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 | 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 TTI vs. Congregate Care: Understanding the Difference By Chelsea Filer · ICAPA Network · Investigative Topics One of the most important distinctions in child welfare policy is one of the least understood: the difference between the Troubled Teen...
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...
by ICAPA Network | Mar 18, 2026 | Investigative Series
Investigative Series TTI vs. Juvenile Detention: Two Systems, One Pipeline By Chelsea Filer · ICAPA Network · Investigative Topics When a teenager ends up in front of a judge, they are often presented with what looks like a choice: juvenile detention or a residential...
by ICAPA Network | Mar 18, 2026 | Investigative Series
Investigative Series Seminars and LGATs: The Pseudo-Therapy at the Heart of the TTI By Chelsea Filer · ICAPA Network · Investigative Topics Many Troubled Teen Industry programs advertise clinical therapy. What many actually deliver is something different: Large Group...
