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Follow 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 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 1
removed by YT.
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 - 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 2
Network News 4OYS
ABC Piece
Anderson Cooper 360 on The Judge Rotenberg Center:
Anderson Cooper 360 Blog entry on The Judge Rotenberg Center
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
NGO's:
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/
