program experience threw me into, however, before I could emerge into the promised land. Ron took great pride in creating and administering his own cruel and sadistic punishments such as putting students on Staff-Buddy complete social isolation and silence for months at a time, BFO Tapes a system of endless mind-numbing hours (aprox. We follow the Lord and value family. Plus they were very strict Mormons, who really had never been to the outside world nor experienced the type of problems similar to what us girls had experienced, which explains their lack of empathy. These kids were nerds never used drugs or fought came to cross creek got reprogrammed and meanwhile heard the stories of others and lived a fight or flight life for years couldnt handle real life. I was betrayed by family and kidnapped during the day. Last I talked to you you were in the Navy stations in Sacramento. WWASP & Teen Help Debate - Lon Woodbury comments. - StrugglingTeens Ricky Teixeira. Crazy, never thought Id see your name pop up dont know how I got down this trail of memories but hope youre doing well man. Doug, if I remember you correctly, you stayed well after your 18th birthday. As an experienced professional, you should understand how badly an adversarial environment affects the therapist-client relationship. Group 8 September 2007-July 2008, LINK TO ALBUM: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rBdUCYeqz4ad92VC7. Three Points Center has been a NATSAP member since 2014. It took many years for my parents and I to resolve our differences and i lost out on a lot of things children shouldnt have to miss. Narvin and Robert Litchfield will be punished sooner or later. Youll have no idea, just know what comes around goes around. Were it up to me, I would put every one of these concentration camps out of business and criminally indict all those involved in the abuse. Fuck cross creek and if you enjoyed your time as a slave there then fuck you too. God this place was the worst I still partially hate my parents for it. They got their start in the TTI owning an all-girls program called Sunrise Beach in Cancun, Mexico. Thats good to hear man. I was at cross creek manor for girls in the late 80s early 90s. I re connected with Norbert Lofe my best friend at cross creek and Kevin Thomas who is now one of my best ground they both also live close by. Hmmm. I hope that asshole is dead. I was struggling to understand my sexuality, had started using drugs and was caught drunk on two occasions. I was only in Casa By the Sea for under 6 months when I was 16. I still have nightmares where Im back there. But I am also hoping (I know it most likely will not produce any results) to locate my medical/therapy records from that time. He was from Texas. Copyright 2012-2021 WWASPSurvivors.com - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. If youre struggling, just known youre not alone. There have been several. The tape rooms were the only part that kept me sane. These kids were nerds never used drugs or fought came to cross creek got reprogrammed and meanwhile heard the stories of others and lived a fight or flight life for years and when they got out they couldnt handle real life. Homeowners Association Management | Locations | AAM Im still having nightmares up to this day 13 years later (posting this on July 4th, 2021). He has been accused of several major crimes against children at High Impact including assault, rape and attempted murder. Very evil. He was awful. Paul serves as Executive Director for Eagle Ranch Academy. Kari and Kar,Ron June, Jeff(therapist), and two others I cant remember the names to. Suffered Ron Garrotts abuse too. And anyone on here talking shit about us being troubled teens can fuck finlinson. As an experienced professional, I find that you are someone who needs to move on from your troubled past, and you cant blame others for your mistakes. I cant say I didnt learn from it, but I can say it wasnt necessary. Richard Darrington partnered with Dace Goulding, an old school buddy,to open Darrington Academy in 2004, the same year Casa By The Sea closed. I was there 2002-2003, was in group 4 with Thane. That facility becomes your world. Dave Miller, my man, miss you bud. Note: This list is in no way complete. Lol The reason they restrained him over 50 times was because they needed to. And to imaginewhat I was sent there for is now legal where Im at I mean it was a profoundly unpleasant experience, seminars were a cult-like creepy fucking ritual where they try to mold you into someone else. I watched it happening everyday. But Narvin kept busy, re-opening Dundee Ranch under the new name Pillars of Hope (or Pilares de Esparanza.) july 2004 to april 28, 2006. my 18th bday. I had just got there when you were going through some crazy manipulation shit. I was in group 4 with thane for all of 2006. Award. Heoversaw and participated in the torture and deliberate emotional distress of all of the students at CCM/CCC. Wow. To me, restraining someone who is violent or suicidal, is a justifiable means to restrain someone. Getting restrained, dude that part sucked. Now, Firstly, child abuse can mean a few things to a few different people. I would only say that the info on Ron is not quite correct. Hi my name is Joey and I was a student at Cross Creek in 2002 2003. Yes, please. I am not a little boy anymore. In 2010, CSA was closed. yes a fight club. I was court ordered to this facility. Wood v. World Wide Assn. of Specialty Programs Schools I went to cross creek for about a year! But it gucci my parents were asians spoke weak english easy to manipulate but however writing letters and waiting just waiting to hear a response back. It is easier to see the truth when you dont try to enforce your own beliefs on it. Not jail for DUI straight convicted felons of violent and extreme crimes. OMG this is Tonya Martin from Washington. I will never forget that fucking worksheet room! If anybody, especially those I was there with, need someone to talk to, please get in touch. I was there 2003 2004. He kept 1 girl in isolation for 6 months. I wish I wouldve find this site years ago. Im having a shitty ass time recovering from my own experience in what was a fairly humane RTC as far as programs go, so I cant even imagine the recovering needed to move past this place. Shit still haunts me to the day the things i saw go on there. The Food was the most disgusting food Ive ever ate. I wanted to throw a damn party when I heard they were finally FINALLY shut down!!! I was on a road trip and decided to stop in. Its pathetic how they make your family not trust you and not believe your stories about the abuse. this is drake. Luckily I was there in 8 months some people was lucky like me served a minimum of 6 to 10 months other kids was there forever for fucking years no opposite sex no communication with females I got in trouble given tapes in tape room which is a cruel agonizing room where u listen to the monotone tapes and just rotn basically just because I had relations with a girl there I took the blame for her cause she was close to graduating the program. It was horrifying. I was the 24th girl at Casa. Any one remember these two kids always staff buddies screaming IM THE DARK KNIGHT lol. I remember cory padilla, Jeremy sun, jeff perotti, trevor latson, david bumpass, Damian, drew, ricki mcmaster, lauren, Ashley both guys btw. let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Dkcedrake@yahoo.com. (Or Whatever You Believe In!). 1999. Is there a Cross Creek charter school in Michigan? He served as WWASP president until 1998, when he was replaced by Ken Kay. I learned a lot about myself there, that i never want to be locked up again, i love my freedom. It was awful. Phoenix Community Association Manager Nominated for G.E.M. When I arrived, I was put into group 5. Red River was its own kind of hell. I hated that man! Karr Farnsworth have served many roles for WWASP in the many years he has been involved in WWASP. Im a 34 year old man who is married with two kids, owns a house, and has a wonderful life. Justin, you were in my group. They were mostly just getting paid for work in a small town with a bad economy. I act like it never happened. I remember you. I remember getting scabbing on my forehead and blood vessels popping in my eye. Was up everyone. [2] The school ("Cross Creek Academy") was educationally accredited through the Northwest Accreditation Commission. Looking back now Im ashamed that I became a pawn of the program and contributed in prolonging anyones stay. When they took her from me, I thought that I was going through Hell, but I was nowhere near La Virken, Utah. I spent 04-06 at cross creek. I had NEVER had sex before I went there. Youd have to sleep with lights on, shower with the door cracked open, and listen to educational video tapes all night. Architectural Submissions and Review - Homeowner Resources https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwaspsurvivors/, Thanks Bill, Ive already submitted a request to join. When did they close down? The brother of Robert Litchfield, Narvin appears to have gotten his start with WWASP in 1998 when he opened Carolina Springs Academy, functioning as both owner and Administrator.

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