Facility profile Nevada
Focal Point Academy
Focal Point Academy was a program in Mesquite, Nevada. It operated from 2006 to 2009.
About Focal Point Academy
Paid Sue Scheff for referrals.source
It was licensed only as a foster home, not for residential treatment.source
Survivor testimony
What people who lived or worked here say happened. Survivors' own words are published with their permission; forum accounts are what was posted publicly and are reported as claims, not findings.
Reported on survivor forums
- Fornits: "Help" Your Teens dot Com (2006-2007, 31 posts)
- Fornits: Former student and researcher discuss Focal Point Academy in Nevada (2006-2007) (2006-2007, 45 posts)
- Fornits: Focal Point Academy (2006-2007, 25 posts)
- Fornits: Posters discuss lawsuit against Sue Scheff, PURE, and Focal Point Academy (2007) (2007, 42 posts)
- Fornits: CAICA's Advocate of the Month Sue Sued (2007, 4 posts)
- Fornits: Will Focal Point Be on CAICA's Watchlist ?- Lawsuit: Scheff (2007, 7 posts)
- Fornits: Sue Scheff /PURE Defendants Law Suit: Focal Point Academy (2007, 3 posts)
- Fornits: Sue Scheff /PURE Defendants Law Suit: Focal Point Academy (2007, 2 posts)
- Fornits: Sue Scheff / PURE Defendants Law Suit: Focal Point Academy (2007, 1 post)
- Fornits: Public information (2007, 50 posts)
- Fornits: Focal Point Academy- NV / Sunrise Academy-Hurricane- Utah (2007, 3 posts)
- Fornits: New Case Against Sue Scheff (2007, 6 posts)
- Fornits: Sue Scheff and PURE: Horrific Acts of Child Abuse Alleged (2007, 19 posts)
- Fornits: Sue Scheff & PURE: Horrific Acts of Child Abuse (2007, 8 posts)
- Fornits: Sue Scheff Green Lawsuit - Scheff Continues Familiar LIES (2007, 2 posts)
- Fornits: Lon Woodbury Where is News About Pure/Focal Point Lawsuit? (2007, 1 post)
- Fornits: Sue Schef - PURE Focal Point Academy - Lawsuit Filed (2007, 2 posts)
- Fornits: MEDIA CONTACTS Who Previously Wrote Scheff Articles (2007, 9 posts)
- Fornits: ISABELLE ZEHNDER DELETES FACILITY WATCH ON CAICA (2007, 6 posts)
- Fornits: Any Focal Poiint Academy Families Izzy's Coaching Clients? (2007, 2 posts)
- Fornits: Scheff Disclose She's Defendant in Focal Pt Case to Clients? (2007, 6 posts)
- Fornits: Who Notifies Nevada Licensing Agency of Sue Scheff Lawsuit? (2007, 1 post)
- Fornits: NEWS FLASH TO SUE SCHEFF !!! (2007, 11 posts)
- Fornits: Another Sue spam blog? (2007, 16 posts)
- Fornits: Scheff/PURE Program Harbor Oaks Neglectful by State of NC (2007, 4 posts)
- Fornits: ISABELLE ZEHNDER: CAICA PROGRAM NEWS (2007, 3 posts)
- Fornits: ISABELLE ZEHNDER AND SUE SCHEFF (2007, 1 post)
- Fornits: Sue Scheff and the Whitmore Academy (2007, 13 posts)
- Fornits: Isabelle Zehnder (CAICA) (2007, 11 posts)
- Fornits: Fornits wiki status (2007, 44 posts)
- Fornits: SUE SCHEFF AND THE GAO (2007, 43 posts)
- Fornits: Sue Scheff Lawsuits Pending (2007, 3 posts)
- Fornits: Does Sue Scheff Blog on Focial Point Academy Law Suit (2009, 3 posts)
- Fornits: WWASP is using Fornits as reference for attacks (2010, 1 post)
Timeline
From the records: who ran it and the deals that moved it, its names, and the deaths, incidents, inspection findings, lawsuits and news stories on file. Point at an event, or tap "More about this", for the details.
2006
Opened in Mesquite, Nevada
2007
Lawsuit
In 2007 a Florida couple filed a complaint alleging consultant Sue Scheff placed their child at Focal Point Academy without disclosing she was paid by the...
Lawsuit
In 2007 a Florida couple filed a complaint alleging consultant Sue Scheff placed their child at Focal Point Academy without disclosing she was paid by the program or that it was licensed only as a foster home (allegation).
source
Lawsuit
A complaint filed in July 2007 alleged Sue Scheff failed to disclose she was paid by Focal Point Academy in Nevada, which was licensed only as a foster home...
Lawsuit July 2007
A complaint filed in July 2007 alleged Sue Scheff failed to disclose she was paid by Focal Point Academy in Nevada, which was licensed only as a foster home, not for residential treatment.
2009
Closed
Lawsuits
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Scott Green and Michele Green v. Susan L. Scheff, et al.
Scott and Michele Green sued Sue Scheff, her referral company Parents Universal Resource Experts (P.U.R.E.), Focal Point Academy of Mesquite, Nevada, its co-owner Glen Horlacher, and recruiter Boyd Hooper in Broward County, Florida circuit court; the complaint is dated June 2007. They allege Scheff presented herself as an unpaid parent advocate while Focal Point paid her per referral, and that Hooper posed as a school administrator while working as a paid recruiter. They allege the school misrepresented its accreditation, therapy and teachers, never did the paid assessment, let their son choose his own medications, left an ear infection untreated, and did nothing when he reported repeated beatings and sexual assaults by other students, instead isolating him when he tried to call home. They allege they removed him in 2006 and never received a promised refund. The document shows only the complaint.
Incidents on record
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2007 Lawsuit
In 2007 a Florida couple filed a complaint alleging consultant Sue Scheff placed their child at Focal Point Academy without disclosing she was paid by the program or that it was licensed only as a foster home (allegation).source
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July 2007 Lawsuit
A complaint filed in July 2007 alleged Sue Scheff failed to disclose she was paid by Focal Point Academy in Nevada, which was licensed only as a foster home, not for residential treatment.source
Staff
Administration
Notable staff
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Boyd Hooper
Former Admissionssource
Elsewhere in the industry
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- Ironwood Maine executive director
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Documents
From the Unsilenced archive
4 documents about Focal Point Academy that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Focal Point Academy.
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Materials and links
Survivor posts and discussion
Reference and research
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