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{"id":11,"name":"Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association","acronym":"EAGALA","other_names":[],"kind":"Association and certifying body for equine assisted psychotherapy","city":"Santaquin","state":"UT","country":"United States","founded":"","status":"Active","activities":["Conferences, training and networking"],"websites":["eagala.org"],"key_personnel":["Greg Kersten (co-founder; founder of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy; joined Silverado Boys Ranch in 2006)"],"member_facility_ids":[],"former_member_facility_ids":[],"record":{"name":"Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association","acronym":"EAGALA","orgType":"Association and certifying body for equine assisted psychotherapy","city":"Santaquin","state":"UT","country":"United States","address":"","founded":"","status":"Active","notes":"The programs listed name EAGALA in their own NATSAP member profiles (2009 to 2016-17); Woodbury Reports called Penrith Farms an organizational member (2008). Many programs advertise horse work led by EAGALA-certified staff.","otherNames":[],"websites":["eagala.org"],"keyPersonnel":["Greg Kersten (co-founder; founder of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy; joined Silverado Boys Ranch in 2006)"],"otherActivities":["Certifies practitioners in \"the EAGALA Model\" of equine assisted psychotherapy and learning (Part 1 and Part 2 trainings); programs advertise \"EAGALA certified\" staff","Yearly conference (7th in Ogden, UT, 2006; 10th in Asheville, NC, 2009; 13th in Las Vegas, 2012)"],"memberFacilities":["Penrith Farms","Alpine Academy","Elk River Treatment Program","Falcon Ridge Ranch","New Haven","Solstice RTC","Sunrise RTC","Trinity Teen Solutions"],"memberCompanies":[],"memberOthers":[],"publications":["EAGALA in Practice (magazine for members)"],"lobbying":[],"funding":[],"affiliations":[],"lawsuits":["Greg Kersten v. EAGALA, filed June 26, 2007, Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah: wrongful termination, defamation, breach of intellectual property license, conversion of intellectual property and of personal property (as announced by Kersten's company)"],"sourceUrls":["https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0106.pdf#page=29","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-1006.pdf#page=30","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-1207.pdf#page=28","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0308.pdf#page=30","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-1208.pdf#page=8","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-1208.pdf#page=21","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-1009.pdf#page=14","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0212.pdf#page=16","https://kidsoverprofits.org/document-library-natsap/"],"socialMedia":[],"activities":{"accreditation":false,"memberSeal":false,"conferences":true,"referralNetwork":false,"research":false,"lobbying":false,"publicRelations":false,"standards":false}}},
{"id":3,"name":"Independent Educational Consultants Association","acronym":"IECA","other_names":[],"kind":"Trade association of educational consultants","city":"","state":"","country":"","founded":"","status":"Active","activities":["Connects programs with consultants or other referral sources"],"websites":[],"key_personnel":[],"member_facility_ids":[],"former_member_facility_ids":[],"record":{"name":"Independent Educational Consultants Association","acronym":"IECA","orgType":"Trade association of educational consultants","city":"","state":"","country":"","address":"","founded":"","status":"Active","notes":"The trade group of the educational consultants who refer families to programs. NATSAP's strategic plans give it an ex officio seat on NATSAP's board and describe \"Link 'n Learn,\" where consultants and NATSAP programs \"meet and network.\"","otherNames":[],"websites":[],"keyPersonnel":[],"otherActivities":[],"memberFacilities":[],"memberCompanies":[],"memberOthers":[],"publications":[],"lobbying":[],"funding":[],"affiliations":["National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP): ex officio seat on NATSAP's board"],"lawsuits":[],"sourceUrls":["https://kidsoverprofits.org/free-help-paid-by-programs/","https://kidsoverprofits.org/natsap-reputation-plans/","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2019NATSAPStratPlan.pdf"],"socialMedia":[],"activities":{"accreditation":false,"memberSeal":false,"conferences":false,"referralNetwork":true,"research":false,"lobbying":false,"publicRelations":false,"standards":false}}},
{"id":4,"name":"Independent Small Programs Alliance","acronym":"ISPA","other_names":[],"kind":"Business alliance of small private-pay programs","city":"Clearwater","state":"FL","country":"United States","founded":"2005","status":"","activities":["Conferences, training and networking"],"websites":[],"key_personnel":["Andy Anderson, MRA (founder, managing partner and president; Andy Anderson Consulting)"],"member_facility_ids":[],"former_member_facility_ids":[],"record":{"name":"Independent Small Programs Alliance","acronym":"ISPA","orgType":"Business alliance of small private-pay programs","city":"Clearwater","state":"FL","country":"United States","address":"","founded":"2005","status":"","notes":"Woodbury Reports announced its members as they joined: the Gersh Experience at Daemen College (December 2006), Wilderness Treatment Center (April 2008), SeaChange Hawaii and Soltreks (2011), Compass Rose Academy, Latham School and reStart (July 2012) and Cedar Ridge Academy (January 2013). New Lifestyles left before the spring 2013 IECA conference. In August 2012 Anderson wrote that ISPA had 17 members and would stop at twenty, and that he had turned away programs that did not fit its standard: \"caring for families and their loved ones comes first, profits come second.\" Woodbury's February 2007 headline spells it \"IPSA.\"","otherNames":[],"websites":[],"keyPersonnel":["Andy Anderson, MRA (founder, managing partner and president; Andy Anderson Consulting)"],"otherActivities":["Dinner meetings at which it gives awards to educational consultants: the ISPA Visionary Award (Dana Dean Doering and Martha Moses, Boston, 2007), the Distinguished Service Award (Leslie Goldberg) and the \"ISPA Gem Award\" (Joseph P. Dobson, an IECA member; San Francisco, 2009), awards to Janet Greenwood and Nancy Ike (2011) and the Courage in Service Award (Judith E. Bessette, 2013)"],"memberFacilities":["Gersh Experience at Daemen College","Wilderness Treatment Center","SeaChange Hawaii","Soltreks","Compass Rose Academy","Latham School","reStart","Cedar Ridge Academy","New Lifestyles"],"memberCompanies":[],"memberOthers":[],"publications":[],"lobbying":[],"funding":[],"affiliations":[],"lawsuits":[],"sourceUrls":["https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0207.pdf#page=29","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0807.pdf#page=26","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0608.pdf#page=27","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0609.pdf#page=19","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0211.pdf#page=14","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0411.pdf#page=14","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0411.pdf#page=15","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0812.pdf#page=2","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0812.pdf#page=10","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0113.pdf#page=10","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0513.pdf#page=9","https://kidsoverprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/woodbury-0513.pdf#page=11"],"socialMedia":[],"activities":{"accreditation":false,"memberSeal":false,"conferences":true,"referralNetwork":false,"research":false,"lobbying":false,"publicRelations":false,"standards":false}}},
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The programs listed above are those whose staff sat on its board in 2008; the transport company SafePassage Adolescent Services was a corporate member with a board seat. 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