{"id":4922,"date":"2021-08-29T09:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T16:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakingcodesilence.org\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2021-10-18T06:09:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T13:09:48","slug":"aug-2021-state-of-breaking-code-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakingcodesilence.org\/aug-2021-state-of-breaking-code-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2021 State of Breaking Code Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a month! Our incredible volunteers are working hard and making progress on numerous projects and programs.<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0Advocacy teams<\/b>\u00a0have been very busy and honored to offer our full and multi-faceted support and experience to families, attorneys, and local DHS and other government representatives on several cases where a family needs help rescuing a child that has been abused and\/or put in danger by a TTI program.
\nAwareness teams<\/b>\u00a0have also launched multiple program investigation and awareness campaigns, as well as shared our experience with survivors outside of the organization wanting to spread awareness about the dangers of their specific program. These campaigns have worked in the past to limit new enrollment and in a few cases, contribute to the closure of abusive programs.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d like to highlight a few\u00a0Awareness\u00a0<\/b>movements regarding the abuses in wilderness programs and RTCs. Check out the Instagram pages for\u00a0Stop Second Nature<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Uinta Academy.<\/a><\/p>\n

With the\u00a0Program Reporting Map<\/a>, developed by our\u00a0Information and Technology team<\/b>\u00a0volunteers, we continue to encourage and show survivors how and where to report the abuses they experienced and witnessed to appropriate agencies.The\u00a0Legislative\u00a0<\/b>team is continuing to meet with and establish relationships with valuable partners across the country. The team participated in the recent Judge Rotenberg Center protest to make our voices heard\u00a0in support of ethical and safe treatment.\u00a0The\u00a0Breaking Code Silence Program Archive<\/a>\u00a0has already been instrumental in supporting advocacy cases, research projects, and journalists. With already over 18,000 documents currently available, this ongoing project has only just begun its mission of preserving and organizing all amassed documents and records relating to the troubled teen industry. We continue to pull and then share various state\u2019s DHS records for facilities. Please see our\u00a0How-To Guide for using the archive<\/a><\/p>\n

Our\u00a0website\u2019s\u00a0<\/b>interface is seeing continued improvements, making it easier than ever for site visitors to find needed resources. We recommend sharing this\u00a0Red Flags List<\/a>\u00a0with anyone you may meet who is considering residential treatment for a child.<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0Research teams<\/b>\u00a0are admirably capable and ambitious, and they have been developing and making significant progress on several important projects. The team has joined forces with other researchers at several universities, research centers, and trauma recovery institutes. We are excited to share some of them soon.
\nWith the dedication of\u00a0Research and Program Investigation team\u00a0<\/b>volunteers, one of the contributions we will be able to offer in the near future is the largest, most detailed, chronologically organized diagram of the troubled teen industry as a whole.
\nThought Reform Thursdays<\/a>\u00a0consistently offers an amazing resource for anyone interested in better understanding the troubled teen industry, including its psychology, and the community of survivors it has spawned.
\nWe welcome new volunteers! Please join us and click this\u00a0link to sign up<\/a>. So far, we have onboarded over 130 volunteers, with several more scheduled for interviews in the next week. We are intentionally creating a healthy community that honors and holds space for all survivors.
\nWe are becoming a force to be reckoned with. We are here to make this world a safer and more inclusive place for all, and we could not do it without this amazing community of survivors and advocates.Together, WE are Breaking Code Silence!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>