YOUTH IN DISORDER is a starting point for parents and communities to learn about the issue of the “Troubled Teen” Industry (TTI) and Institutional Child Abuse (ICA).
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The “Troubled Teen” Industry is an extensive network of residential programs, facilities, and “specialty” schools. These programs have taken youth, often against their will, over the past 60+ years claiming to rehabilitate and reform using radical “therapy”, structure, and behavior modification tactics.
It has become clear that many such programs have capitalized on families in crisis, foster youth, and juvenile offenders— claiming to help children while creating and covering up environments riddled with abuse. MORE HERE
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Institutional Child Abuse is the range of abuses which harm children in institutional settings. These range from basic human rights abuses to sexual abuse, severe neglect, physical and psychological abuse, and more. ICA has effected generations of people, leaving lasting trauma and sometimes leading to deaths. MORE HERE.
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People have been working to expose the “Troubled Teen” Industry for generations. There is a long history of articles, reports, and coverage which have built to the mainstream conversation happening now. Find a curated selection of references HERE.
