The Salt Lake Tribune has an interesting collection of stories on a local widerness therapy program that has resulted in the deaths of children, and which has come under heavy scrutiny.
- A wilderness therapy program heads to court (7/14/2003)
- Therapy victim's mom seeks accountability for deaths (7/14/2003)
- A Deadly Path (7/13/2003)
- Utah wilderness therapy deaths (7/13/2003)
A widely circulated list of "wilderness therapy program" deaths includes the names of more than 30 teens who have died in other states. Research by The Salt Lake Tribune shows some teens were in wilderness programs, while others were in boot camps, therapeutic boarding schools or centers and correction facilities.
This type of facility has attracted strong criticism See also this Open Letter to the American Psychological Association opposing corporal punishment (and by implication, programs using corporal punishment) on the basis of the damage such punishment does to young and growing minds.
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