The Blog of P.U.R.E. and Sue Scheff

  If you have watched the Netflix docuseries,   “ The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping , ” it can be chilling and disturbing to believe that this type of harm, torture and abuse of kids could happen in the United States — however sadly it did. The founder of P.U.R.E.™, Sue Scheff, was a  major factor  in the closure of these horrific programs by taking them to trial in 2004 and exposing their  neglect and abuse  to children, as well as  fraud and deceit  to the parents. She was the first one to bring this giant corporation to a  jury trial and WIN . Fortunately for parents today, we have learned so much since the  closure of the WWASP  ( World Wide Association of Specialty Programs ) which the  Academy of Ivy Ridge  was affiliated with. Ivy Ridge was one of nearly 22 programs that WWASP ran that not only enticed ( conned ) parents with their  slick marketing  and sales people, they also ran outrageous  cult-like  seminars that were designed to keep parents busy while “the program”