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A therapeutic boarding school is a residential school offering therapy for students with emotional or behavioral issues. [1] The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs listed 140 schools and programs as of 2005. [1] [2] Many therapeutic boarding schools in the United States have been connected to the abusive troubled teen ...
Therapeutic boarding schools like Whetstone should be regulated similarly to state-licensed daycare centers, with complaints tracked and publicly accessible, to the extent possible, Baily said.
Wellspring Academies. Coordinates: 119°28′35″W. Wellspring Academies (formerly Academy of the Sierras) was a pair of therapeutic boarding schools for overweight and obese children, teens, and young adults, both operated by Wellspring, a division of Aspen Education Group. It is said to be the first weight loss boarding school in the United ...
v. t. e. A behavior modification facility (or youth residential program) is a residential educational and treatment institution enrolling adolescents who are perceived as displaying antisocial behavior, in an attempt to alter their conduct. Due to irregular licensing rules across countries and states, as well as ambiguity regarding the labels ...
CEDU Educational Services, Inc., known simply as CEDU (pronounced see-doo), was a company founded in 1967 by Mel Wasserman and associated with the troubled teen industry. The company owned and operated several therapeutic boarding schools licensed as group homes, wilderness therapy programs, [1] and behavior modification programs in California ...
The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs ( NATSAP) is a United States trade organization of therapeutic schools, residential treatment programs, wilderness programs, outdoor therapeutic programs, young adult programs, and home-based residential programs for adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral ...
Dr. Leatherwood graduated from the Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine in 2022. He works in Lubbock, TX and specializes in Psychiatry.
Aspen Education Group is an American company that provides controversial therapeutic interventions for adolescents and young adults, including wilderness therapy programs, residential treatment centers, therapeutic boarding schools, and weight loss programs, which have been accused of torture and abuse. Since November 2006, Aspen Education ...