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The Transylvania County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 12-year-old boy who died Feb. 3 at Trails Carolina, which operates as a wilderness therapy camp in Lake Toxaway. It is the ...
The death of a 12-year-old boy at a North Carolina wilderness camp for troubled adolescents has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Monday.
Wilderness therapy, also known as outdoor behavioral healthcare, is a treatment option for behavioral disorders, substance abuse, and mental health issues in adolescents. [1] Patients spend time living outdoors with peers.
The 12-year-old’s death was a homicide, autopsy concludes. He could not breathe inside a damaged, tent-like shelter where he was placed. Boy who died at NC wilderness therapy camp suffocated in ...
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.
Candace Elizabeth Newmaker (born Candace Tiara Elmore; November 19, 1989 – April 19, 2000) was a child who was killed during a 70-minute attachment therapy session performed by four unlicensed therapists, purported to treat reactive attachment disorder. The treatment, during which Newmaker was suffocated, included a rebirthing script.
No criminal charges will be filed over the death of a 12-year-old boy who suffocated at a North Carolina wilderness camp after staff mandated he stay overnight in a fully enclosed sleeping sack ...
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.