https://www.youthindisorder.com/home daily 1.0 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/79403e22-8a4b-4b8c-964b-0aafdf2affab/Picsart_24-03-12_23-11-19-573.jpg https://www.youthindisorder.com/ttifacts daily 0.75 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/9abe8be3-7b3c-4a35-b395-78784209604c/ttiandppi TTI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/abdada40-a1a1-44e1-b828-21f95aae5b43/ttirootsbyjenrobison.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg TTI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg TTI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607638148090-Y6OFDI575CM3NQV732RJ/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0387.jpg TTI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607628784608-5D22G9GPLHDSAB2IXC2G/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0638.jpg TTI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/db217c79-c140-4ad2-82eb-bb758aee014d/BANNERBLANK.png TTI https://www.youthindisorder.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-07-13 https://www.youthindisorder.com/further-reading daily 0.75 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1635534966576-Y6RVU32K1Z1GW2F91EBM/51hC4VrIOkL.jpg REFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/8838db6e-a129-4e3b-b513-6d1b5ce65ab5/Screenshot_20240702_103937_Facebook.jpg REFERENCE - Visual & Audio Media PODCAST Sent Away Podcast - APM Reports + Salt Lake Tribune + KUER Lost Kids Podcast FILM/ VIDEO The Kids Are Not Alright - Mikaela Schwer Documentary TEEN TORTURE, INC Docuseries Locked In Paradise - BBC film on WWASP Surviving CEDU - An incomplete but important documentary project on CEDU programs Who’s Watching the Kids? VICE piece on TTI VICE - The Rising Death Count at Youth Residential Facilities Youth in Disorder, Behind the Abuse in the Troubled Teen Industry Kidnapped For Christ The Last Stop - 2017 Documentary on Elan School Cruel Instruction - Lifetime The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping- Netflix HELL CAMP: Teen Nightmare Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals OTHER American Bar Association “Troubled Teen Industry” Webinar Series Joe Vs Elan School - Webcomic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1635539666495-WHJZ0K3V9JWTY6GCIH58/416AKPX0SQL._SX324_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_.jpg REFERENCE https://www.youthindisorder.com/icafacts daily 0.75 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/c9af76e2-8458-4408-916b-640fe692228c/reportedica.png ICA - Why is ICA so badly underreported? A common question from people first learning about Institutional Child Abuse is: Why don’t these kids report the abuse? Why don’t they tell their parents? The short answer: Many try. But their voices are silenced. There is a very effective and convenient way that facilities choose to respond to abuse allegations. “These are troubled kids. They lie. They’ll do anything to manipulate their way out of the program.” What happens when a child suffering abuse in an institutional setting tries to speak is this: Contact the child has is usually monitored by facility staff. Their letters may be screened. Phone calls to their parent or guardian are supervised by a counselor, staff, or therapist. And if during these contacts, the child tries to talk about abuse in the facility such as neglect, isolation, violence, sedation… it is all too easy for the supervisor to stop communications and discredit the child. This kid probably has a difficult past. Maybe drug experimentation, running away, or dishonesty (what child can be said to have never attempted a lie?). Most of these children already have strained relationships with their parents/guardians. Many have parents who have their own limitations, which contributed to the child being sent away to begin with. So, when an adult in authority says, “Troubled kids lie-- this one is trying to manipulate,” it is much easier to take that authority at their word than it is to listen and investigate further. Then, behind closed doors, away from anyone who would care to see them, the child will receive the immediate consequences. Further removal of rights or “privileges”, losing their status in the program, orders of silence, isolation, humiliation, or worse. Their peers see this happen, and they’ve seen it over and over. This creates an environment where other children are afraid to speak up, as they know exactly what will come after— No one will believe you, and your situation will instead become much more difficult. Add to this that the majority of children who wind up captive in institutions have already suffered some abuse or trauma in their young lives. They may have never spoken about it, certainly did not know how to cope with it, and the complications this created in their lives helped set the stage for them to be sent away from home. These kids are disheartened, disillusioned, and do not have faith that adults in their lives will act to protect them. It is far too easy for a kid like that to be silenced. Luckily for some, their guardians will believe them or fight for them. Some may be “pulled” from the program in the wake of allegations. Lawsuits have been launched, met of course by the teams of lawyers and ample funding which a profitable program has in its service. In rare cases, the abuse is so prevalent that children or parents raise their voices at once. Like at Red Rock Canyon School in St George, Utah, which was forced to close its doors in 2019 after alleged physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of the children was so pervasive and extreme that the population rioted. Fortunately, this forced the investigation. So yes, the children do speak. Or try to. Or are terrified to. Or suffer so long with the trauma that it takes years into adulthood before they can put it into words. If only one child’s voice were enough to investigate, how much more often would abuse be discovered? -Jen Robison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/9ff27f55-38ba-41e2-8528-8560b02b5644/Control.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638468873856-6AZ0BQ2KVPXXSDZ0DEA5/PicsArt_12-02-09.31.56.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638469425176-5J12MDCOM9BH8GOKXEUK/PicsArt_12-02-09.34.21.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638469595146-CUQ1F9S3FGS0TKA5IQSR/PicsArt_12-02-09.35.49.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638469860338-XN70JEA6A8IR2HMU0D4Z/PicsArt_12-02-09.39.52.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638470063707-I0YMX0IMCXMSDMCMNTGG/PicsArt_12-02-09.41.09.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638470273635-AHRL3UZJICR7395XV0B0/PicsArt_12-02-09.42.06.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638470485664-MRBJ20A54YA794GNFVK5/PicsArt_12-02-09.43.55.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638470667160-8L9G89OAZFAF9YTDQJOX/PicsArt_12-02-09.45.06.png ICA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/1638470804606-LRMBUK9B31ST289USXN9/PicsArt_12-02-09.46.24.png ICA https://www.youthindisorder.com/about daily 0.75 2025-07-10 https://www.youthindisorder.com/whatcanido daily 0.75 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/d29053b4-b0b5-483e-a65b-03ceb637b2f0/1000007348.png What Can I Do? - ★ Expose the truth The truth about what's happening in these programs is the death of them. If you know of a program or have direct experience with a program or bad actor in the system— expose it. Find others who may share your experiences. Talk about it. Keep talking about it. Call and email reporters where the program is located. Predators need the cover of silence. Don't give them that. But please keep in mind, speaking up is hard. It can be painful, complicated, and make you a target. Please only do so if you are prepared for that and have a support system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/50b0511c-4467-41d6-9696-4b5c3c8ecf4a/1000007346.jpg What Can I Do? - ★ Report the abuse …to law enforcement, DHS, CPS, and the Department of Licensing for the state where the program is located. Even if there is corruption there, you have to try. Sometimes it really does help. And even a small chance is worth trying for. Keep records of these reports, for if you need to take further steps to protect a child or hold the program accountable for abuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/c679f753-84d5-4650-bf09-ed26efa6e02e/1000007345.png What Can I Do? - ★ Sharing information is our greatest weapon for change. Informed people protect kids. Keeping as many kids in their communities and homes in the first place, and out of the TTI, will help shrink that industry over time. Helping families access community-based support will help. More on this coming soon. Check out Shareable Content and References to pass along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/a97955b3-9963-4163-bd0b-bb3d133885ea/1000007347.png What Can I Do? - ★ Create Consequences Creating direct consequences by launching litigation when programs hurt kids is our best tool. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/e89b6e5f-cc9a-4ec2-87b8-9c52419d04c9/a.jpg Ally Dashefsky Art by: Ally Dashefsky “this first piece is about a suicide attempt right after i was released from the TTI. the attempt was a result of the trauma I experienced in the TTI.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/942fd54a-1ba6-4070-9ad4-efbe4bb271e3/b.jpg Ally Dashefsky Art by: Ally Dashefsky “this second piece is about feeling like i had to be happy and perfect when i got home out of fear i would be sent away again. when in reality, i was traumatized and depressed.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615286d37d67b04b3cfc8062/b9512bc4-06d2-4559-9bac-89b92abc524a/c.jpg Ally Dashefsky Art by: Ally Dashefsky “this last piece is about the ED I had that was worsened by the TTI” https://www.youthindisorder.com/natalii daily 0.75 2022-07-14 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