By Anonymous: 2014-2015 I’m a survivor of Heritage RTC, aka the Heritage Community, in Provo, Utah. I was sent to Heritage by my school district due to being suspended for getting into fights with other classmates, however I strongly suspect that my autism diagnosis was a major factor in the district’s decision to place me [...]
Maple Lake Academy
By Bailey: 2018-2021 I was 13 when I emerged from the woods after a long and grueling 3 months at wilderness. I was 13 when they took me to Maple Lake Academy; I was a child. I still had hope at that point. When my parents wrote a letter to me during my stay at [...]
Devereux Glenholme
By Anonymous: 2001 I was at the school as a day student for around six months; so I guess I was lucky in that respect. The school had only two teachers who actually taught me anything. The math teacher just sat at his desk as we filled in workbooks, and if you were having any [...]
SUWS of the Carolinas and Lake House Academy
By Anonymous: 2020-2021 Before I was sent to SUWS of the Carolinas, I was a troubled kid with terrible trauma. Riddled with anxiety, depression, and undiagnosed autism, I could barely take a shower once a month. I was struggling with school and was too depressed to do any work. In December of 2019, I was [...]
Franklin Academy
By Anonymous: 2018-2020 I wasn’t sure whether I was a victim of the troubled teen industry or not. My experience was not as terrible as others but I then realized that comparing traumas is detrimental to anyone’s mental health. It takes away the ability to allow yourself to face what you went through, because you [...]
Ridge Creek School
By Harley: 2010 – 2011 I was in the troubled teen industry from October of 2010 until July of 2012. I was fifteen years old when I went in and seventeen when I got out. I have bipolar disorder and autism and my entire childhood had been difficult because of these things. My relationship with [...]
Aimee’s Testimony – Uinta Academy
2018-2021 I was 12 years old when I entered the TTI and my first official residential program was in Cache Valley, Utah—known as Uinta Academy. I was initially told I was going on a vacation to see my dad's girlfriend’s (at the time) friend, “Sam.” We flew to Utah from Arizona because I had to [...]