Testimonials from parents who used our service and programs.

2001-2008 Testimonials – P.U.R.E.™ continuing to bring families back together

Thank you so much for getting back to me, and so quickly! As I'm sure you know, when someone feels like they're drowning a little support goes a long way...

Thanks again SO much for your quick response. I desperately want us to start the healing process as soon as possible.

All the best
Shelli G., VA

Dear Sue,

Thank you for all your help. It was a God send. I am glad you are out there…..

With much appreciation,
Donna, FL

Sue,

I know we have a long way to go, but we have started on the road and your help was greatly appreciated!

Jeff, Canada

Sue,

I have used your website extensively and have integrated your suggestions when looking at different school programs.

Thank you for your interest and for the help you provide to those looking to make good decisions regarding our children.

Sincerely,
J., CA

Dear Sue:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your help when I was in need to get help for my son. So once again thank you for your input in helping me make the right decision.

Lisa, RI

Sue,

Thank you so much for your guidance. You will never know how much comfort you have given me.

Sincerely,
Maria A., NJ

Thank you very much for getting back to me. We feel so helpless right now it is endearing to find support where we can.

Thank you, again.
Kyme G., TX

Hi Sue,

Thank you for your follow up. I'm so glad there are organizations like your own that are available.

Thank you again,
Marianne W., IL

Sue,

My daughter is doing fine now and has improved 95% since the last time I sent the e-mail. I appreciate your concern in this matter and am glad that people like you are always there to help.

Thank you
Tony E., NC

Sue,

Thank you for being there for not only me but for the many parents/ caregivers that are searching for answers and proper treatment for their child. I believe that we are on the right path (in my situation) yet will certainly reach out again (to you) should things take a different path.
Pat S., RI

Sue,
it meant so much just knowing that there was someone I could call...

Rebecca T., KY

Dear Sue,

Thank you for replying to my 'cry for help'. I spoke with Lorraine a few days ago and I found her to be understanding, knowledgeable, upfront and more importantly a parent who cares.

Patty B., NY

Thank you so very much for your phone call. I am most grateful for your info I am now on a mission to get my granddaughter help and I again want to thank you .

Beth E., FL

Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly. I am afraid I am at my wits end, but after reading about your ordeal with your daughter and everything that you have learned since then, I am optimistic that I will be able to find qualified help for [name withheld]. Thank you again.

Martha P., MD

Thanks for all the help and support. I looked at your website and saw immediately that my son meets most of the criteria for RAD. He was adopted at 3 months and I previously thought that this could not be an issue. I will definitely look into appropriate treatment for this. Thank you very much!!!

Sarah N., FL

I really enjoy speaking with you and cannot thank you enough for all you have done.

Be Blessed,
Carol P., NY

I will call you but I did want to at least drop a line to thank you, thank you, thank you, for your wisdom and direction. Thanks for listening!!

Carol W., PA

I just wanted to give you an update. Based on your recommendation, I visited [XXXX XXXX] and found it to be a warm, loving environment. I placed my daughter there one month ago. It was unbelievably difficult, but I feel sure that I made the right choice. She is beginning to admit that she has some issues to work on and I can rest assured that she is safe and well cared for. I knew that, if I kept her at home, it was only a matter of time before I would have gotten a call from the police dept., the emergency room or, heaven forbid, the coroner's office. You may have helped me save my daughter's life and for that I will be eternally grateful. Thank you so much for your wonderful service!

Diane A., AL

Dear Sue.

Thank for your help. It's so hard to find help for children theses days. So when I seen your response it just brighten my day so I just want to say thanks.

Sincerely,

Scarlet L., TX

Thank you for your help and interest in [XXXXX].

Mary D., TN

Sue,

Thanks very much for responding. Thank you again for your email. It's a comforting thing to know someone is out there who understands and may be able to point me in a direction.

Merry Christmas,

Lisa F., NV

I just wanted to let you know that I placed [name withheld] in the [name withheld] facility this Saturday. I met [XXX], and found them to be just wonderful loving people. The facility is rather plain, but has a home feeling. The girls there seem to be happy and know they are there because this is a good place for them to be right now.

I am very grateful for you help, because without it, I might have gone with a larger program such as [XXX XXXXX], and that would not have
been the best for her.

Joe D., NY

Thank you for your quick response to my e-request. I will call Marie as soon as I can find some time to do so, most likely later today. This is a very helpful resource.

Thanks for setting it up.

Regards,

Nancy H., WA

I just wanted to thank you for getting back with me so soon. Please keep me informed on any information that may help me with [XXX]. God blessed me with her and it is my job as a mother to teach her right from wrong and some things a mother can't do on their on and they need help. That's why I turned to you. And thank you for the information.

Angelia K., KY

Sue,

You are a dream. This is truly amazing. I am going to visit the website you referred me. Thank you, we will continue our correspondence.

David P., Italy

We were totally lost and this gave us some hope and now that he is there, we feel overwhelming relief. Thanks again.

John D., MA

Dear Sue,

I am sending you and your team an email of support, praise and encouragement for the work you are doing in exposing private institutions that so blatantly disregard the rights of our children. Having just viewed a program about your fight against [XXXXX] I felt compelled to write to your organization. My heart goes out to all the children/teens that are or have been in contact with [XXXXX].

Prue C., Australia

Dear P.U.R.E.™,

I just saw a documentary from when you won the freedom of speech case. I now see you have done better again. I was horrified by what I saw and inspired to write to say how wonderful you are. I was also impressed by how brave people in the show were.

Best wishes,

Sam M., NSW

I just watched a documentary on your organization and the wonderful and truly brave work you are doing to improve child protection laws in the USA. I just wanted to say that your program was a real inspiration and I am totally in awe of what you are trying to achieve in very difficult circumstances.

God bless....

Lisa R., Australia

I wanted to send you an update to let you know that my son has been at [name withheld] now for 4 months and 11 days and he is doing great. I had the opportunity to visit him a couple of weeks ago and took him off the ranch for a long weekend.

I am encouraged by the changes he is making and the feedback I have received from everyone at [name withheld].

It is important for you to know that your work at P.U.R.E.™ was and is invaluable. I pray for every struggling parent with a struggling teen that they can find the path to P.U.R.E.™.

I've attached a couple of pictures from my visit to Utah. The top two are my two children, [name withheld] on the left and my daughter on right ( happy to see her bro).

THANK YOU !!!

"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything"
-Kate, FL

Sue Scheff gave us honest information about programs that helped our extended family find an appropriate placement for a teen relative going thru a difficult time. She guided us gently in the right direction and helped every step of the way. She never pushed her opinion or gave unsolicited advice, but she was available when approached. She showed her integrity by consistently updating the information she provided on programs. Sue has been very patient and generous with her time. She walked me thru the process and helped me see the triumphs and accept the setbacks. In these troubling times, it is a source of great comfort to know that people like Sue exist. She is dedicated to helping families. She is also a devoted mother who puts a great deal of positive energy into raising her own children as a single parent. Although I haven't yet met Sue in person, I have had contact with her by phone and by e-mail for more than a year. She has been an ongoing source of support and inspiration. She speaks from the heart and from her own experience. Her motivation is to do good. She is serving the community and the nation. She is saving lives and families. She is a hero to our family and others."

Margaret W., Washington, DC

"Dear Sue,

My goodness, thank you for your detailed and informative email. At first I was reluctant to write to P.U.R.E.™ because I thought there was some gimmick involved, that I would be solicited for whatever reason, or my name and address sold on some mailing list, and be besieged with phone calls. However, after getting your informative email with no solicitation whatsoever, I feel bad for even thinking such thoughts and commend you for helping out parents like myself, in need, but not to the point of a juvenile detention, which is what I have been directed to most of the time while seeking help for my teenager.

Thanks again for your help and guidance, I most certainly will look into all that you have given me."

Donna B., S.C.

I was lost and confused. My son was hospitalized and I never experienced this feeling of being lost to help my child. Then our Psychiatrist gave me your name and organization. What a blessing! God was listening to my cries for help when you answered the phone. Our son is successfully placed at a wonderful facility getting the exact help he needed thanks to you. I will be forever grateful to you."

"P.U.R.E.™,

I would like to thank you for your recommendations for my son. I have been doing extensive research for the past few weeks, including talking to an IEC (for $400 for a 1 hour initial consultation and the request for an additional $2100 if I wanted specific names of schools). I've read every website, and every message board. After all this research, I have decided to enroll my son in (name omitted for confidentiality), based on your recommendation."

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I want to thank you for your honesty and time. I actually paid $3500.00 to an Educational Consultant that didn't understand a portion of what you did about my daughter. You are a professional and most of all a parent that feels my pain. With your guidance, I have successfully placed our daughter into a nurturing qualified program with her peers. I constantly refer your site to so many parents and they are grateful also. Keep up the good work and please let me know if I can help. P.U.R.E.™ is a service that is so needed today."

It's so nice to see my son smiling and healthy, just like you said. It is also very nice to see the face of the formerly unknown but kind and understanding person who has helped my family in such immeasurable ways. God has blessed our family by bringing us to you for advice and assistance. I pray that God blesses you and your family in similarly immeasurable ways."

"Dear folks at P.U.R.E.™,

Thank you for all you have done or tried to do to assist us with our search for the right placement for our daughter. Somehow, and I'm not sure just exactly how except for the notion that there was some "divine guidance" going on, we did find a place for her, and we dropped her off this past weekend.

My husband and I were very anxious this weekend, as was Courtney, and yes, it was a tearful time, but we left feeling that she would get the help and encouragement that she needs, as well as the love and nurturing that she still craves. Of course, this is just the beginning...we'll keep you posted on how things progress from here, but as of today, we are VERY optimistic!

Thank you for your good wishes and support, best of luck to you, too."

"Sue,

Your organization, as well as, yourself should be commended for the job you do. In today's fast paced world we tend to take certain services for granted until one is needed. You listened when no one else could help and provided the tools to seek out a program to give my child hope for the future. Thank you ever so much.

It is important that we stand behind our children and do everything possible to help them. Abraham Lincoln said it best, "A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone; attend to those things, which you think are important. You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they are carried out depends on him. He will assume control of your cities, states, and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities, and corporations ...... the fate of humanity is in his hands."

Thank you so very much,

J. David H., TN

"Dear P.U.R.E.™,

Thank you so much for your timely response and the information that you included. We are in the process of reviewing the two schools that you suggested. We may have had an easing of the situation at home tonight. Our son has finally realized that we are indeed serious about an intervention program or alternative school if necessary. He was quite shook up about it. We will see if this shift in attitude is real or just a temporary fear of his. That is a relief in itself to us just to know that help is always just a phone call away and that her services can be utilized at any time. Again we thank you sincerely for your help."

Sincerely,
Leonard& Debbie O., TX

You are doing a great job, and your doing with style and ethics. My friend told me that her brother paid the "Educational Consultant" $6500.00 to find that school they pay $6,000. Per month. He probably also got his referral fee from the school.

I have no issue with people making money. You are doing a great job and should get paid for what you do. You didn't charge me one cent for my piece of mind; but the school also benefits from your efforts and they should pay. I tell people about your organization all the time."

Jacque S., Esquire, TX

"Dear P.U.R.E.™,

You certainly were helpful. I still have my daughter at home & we are trying to work things out. She is basically on house arrest. I am grateful that I bumped into your organization or I might have made the same sort of mistake that the founder did when I found the less expensive option. Before I spoke to you specifically about programs, I had e-mailed the contact person from there & was using a tid-bit of info that I had gotten from you. I simply asked if they had counseling on site at each of their locations & if it was included in the price he had given me since there shouldn't be one single teen in crisis that doesn't receive counseling. He didn't respond via e-mail but left me a VM. I felt he was evading a simple question. I didn't bother calling him back. You were so honest and upfront with me."

Thanks again. God Bless You!

"Charlotte,

Thanks for the follow up and your concern about (name withheld) On Sue's recommendation, I contacted the (Name Withheld), and dropped (name withheld) off there yesterday. It feels like a very sudden decision for me, but I felt that they appreciated our situation, and I could bear to see him wasting himself here any further with the trouble he's been getting into. I didn't want him to miss any more school, and he has already completely muffed this first semester. He seems happy with the situation, wants the structure and has been in a boarding school situation before, so there wasn't any separation anxiety! "

Helen S., FL

"Dear Pure;

I want to thank you both for the moral support (Sue) and for the physical support (Greg) by visiting him when it was crucial back in November. Also for both of your words of wisdom and basically for being there for me in more ways than you can possibly imagine."

Gloria B., CT

Well it's Tuesday morning and (name withheld) is safely in (name withheld) at (name withheld). I can't thank you enough for all you have done. I sincerely think that you are a saint. To be going through so much yourself and to help others as you have (name withheld), (name withheld) and I is amazing. You should keep patting yourself on the back for your incredible gift. I don't think that I would have known what to do if we hadn't continued to communicate all these months."

Peggy P. PhD., MI