About Sue Scheff

Sue Scheff is an Author & Parent Advocate.

Sue Scheff is about parents helping parents.

Sue Scheff promotes parent awareness and education to make sound choices for their teens.

She believes that educating parents on an industry (teen help) that is extremely confusing and can be daunting as a parent is at their wit's end.

Until a parent has a problem teen that is struggling, they are completely foreign to the industry of teen help. Sue Scheff's personal experiences in 2000 are what prompted her to create her organization, Parent's Universal Resource Experts, Inc. (P.U.R.E.™). 

Scheff believes an educated parent has the knowledge to better understand the difference between Internet fact verses Internet fiction. Websites and forums are not always what they seem to be and sifting through all this information can be overwhelming.

Scheff recognizes the politics' in this industry of teen help, and her organization (P.U.R.E.) helps filter through the confusion. Sue Scheff offers assistance in how to research schools and programs - helpful hints in investigating schools and programs. Do you need to hire an Educational Consultant? The answer may surprise you.

She helps connect parents throughout the country that are silently suffering with today's teens and issues and feel that they are alone in their feelings.

Sue Scheff continues to visit schools and programs, as well as collects parents and student feedback (firsthand experiences) on a daily basis. Direct feedback from people that have used a program or method may help the next parent that calls for help. Firsthand experiences are priceless.

Since 2001 Sue Scheff has grown her organization, Parent's Universal Resource Expert's (P.U.R.E.™), to be widely recognized and well respected throughout the country and world.

Sue Scheff and P.U.R.E.™ are a Member of the Better Business Bureau for many years starting in South Florida and expanded into Northern Florida. P.U.R.E. is recognized for their integrity, sound professional advice, honesty and more.

Sue Scheff has fought a legal battle when people thought she should simply remove her website and go away. Scheff decided to be a voice for all those that are silenced. After a 2+ year legal battle against a huge multi-million dollar organization - Sue Scheff, after being emotionally ripped apart, continued to fight for the children's rights.

In June 2006, Sue Scheff again defeats WWASPS in the Appellate Court. Sue Scheff is someone that is sometimes criticized on forums and Blogs in an effort to discredit and humiliate her. However her voice is stronger than ever for the parents that are desperate and at their wits end! The attempt to silence Sue Scheff was lost, and she will continue her fight for parent awareness in educating parents in what can be sometimes considered a very deceptive industry.

In September 2006 Sue Scheff won in a jury trial again against Internet Defamation and Invasion of Privacy by a woman that was determined to destroy Sue Scheff and P.U.R.E.™. With an $11.3M jury verdict for damages, Sue Scheff proved again that the truth prevails.

Sue Scheff and P.U.R.E.™ receive a constant stream of thank you notes, letters and emails of gratitude, emails and cards for their hard work and time they put into helping others as well as being a voice for those that are victims of Internet Defamation. Please review the testimonials.

Many professionals such as Lawyers, Therapists, Doctors, Teachers, Pastors and others refer to P.U.R.E.™ and Sue Scheff to help their clients. Please review our excellent references.

Sue Scheff and P.U.R.E.™ are not about textbook studies, they based on reality. They deal with real life people with real feelings and emotions needing help. Letting people know they are no alone when their teen is spiraling out of control.

Sue Scheff has been featured on ABC News, 20/20, Dr. Phil, BBC, CBC, CBS Nightly News with Katie Couric, CNN Headline News, Fox News, InSession, Court TV, TruTV, KFI Talk Radio with John and Ken, BBC Talk Radio, NPR and many news articles including USA Today, AARP, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel, Asian Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Capital Journal, Brazilian Veja, LA Times, Washington Times, South Florida Parenting, South Florida Business Journal and many more both Nationally and Internationally.

Sue Scheff was contacted by Zadig Production in France in 2002 to assist with a documentary that outlined the alleged abuse of teens today in facilities as well as her publicized trial that she won against WWASPS in 2004. The film aired in Australia, Croatia, Spain and other European countries in 2006.

Sue Scheff recognizes there are survivors of programs from many, many years ago that suffered the ultimate price. She feels pain for their experiences, however realizes that closing all programs is not the solution - helping parents find safe and qualified schools that can benefit today's teens is what is needed.

Sue Scheff recognizes that the private teen programs and schools should have stronger regulations and guidelines, but until that happens, we need to continue to do our research to find the better programs. There are no perfect schools and programs out there; but making a mistake and selecting the wrong one may be very expensive, and not just in terms of money.

Sue Scheff and P.U.R.E.™ believe in:

• Helping Teens - not harming them

• Building them up - not breaking them down

• Positive and Nurturing Environments - not punitive

• Family Involvement in Programs - not isolation from the teen

• Protect Children - not punishing them