I was sent to one of these programs when i was 13. Two guys came to my house and picked me up in the middle of the night and traveled with me to a wilderness program in the north georgia mountains. That ended up turning into a 20 momth stay at their "Therapeutic Boarding School".

About 5 years later the students burned the school down and i got about $2000 dollars in a class action lawsuit because they were hiring untrained therapists and admitting students who they knew were a risk to others around them.

The schools was Hidden Lake Academy anf the wilderness program was Ridge Creek Academy

AMA if anyone is interested.