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Aspen Education Group, Lathrop Lybrook
https://lathroplybrook.com/aspen-education-group/ 

Dark Forest: A Look Inside Controversial Wilderness Therapy Camps, Sierra Nevada Ally sierranevadaally.org/2023/08/02/dark-forest-a-look-inside-controversial-wilderness-therapy-camps/

Death of a 12-year-old boy at Trails Carolina ruled a homicide
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2024/06/24/trails-carolina-death-homicide

Embark Behavioral Health 
https://www.embarkbh.com/

Former attendees describe ‘nightmare’ at therapy camp in NC mountains. DHHS suspended admissions after 12-year-old died, Carolina Public Press 
https://carolinapublicpress.org/63565/camp-nc-mountains-dhhs-scrutiny-camper-death-sexual-assault-transylvania/ 

Hawai’i Department of Health’s Office of Health Care Assurance Cites Pacific Quest Corp. for Illegally Operating Unlicensed Special Treatment Facilities or Therapeutic Living Programs
https://health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroom/hawaii-department-of-healths-office-of-health-care-assurance-cites-pacific-quest-corp-for-illegally-operating-unlicensed-special-treatment-facilities-or-therapeutic-living-programs/

Health Department cites 2 teen treatment facilities on Big Island, Star Advertiser
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/01/13/hawaii-news/health-department-cites-two-teen-treatment-facilities-in-keaau/ 

Lawsuit claims Trails Carolina misled parents, charged huge fees and created abusive environment, Spectrum News 1
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2025/04/30/trails-carolina-facing-new-class-action-lawsuit 

NC therapy camp Trails Carolina where 2 have died faces lawsuit over child sexual assa