Description
Episode 1: The EdCon
Educational consultants, or EdCons, are a first step in the pipeline into the Troubled Teen Industry. Meet Nancy, Emma’s 57-year-old alter-ego, and Sharon, the mother of a child currently in a wilderness program, to learn how consultants use parents’ desperation to funnel kids into the TTI.
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Credits
Gooned is researched, reported, and edited by Emma Lehman. Original music for the show was created by Olivia Springberg. Victoria Shifflett mastered the show. Episode artwork was created by Sam Doe. Sarah Lukowski and Avery Erskine copyedited and consulted on the show. Special thanks to Martin Gottesfeld and Nora Ashleigh Barrie, whose reporting contributed to researching this episode.
Sources and Further Reading
Sex Offender, Teen Suicides and $10K Fine Plague Utah Autism Program
Forty-nine States Slowly Realize Utah Is Not Safe Place for Children
Teen's death helps close "Troubled Teen" Center Diamond Ranch Academy
Victims of the Troubled Teen Industry in the United States
Residential Programs: Selected Cases of Death, Abuse, and Deceptive Marketing
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