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Troubling Treatment: Efforts are underway to reform teen behavioral programs
Chelsea Filer was 15 when her mother hired men to take her from her grandparents home to a teen treatment center in Ensenada, Mexico. Photo courtesy of Chelsea Filer.
Chelsea Filer grew up in San Diego, the daughter of a single mother who worked late nights at an advertising agency.
Filer was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as a child, and without much supervision as a teenager, she stopped doing her homework and started hanging out with her older boyfriend. She often fought with her mother, who Filer says didn’t have the time to help her get back on track.
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Others at the facility talked about being shoved to the ground by staff and having personal items like family photographs taken away.
The report says students were often improperly restrained and secluded at the Academy. Staffing at the private, for-profit facility was inadequate, and staff members were insufficient in reporting incidents. Equip for Equality said they lacked meaningful programming and treatment planning.
“We are an incredibly institutional state,” said Zena Naiditch, the president of Equip for Equality. Her organization has been investigating state-run facilities and providing legal assistance to people with disabilities for over 30 years.