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The troubled teen industry has a precursor in the drug rehabilitation program called Synanon, founded in 1958 by Charles Dederich. [11] By the late 1970s, Synanon had developed into a cult and adopted a resolution proclaiming the Synanon Religion, with Dederich as the highest spiritual authority, allowing the organization to qualify as tax-exempt under US law.
Aspen Achievement Academy has been a subject of several media reports and works of popular culture: The 1999 book Shouting at the Sky: Troubled Teens and the Promise of the Wild by Gary Ferguson, ISBN 0-312-20008-0 recounts the author's experiences and observations during several months he spent in the wilderness with teens at Aspen Achievement Academy.
The troubled-teen industry has been around for more than a century, but many of the “tough love” tactics used by current programs can be traced back to the first residential drug treatment ...
The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act mandates a federal study on child abuse and deaths in youth residential programs for troubled teens.
'The Program' director on exposing, and surviving, the troubled teen industry. Alex Portée. Updated April 16, 2024 at 3:30 PM. For some, “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” is ...
The facilities are part of what has been called the Troubled Teen Industry. [1] Programs in the United States have been controversial due to widespread allegations of abuse and trauma imposed on the adolescents who are enrolled, as well as deceptive marketing practices aimed at parents. [ 1 ]
Scott had been in foster care from 2017 until the teen’s death last year. During those five years in the state system, the child’s “permanency goal” was adoption, the state agency said ...
The deaths were initially ruled an accident, the result of the boys in a deep sleep on the tracks while incapacitated due to high amounts of THC allegedly present in their blood. The parents of the boys insisted on a second autopsy , and after exhumation it was ruled that homicide was likely.