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Name: | The HEAL Team
(heal@heal-online.org)
| | Date: | 8/7/2010 1:04:04 AM | | Subject: | New Canadian Legislation--Similar Laws Should Be Adopted in the USA | | | http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/legc/statutes/childfam.htm
An Act Respecting Services
to Children and their Families,
the Protection of Children and Adoption
NOTE - Section 73 is subject to proclamation. See Section 109.
WHEREAS the family exists as the basic unit of society, and its well-being is inseparable from the common well-being;
AND WHEREAS children are entitled to protection from abuse and neglect;
AND WHEREAS the rights of children are enjoyed either personally or with their family;
AND WHEREAS children have basic rights and fundamental freedoms no less than those of adults and a right to special safeguards and assistance in the preservation of those rights and freedoms;
AND WHEREAS children are entitled, to the extent they are capable of understanding, to be informed of their rights and freedoms, to be heard in the course of and to participate in the processes that lead to decisions that affect them;
AND WHEREAS the basic rights and fundamental freedoms of children and their families include a right to the least invasion of privacy and interference with freedom that is compatible with their own interests and of society's interest in protecting children from abuse and neglect;
AND WHEREAS parents or guardians have responsibility for the care and supervision of their children and children should only be removed from that supervision, either partly or entirely, when all other measures are inappropriate;
AND WHEREAS when it is necessary to remove children from the care and supervision of their parents or guardians, they should be provided for, as nearly as possible, as if they were under the care and protection of wise and conscientious parents;
AND WHEREAS children have a sense of time that is different from that of adults and services provided pursuant to this Act and proceedings taken pursuant to it must respect the child's sense of time;
AND WHEREAS social services are essential to prevent or alleviate the social and related economic problems of individuals and families;
AND WHEREAS the rights of children, families and individuals are guaranteed by the rule of law and intervention into the affairs of individuals and families so as to protect and affirm these rights must be governed by the rule of law;
AND WHEREAS the preservation of a child's cultural, racial and linguistic heritage promotes the healthy development of the child:
(A good idea...from Canada!) | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | crystal1
(@crystal31fl@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | 3/31/2010 9:56:33 AM | | Subject: | Marvelous grace girls academy in pace fl | | | Im wondering if anyone has info on this school?If so please e-mail me.crystal31fl@yahoo.com | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Angela Smith
(angela@heal-online.org)
| | Date: | 3/27/2010 1:05:25 AM | | Subject: | Provo Canyon School Sues HEAL--We Need Your Help! | | | Hi, Everyone!
Provo Canyon School has filed a lawsuit against Angela and Catherine Smith of HEAL HQ. The lawsuit was filed under seal and there is an injunction against our posting the text of the lawsuit or publishing it to any 3rd parties who are not prospective witnesses or on our legal team. This is why we haven't posted it online.
We need all survivors and/or surviving family members of Provo Canyon School to contact us immediately to help by providing an affidavit or testimony. Please contact me as soon as possible at angela@heal-online.org if you can help!
Thanks,
Angela | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | skarface
(franklinaron@aol.com)
| | Date: | 3/10/2010 5:24:28 PM | | Subject: | Greetings! | | | I really like when people are expressing their opinion and thought. So I like the way you are writing | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | lyndz79
(lyndz79@yahoo.com)
| | Date: | 3/10/2010 12:28:13 AM | | Subject: | Growing Together Inc. | | | I will never forget the day that i was admitted into Growing Together Inc. in Lake Worth, Florida. I had lived in the area my whole life, yet was oblivious to the enormous pain that hung behind those barred windows. It was November 30, 1997, my 17th birthday. I was so PISSED!! I don't remember much about my intake. I know that there were a couple oldcomers present. Now, I admit that i was a troubled teen. I hold no resentment towards my father for settling for this last resort. I get the feeling that, even though i "7-stepped", he regrets putting me through the program. In my eyes, it's neither here nor there, a moot point...what's done is done. I remember becoming hypersensitive to my surroundings at that point. I noticed that there were time-delayed locks on every emergency exit, not to mention that one must be buzzed in through a security door upon entry. After being escorted to the bathroom by a newcomer, and put through the whole "strip and squat" routine, i was led up a dingy stairwell to the second floor. i was brought into a large room where a "girls' rap" was taking place. None of the other girls talked to me, which only heightened my anxiety. After a while, a group of boys filed into the room and i was forced to stand as a staff member announced my arrival to the group. I was stunned to then be welcomed by 30 or so robots..."Love Ya, Lyndsey!".
The girls were then led to the kitchen/dining hall. (Later in my "program", we would find a cockroach in the large batch of soup that was brought in for us to eat. Fun times.) As if i weren't miserable enough, there was a birthday cake waiting for me. I didn't even know these girls, and they were singing me Happy Birthday and clapping. So I was pretty broken down my 1st day. I played the game for a lil while. Those who didn't play the game were called "misbehavors", and sat in the back of the room, and were sometimes sent to the "white room", depending on how rowdy they got. By the time I entered the program, the rules regarding restraining kids were a bit more strict than some of the accounts that I have read, but that doesn't mean that abuse and brainwashing didn't occur. We witnessed many group members self-mutilating, and suicide watches, during which the oldcomer was responsible for staying awake all night to watch a suicidal newcomer, were demanded quite frequently. We were trained to stare straight ahead, "motivate" by flailing our hands and arms in the air, sing "program songs", and endure rap sessions consisting of staff and peers "getting honest" with us and "calling us on our shit." I ran from an oldcomer's home once, only to be caught by authorities and picked up from the police station by an oldcomer and her father. We had no privacy, and were required use the bathroom and shower in the presence of 5 other girls. I was given a myriad of different medications, paxil, welbutrin, risperdol(an antipsychotic!), during which time i didn't have my period for 9months. (Once my parents ordered me off the meds my cycle returned to normal.) If you are on this site, this is all par for the course. What is more interesting to me is how I spiraled out of control after "7-stepping", or graduating the program. I lost my sense of identity. I am now 30yrs old, and spend a lot of time in my therapist's office. I've never blamed GT for any of the mistakes I've made, as I am great at holding myself responsible. However, these programs use mental/emotional/physical abuse as motivation for one to "move on" and should be stopped. | | | Post Reply | | |
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