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Forming Formed: 2000
angels valley
Harrisville, New York,
United States
(due to bureaucratic problems the project may have to be relocated in an other US state or in France as founder Filip Marceron is from there.)
 Angels Valley is a non-profit rural therapeutic foster home designed to cure children suffering from mental disturbances (autism, schizophrenia, mental retardation, epilepsy) or physical illnesses (cancer, diabetes, obesity, asthma) when caused by deeply repressed emotional issues. The project is based on psychoanalysis, psychosomatics and Bruno Bettelheim's milieu therapy. It is kept to a family size with only a few children to be the best efficient model for cure at lowest cost, so that it can be duplicated everywhere else needed.
The way of life of the team then has to be modest and no salaries are likely to be offered.
The relationships for all are non-directive, allowing everyone small or big to find one's own rythm in life. Thus children lead all the way the process to their recovery.
The project includes diversified reality-oriented activities like growing a vegetable garden, improving the place, making and selling handicrafts. This helps mediatize relationships and also help the project keep self-sufficient for independence's sake.
Team members can have their own income-making activities outside as well as their own home independently, and can choose as much time and energy they want to spend with the project.
Guidelines on paper can be sent by mail to who wants to know more.
  Status: active
Website: http://www.curedisturbancesinchildren.org
Contact:
Filip Marceron
PO box 600
Harrisville, New York 13648 United States
Phone: 315-543-0025
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Former/Other Names: Vallee des Anges (France)
Last Updated:10/1/2008
 
Visitors Accepted
 (founder Filip lives at the place but is gone some days)
Visitor Process: to not miss you when you come better let know in advance so to be there and also let know if you'd like to have overnight accommodation. Best needed is first see the web site of the project www.curedisturbancesinchildren.org, you can ask for the guidelines on paper to know more before you come visit. Anyone is welcome to stop by unannounced anyway, but depending on the moment not sure to be available.
Network Affiliations:
International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology
Population
Adult Members:
1
(up to now only the founder, several persons interested but waiting if project relocated)
Child Members:
0
(the project is designed to help suffering children but was not started so far as licensing was not feasible in the present conditions with NY state)
Non-member Residents:
0
Open to new adults:
Yes
(project can be started in US with licensing done only, so far process not feasible with NY state where presently located)
Open to new children:
Yes
(priority to disturbed children in need of help as this is the main purpose)
(International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology)
Government
Decision Making:
Other
(for all decisions best is first consider the children's need : they have priority as we strive to do the best for them to heal)
Identified Leader:
Yes
(so far, I filip is the one who had idea to create such a project : as such I want to be the one who watches that guidelines for proper therapy are actually implemented)
Leadership Core Group:
No
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
100% income sharing
(in managing the available money particular individual needs are considered, also members are free to have other activities outside to supplement their income as they wish)
Labor Contribution:
(all is done on a basis of freedom and good will of people dedicated to help advance children's right to heal, all activities are optional and flexible)
Join Fee:
No
(no fee required)
Regular Fees:
No
(no contribution in money demanded)
Land and Buildings
Rural
(location in countryside matches the low cost aim and the need for space so that disturbed children would not have opportunity to act out on close neighbors)
Area:
58 acres (23.5 hectares)
(present location is not definitive)
Land Owned By:
Individual community member(s)
Number of Residences:
1
(if relocation happens, the new place might have more accomodation)
Cohousing:
No
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
1-5%
(possibility to expand production)
Share Community Meals:
(left to the wish of everyone)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
Dietary Practice:
Omnivorous
Alcohol Use:
Used occasionally
Tobacco Use:
Used Occasionally
(smoking restricted to outside or to personal room)
Social Factors
Open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender members:
No
(due to the main purpose of curing suffering children, preference would be given to people who feel at ease with their natural gender and who are not mostly homosexual, for reason that children tend to identify with those who care for them, and we try to avoid adding more difficulties in their lives than they have already. Not being a pedophile and not having been a child abuser is a must. Anyway we want to consider any person interested in being part ot the project as everyone may have the ability to change and not burdened for ever by a negative past)
Shared Spiritual Path:
No
Which Spiritual Path(s):
(founder is non-religious, religion left to personal choice)
Educational Style(s):
Public schooled
(disturbed children can stay home until they feel ready to go to public school)
 
 


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