| Category: Books (7) Books | |
 | straighling On the outside, Straight’s a drug rehab. On the inside, it’s a cult. But the outside sure is shiny! I mean, Princess friggin Di visited, and Nancy Reagan. I mean, damn. So began my descent, as a fourteen-year-old, into the world of brainwashing and institutionalized abuse: with a newscast of the first lady’s visit to a teen reform factory. Straightling takes the reader on a first-person rollercoaster ride. It rips through my wide-eyed childhood, then on into my sixteen months locked in a building, singing preschool songs and being spit on by a hive of troubled teens. It follows the dismantling of my will to live and, aided by primary sources, plays witness to the work of karma. In the end, Straight Inc. lies in ruins while I live on in my glossy life, with my dream guy and my dream dogs. |
 | An American Gulag Desperate Parents, Troubled Teens. Tragic stories of desperate parents, the choices they made, and how you can avoid making their same mistakes. In America, it\'s open season on children. Children have become the cash crop for a rising industry of child abuse, that targets anxious or worried parents of \"defiant,\" \"angry,\" \"depressed,\" or \"troubled\" youth. \"Vulnerable, frightened children, are abducted from home or school, are sent like prisoners-of-war to rural, remote schools and camps throughout Americ,\" says Alexia Parks, in her shocking new book: An American GULAG, Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens. \"Behind closed doors, with no one to witness their pain and suffering, these captive children may suffer abuse, sexual abuse, and torture at the hands of strangers.\" The book opens with a high-speed chase down backcountry roads as the author searches for a \"disappeared\" young relative. The unfolding story describes her descent into a secret underworld of child abuse and her discovery of America\'s GULAG. An American GULAG has the power to mobilize parents to protect their children from harm, by breaking the trance of such trendy words such as \"attitude adjustment,\" \"behavior modification,\" \"emotional growth,\" \"escort,\" and \"therapeutic boarding school.\" The book concludes with Voices from the GULAG. As parents and teen survivors tell their stories, the healing process begins. It\'s a \"must read\" for parents, and for professionals in the fields of education, medicine and law, who can help prevent the abuse and torture of America\'s children. |
 | Behind Sacred Walls-Shared Stories of Survival Shared Stories of Survival of former residents of Roloff Ministry homes. Share their journey as they share their experiences from the late 1070\'s and early 80\'s. By sharing their stories we hope it brings to light the need for regulation of religious based group homes, to prevent the innocence stolen in the name of religion. |
 | Help at Any Cost The troubled-teen industry, with its scaremongering and claims of miraculous changes in behavior through harsh discipline, has existed in one form or another for decades, despite a dearth of evidence supporting its methods. And the growing number of programs that make up this industry are today finding more customers than ever. Maia Szalavitz\'s Help at Any Cost is the first in-depth investigation of this industry and its practices, starting with its roots in the cultlike sixties rehabilitation program Synanon and Large Group Awareness Training organizations likeest in the seventies; continuing with Straight, Inc., which received Nancy Reagan\'s seal of approval in the eighties; and culminating with a look at the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs-the leading force in the industry today-which has begun setting up shop in foreign countries to avoid regulation. Szalavitz uncovers disturbing findings about these programs\' methods, including allegation of physical and verbal abuse, and presents us with moving, often horrifying, first-person accounts of kids who made it through-as well as stories of those who didn\'t survive. The book also contains a thoughtfully compiled guide for parents, which details effective treatment alternatives. Weaving careful reporting with astute analysis, Maia Szalavitz has written an important and timely survey that will change the way we look at rebellious teens-and the people to whom we entrust them. Help at Any Cost is a vital resource with an urgent message that will draw attention to a compelling issue long overlooked. |
 | The New Bethany Book Behind high chain-link wire fences; the girls and boys of the New Bethany Schools were brutally and horribly abused for years by a religious group. |
 | Coming of Age An Autobiographical Novel based on Life as a Victim of a Fundamentalist Reich. TWO DOLLARS FROM EVERY BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO SIA Survivors of Institutional Abuse sia-now.org |
 | Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships Author Dr. Janja Lalich Cult victims and those who have suffered abusive relationships often suffer from fear, confusion, low self-esteem, and post-traumatic stress. Take Back Your Life explains the seductive draw that leads people into such situations, provides guidelines for assessing what happened, and hands-on tools for getting back on track. Written for victims, their families, and professionals, this book leads readers through the healing process. |
| Category: Informational Links (17) Informational Links | |
| Fornits Discussion Board Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora An open discussion about the troubled parent industry | |
| Teen Advocates USA institutionalization without due process and other children's rights abuses, exploitation, fraud and even deaths under the invisible hand of free-market capitalism | |
| Fornits Wiki Page This Wiki contains information about programs for people under 18, which have used abusive methods against the children detained in their program or are under investigation by the Fornits forum for abuse. There are presently 1,015 articles in this database. | |
 | Pine Haven Christian Children's Ranch Abuse at Pinehaven Christian Children's Ranch is real. These stories and reports are presented in hopes of preventing further pain and suffering of innocent children. |
| Troubled Teen Industry Resource information on the Troubled Teen Industry | |
| Tough Love, Where did it come from? Article on Tough Love groups | |
| Synanon Wiki page is this where it all began? | |
| New Beginnings Girls Academy Blog This page contains survivor accounts (1999-present) collected from former detainees of The Rebekah Home for Girls (under the administration of Bill and Jennifer McNamara) from the 1999-2001 transitional period and of New Beginnings Girls Academy, an Independent Fundamental Baptist group home for "troubled" teenagers that - at the time of the creation of this blog - is still open and thriving. | |
| Girls of Victory Christian Academy Website This site is dedicated to all the Girls who attended Victory Christian Academy boarding School in either Ramona, San Diego or Jay, Florida. The School has Changed its name and is now called Lighthouse Christian Academy. | |
| Victory Christian Academy Blog (News) News and updates for Victory Christian Academy | |
| Testimonies of Victory Christian Academy testimonies given by those who have attended Victory Christian Academy | |
| SIA Organization Network YOU Tube You Tube Video | |
| Survivors of New Bethany This is a place for those girls and boys who were subjected to New Bethany and survived to vent, chat, compare notes and basically share whatever you wish. It is also a place for anyone who wishes (for whatever reason) to have a better understanding of what we went through and how we have dealt with/continue to deal with the fallout. | |
| Troubled Teen Industry We are dedicated to preventing others from experiencing the same traumas we have been through. Our goal is to bring awareness to the troubled teen industry and hold the abusers accountable for their actions. | |
| Broken Pieces of Victory Blog by Jeneen Miller Broken Pieces of Victory Blog by Jeneen Miller | |
 | Reddit A basecamp from which to share news, experiences and actions to take against institutional child abuse. |
| Nick Gaglia Website All Nick Gaglia Films and information | |
| Category: Movies (3) Movies | |
 | Over the GW Movie Nick Gaglia Writer/producer based on his personal experience |
 | Aaron Bacon Full Movie Film by Nick Gaglia |
 | Kidnapped for Christ Trailer A new documentary from East Pleasant Pictures |
| Category: Resource Links (2) Resources for Survivors of Institutional Abuse | |
| COALITION AGAINST INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD ABUSE CAICA is an informational and educational website that provides news articles, reports, etc., regarding children and teens abused, neglected, and who have died in residential treatment settings | |
 | HEAL HEAL is an egalitarian network of activists self-empowered to plan events, create change, and make the world a better place for all life. Our goals include the liberation of humans, nonhuman animals, and the earth! We work in cooperation with like-minded organizations that put compassion in action! |
