{"id":24943,"date":"2023-05-13T10:26:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/?p=24943"},"modified":"2023-05-14T16:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T23:51:15","slug":"natsap-and-the-tti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/natsap-and-the-tti\/","title":{"rendered":"NATSAP and the TTI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background gradient-container-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:46;line-height:1.04;\">NATSAP and the TTI<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:50px;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;max-width:250px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_5);border-color:var(--awb-custom_color_5);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>NATSAP appears to be trying to reform its image to appear to be \u201cadvocating for safe care\u201d for children \u2013 including attempting to publicly \u201csupport\u201d into regulatory bills over the last three years.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\"><strong>What is NATSAP?<\/strong><\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) is a member-based organization of residential treatment centers (RTCs), wilderness programs, therapeutic boarding schools, and educational consultants. It was founded in 1999 by Jan Moss, John Redden, Len Buccellato, and Jon Santa. Initially, there were only six member programs which were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/california\/cascade-school\/\"><strong>Cascade School<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/arizona\/spring-ridge-academy\/\"><strong>Spring Ridge Academy<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/georgia\/hidden-lake-academy-ridge-creek-school\/\"><strong>Hidden Lake Academy<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/oregon\/crater-lake-school\/\"><strong>Crater Lake School<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/california\/aspen-education-group-hq\/\"><strong>Aspen Youth Services<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/alabama\/three-springs\/\"><strong>Three Springs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All but one of these initial member programs have been shuttered with allegations of abuse and child torture.<\/p>\n<p>NATSAP grew to include hundreds of member programs and individual contributors (Educational Consultants) \u2013 including such notable historic abusive members such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/massachusetts\/academy-at-swift-river\/\"><strong>Academy at Swift River<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/maine\/elan-school\/\"><strong>Elan School<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/california\/cascade-school\/\"><strong>Cascade School<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/new-york\/family-foundation-school\/\"><strong>Family Foundation School<\/strong><\/a>, and many more.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\"><strong>Why we won\u2019t ever work with NATSAP<\/strong><\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>NATSAP is a member-based trade group. Almost all of NATSAP\u2019s board and executive team works within the confines of the Troubled Teen Industry. Their business model \u2013 and how they sustain themselves \u2013 is to gain more member programs. Why would they ever do anything to truly harm or hurt their industry if they need member programs to stay in business or for their executives\/board to continue to sustain their own programs?<\/p>\n<p>Time and time over the years, NATSAP has stepped up to prevent true regulation and oversight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gtQJ8MWINtM\">Jan Moss in Congress<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4rRjg8d5kE8\">NATSAP Executive Director Megan Stokes Leaked Call<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NATSAP continues to allow almost any program to join their ranks as long as they get basic \u201caccreditiation\u201d from places such as Joint Commission \u2013 which is a low low bar \u2013 to look as if they are adhering to some \u201cquality standard.\u201d However, <a href=\"http:\/\/astartforteens.org\/assets\/files\/Joint_Commission_Accreditation_Concerns_Aug2013V5.pdf\"><strong>ASTART for Teens already called out how low of a bar these private accreditation standards are<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 NATSAP also continues to turn a blind eye to members as long as they continue to pay their membership dues. Case in point: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/program-archive\/us-programs\/utah\/diamond-ranch-academy\/\"><strong>Diamond Ranch Academy<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; which has had a history of at least 3 children dying at its program &#8211; continues to be a proud active NATSAP member.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\"><strong>How do we fight NATSAP?<\/strong><\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li>We continue to track abuses and programs by putting everything into our public program archive. We have thousands of news stories, reports, survivor stories, DHHS records, police records, etc for current and historical NATSAP programs for anyone to access<\/li>\n<li>Supporting state legislation \u2013 Recently, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/unsilenced-ceo-meg-appelgate-fights-for-hb-218-in-montana\/\">our CEO Meg Appelgate went to Montana and testified at a Senate committee to pass HB 218<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1MWdMpL_d44\">going toe-to-toe with pro-NATSAP senators<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Working on advocacy cases against NATSAP programs<em>. Note: A lot of these advocacy cases aren\u2019t always publicly shared though to protect the children involved<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Project SPEAK is in full swing including meeting with key decision makers to stop the pipeline to the TTI using public funds &#8211; IEPs, foster care, juvenile justice, etc. These are funds that many NATSAP programs depend on in order to survive<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/unsilenced-visits-the-mass-torts-made-perfect-seminar\/\">Unsilenced recently spoke at Mass Torts Made Perfect<\/a><\/strong> and continued grow our network of attorneys to help support survivors<\/li>\n<li>Supporting other survivors and groups for positive self-advocacy in any way we can<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We support any community and activist efforts to protest NATSAP\u2019s attempts to \u201creform\u201d their image \u2013 especially when their active members continue to have children dying and being abused at their programs. NATSAP isn\u2019t there for true reform \u2013 as we have seen in their <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1iL8vbFD7s2DTPF3wimkJKlJ4l8Hwk_F5\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>previous<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1LNPP4-UNJ0KCDL8eYdLYM3c7LaWKndGL\/view?usp=share_link\"><strong>strategic<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1q48rZBWJ6SEO8oEcAeKAbR9kfkLVmY74\/view?usp=share_link\"><strong>documents<\/strong><\/a> that they accidentally shared on the internet.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"cp_meta_data":{"_edit_lock":["1684108151:2"],"_edit_last":["2"],"_fusion":["a:17:{s:25:\"show_first_featured_image\";s:3:\"yes\";s:4:\"fimg\";a:2:{s:5:\"width\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"height\";s:0:\"\";}s:17:\"post_links_target\";s:2:\"no\";s:7:\"bg_full\";s:2:\"no\";s:17:\"slider_visibility\";s:51:\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\";s:12:\"main_padding\";a:2:{s:3:\"top\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"bottom\";s:0:\"\";}s:15:\"content_bg_full\";s:2:\"no\";s:20:\"image_rollover_icons\";s:7:\"default\";s:9:\"bg_repeat\";s:7:\"default\";s:35:\"container_hundred_percent_animation\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"slider_type\";s:2:\"no\";s:9:\"wooslider\";s:1:\"0\";s:19:\"blog_page_title_bar\";s:7:\"default\";s:17:\"content_bg_repeat\";s:7:\"default\";s:13:\"posts_sidebar\";s:15:\"default_sidebar\";s:15:\"posts_sidebar_2\";s:15:\"default_sidebar\";s:14:\"sidebar_sticky\";s:7:\"default\";}"],"fusion_builder_status":["active"],"elegant_typography":[""],"_thumbnail_id":["8673"],"_sq_old_slug":["?p=24943"],"avada_post_views_count":["406"],"avada_today_post_views_count":["2"],"avada_post_views_count_today_date":["24-04-2024"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}