The troubled-teen industry
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In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S., interviews journalist Maia Szalavitz about her work in the area she calls the “Troubled-Teen Industry.” In this episode they discuss:
- What the “Troubled-Teen Industry” is
- What the research has to say about the effectiveness of “wilderness treatment” programs
- Dangers associated with some of these programs
- The problem of “peer deviancy training”
- Suggestions for parents with out-of-control and substance abusing teens
MAIA SZALAVITZ BIOGRAPHY
Maia Szalavitz is a journalist who covers health, science and public policy. She is co-author, with leading child trauma expert Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, of Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential– And Endangered (Morrow, 2010) and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing (Basic, 2007).