by ICAPA Network | Mar 20, 2026 | Survivor Movement
ICAPA Network · Industry Overview A Troubled Industry Struggling teens and their families, desperate for help, find themselves trapped in a shadowy industry that cons parents, captures public funds, and abuses children with near-total impunity. This is the Troubled...
by ICAPA Network | Mar 18, 2026 | Investigative Series
Investigative Series A Troubled History: How the TTI Began and Why It Persists By Chelsea Filer · ICAPA Network · Investigative Topics The Troubled Teen Industry did not appear overnight. It has roots that run back to a 1950s drug rehabilitation cult called Synanon,...
by ICAPA Network | Mar 18, 2026 | Investigative Series
Investigative Series What Is the Troubled Teen Industry? By Chelsea Filer · ICAPA Network · Investigative Topics Every year, tens of thousands of American children are sent to residential programs that promise to fix them. Some of those children are abused. Some are...
by ICAPA Network | Mar 18, 2026 | Education
Investigative Series Institutional Child Abuse and Social Work: The Gap We Are Closing By Chelsea Filer · ICAPA Network · Investigative Topics Social workers are often the first professionals to encounter children who have been institutionally abused, and frequently...
by ICAPA Network | Mar 18, 2026 | Investigative Series
Investigative Series How Children Enter the TTI: Pipelines and Public Funds By Chelsea Filer · ICAPA Network · Investigative Topics Most people who learn about the Troubled Teen Industry assume it is primarily a private-pay phenomenon, parents with money and difficult...
