Troubled Teen Industry Resources:
- U.S. House of Representatives Teen Abuse Hearings - Chairman Miller
- U.S. G.A.O. Investigator Testimony - Part 1
- U.S. G.A.O. Investigator Testimony - Part 2
- U.S. G.A.O. Investigator Testimony - Part 3
- U.S. G.A.O. Investigator Testimony - Chairman Miller Q&A
- U.S. House of Representatives - Boot Camp Hearing: Parent Cynthia Harvey
- U.S. House of Representatives - Boot Camp Hearing: Parent Paul Lewis
- U.S. House of Representatives - Boot Camp Hearing: Parent Robert Bacon
- U.S. House of Representatives - Boot Camp Hearing: Survivor Kathryn Whitehead
- U.S. House of Representatives - Boot Camp Hearing: Survivor Jon Martin-Crawford
- U.S. House of Representatives - Boot Camp Hearing: Researcher Allison Pinto
- U.S. House of Representatives - Boot Camp Hearing: Medical Director Dr. Christopher Bellonci
- Surgeon General's Report Stating Residential Programs to be ineffective: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK44295/#A13025
- US GAO Report: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08146t.pdf
- US FTC Consumer Information: http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0185-residential-treatment-programs-teens
- Kids for Cash Scandal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
- Vice: "American Teens Are Being Trapped in Abusive 'Drug Rehab Centres'" http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/thousands-of-american-teens-are-trapped-in-abusive-cult-like-treatment-centres
- The NY Times: "Students Recall Special Schools Run Like Jails:" https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/us/students-recall-a-school-run-like-a-prison.html?_r=0
- The Washington Post: "The Trouble With Tough Love" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012800062.html
- HuffPost Live: "It's Time To End Solitary Confinement For Minors" http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/solitary-confinement-minors/5492ec202b8c2a02f5000042
- The Tampa Bay Times: "The Dozier saga" http://www.tampabay.com/topics/specials/2014/dozier.page
- Education Week: "Documentary Shines Harsh Light on a School for Troubled Teens" http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_and_the_media/2014/07/documentary_shines_harsh_light_on_a_school_for_troubled_teens.html
- PBS - This Emotional Life: "Abuses in Programs for Struggling Teens: The Legacy of Scandal" http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/blogs/abuses-programs-struggling-teens-legacy-scandal
- The Chicago Tribune: "Angry lawmakers vow action on problems with residential care for troubled youths" (Part of a long series) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/rtc/chi-youth-treatment-lawmakers-reaction-20141205-story.html
- Cracked.com: "6 Shocking Realities of the Secret 'Troubled Teen Industry'" http://www.cracked.com/article_20843_6-shocking-realities-secret-troubled-teen-industry.html
- Mommyish.com: "Troubled Teen Industry: Where Helping Kids Includes Rape, Abuse & Starvation" http://www.mommyish.com/2013/02/14/troubled-teens/
- The Sun Magazine: "The Myth of Tough Love" http://thesunmagazine.org/issues/373/the_myth_of_tough_love
- Courthouse News Service: "Teens Call 'Academy' a Private Prison" http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/12/08/teens-call-academy-a-private-prison.htm
- Medill Watchdog: "Harsh Treatment: Violence, runaways plague Utah facility for troubled youth" http://medillwatchdog.org/blog/2014/12/02/violence-runaways-plague-utah-facility-for-troubled-youth/
- Digits: "Autistic Teen Dies Within Hours of Arriving at Rose Rock Behavioral Treatment Facility" http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16946484-autistic-teen-dies-within-hours-of-arriving-at-rose-rock-behavioral-treatment-facility
- "The Night My Parents Had Me Kidnapped" by Kenneth Rosen: http://narrative.ly/war-of-addiction/the-night-my-parents-had-me-kidnapped/
- OpEdNews: "As we talk about regulating the 'troubled-teen' industry…" http://www.opednews.com/articles/As-we-talk-about-regulatin-by-Marcus-Chatfield-120313-722.html
- Not The Singularity: "Exposing the Abuse-Riddled 'Troubled Teen' Industry" http://notthesingularity.com/1577/exposing-the-abuse-riddled-troubled-teen-industry/
- Us Represented: "Therapeutic Child Abuse and Effecting Change" http://www.usrepresented.com/2014/12/01/therapeutic-child-abuse/
- The Examiner: "Operation Liberation" http://www.examiner.com/article/operation-liberation
- Practical Recovery: "Helping Your Troubled Teen Without Making Things Worse" http://www.practicalrecovery.com/teens/helping-your-troubled-teen-without-making-things-worse/
- Religion News Blog: "The Cult That Spawned the Tough-Love Teen Industry" http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19070/synanon
- Elan School's Record of Atrocities: http://www.elanschool.org/
- Answers.com: "Boot Camps for Troubled Teens" http://www.answers.com/guides/boot-camps-for-troubled-teens
- Human Stupidity: "Troubled US teens legally abducted for profit, against their will" http://human-stupidity.com/awareness/troubled-teen-industry
- Tango Bango: "The Day In Which I Discover WWASP Schools and the Troubled Teen Industry" http://tangobango.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/day-in-which-i-discover-wwasp-schools.html
- MASSIVE list of 'Troubled Teen' Activist Websites: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yTm-vCTFCys5VqHGa6g42xdcb-3ZXicCne88M45Xst4/
- AStart videos page: http://www.astartforteens.org/videos
- Survivors of Institutional Abuse - Movie List: http://www.sia-now.org/movies/
- GovTrack of 2011 H.R. 3126: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr3126
- GovTrack of 2013 H.R. 1981: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1981
- Pasadena Star-News - Boot Camp Video 1
Write-Up: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20111026/watch-videos-show-tactics-of-teen-boot-camps-in-pasadena
- Pasadena Star-News - Boot Camp Video 2
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Introduction - Dr. Friedman Part 1
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Introduction - Dr. Friedman Part 2
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Introduction - Dr. Friedman Part 3
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Panel - Dr. Lenore Behar Introduction
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Panel - Parent Paul Lewis
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Panel - Survivor Kathryn Whitehead
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Panel - Survivor Christopher Noroski
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Panel - Survivor Nick Gaglia
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Panel - Parent Crystal Manganaro - Part 1
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Panel - Parent Crystal Manganaro - Part 2
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Gregory Kutz, U.S. G.A.O. - Part 1
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Gregory Kutz, U.S. G.A.O. - Part 2
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Civil Rights Attorney Philip Elberg
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Survivor & Youth Advocate Brian Lombrowski - Part 1
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Survivor & Youth Advocate Brian Lombrowski - Part 2
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Former Executive Director of the Federation of Families of Children's Mental Health Barbara Huff
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Journalist Maia Szalavitz
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Parent Advocate Cynthia Clark-Harvey
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Legal Advocate Philip Elberg
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Q & A Part 1
- ASTART - Capitol Hill Briefing - Q & A Part 1
- Network News 4OYS Piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D26vEWh6jqY
- ABC Piece:
- Anderson Cooper 360 on The Judge Rotenberg Center:
Anderson Cooper 360 Blog entry on The Judge Rotenberg Center - Over The GW Trailer:
- Over the GW Full Movie:
- Safe Teen Schools on Diamond Ranch Academy
- Safe Teen Schools Diamond Ranch Academy Follow-up
- Safe Teen Schools on Abundant Life Academy
- Safe Teen Schools on Red Rock Canyon
- Safe Teen Schools on The White House Boys
- Safe Teen Schools on Eagle Ranch Academy
- Safe Teen Schools on Sunset Bay Academy
- Safe Teen Schools on Midwest Academy
- Safe Teen Schools on Youth Foundation Success Academy
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - Part 1 - Welcome to CEDU:
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - Part 2 - Come Smush with Me:
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - Part 3 - Let's Have a Rap:
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - Part 4 - Propheets:
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - Part 5 - Who is Mel Wasserman?
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - Part 7 - Crime, Punishment and Fulltimes:
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - Part 9 - "I" Vs. "Me:"
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - The Summit
- Notice: Adult Language - CEDU Documentary - CEDU Schools: Come Work for Us:
- Books:
- Tough Love - By Lillian Speerbrecker: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ENFKNOQ/
- Help at Any Cost - By Maia Szalavitz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_at_Any_Cost
- An American GULAG: Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens - By Alexia Parks: http://www.amazon.com/An-American-GULAG-Secret-P-O-W/dp/1930418019
- Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School - By Wayne Kernochan: http://www.amazon.com/Life-Gone-Awry-School-Memoir-ebook/dp/B007055KA8
- Straightling - By Cyndy Drew Etler: http://www.amazon.com/Straightling-Memoir-Cyndy-Drew-Etler/dp/146990280X
- Jesus Land - By Julia Scheeres: http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Land-Memoir-Julia-Scheeres/dp/1619020653
- NGOs:
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Policy Statement on Solitary Confinement of Juvenile Offenders: http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Policy_Statements/2012/Solitary_Confinement_of_Juvenile_Offenders.aspx
- Safe Teen Schools - http://www.safeteenschools.org
- Cafety - http://www.cafety.org/
- AStart - http://astartforteens.org/
- SIA Now - http://sia-now.org/index.php/en/
- Failure to Care - http://failuretocare.com/
- WWASP Survivors - http://wwaspsurvivors.com/
- Reddit Trouled Teens - http://www.reddit.com/r/troubledteens/
- Facebook Groups (There are MANY more:)
- Troubled Teen Super Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/206263089458674/
- Safe Teen Schools: https://www.facebook.com/groups/371185646327665/
- Reddit Troubled Teens: https://www.facebook.com/groups/185627381482928
- WWASP Survivors: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwaspsurvivors/
- Stop WWASP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StopWWASP/
- CAFETY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cafety/
- Stand Up Against Institutional Child Abuse: https://www.facebook.com/groups/405717569456686/
- Lifetime's Teen Trouble & Josh Shipp-EXPOSED: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teentrouble.joshshipp/