It's not uncommon for people to read our books and think that this can't be real. Unfortunately, it's all too real. The more you know about the Troubled Teen Industry, the more angry it will make you, especially knowing it still goes on today. While we are not publishing the treasure trove of documents we have on the program we went through due to the deal we made with the Church that once ran it (a deal that ensures our safety, remember, we have to deal with the Zelots and live with the consiquences, you don't...), we feel it is importiant to share with you as much of the research that is available as we know of.
We wish to give a special shout-out to Mr. Joe Nobody, author of the elan.school web comic. While Elan was very different from the Island, reading his comic is part of what inspired me to write the first (very bad) poetry book that eventually became Fall of the Guardians.
Vanessa White
The TTI Bibliographic Database
As far as we know, this is the largest collection of books, articles, studies and other research on the Troubled Teen Industry. A great starting point for in-depth research.
The Breaking Code Silence Article DatabaseAn activly maintained database of literature on the Troubled Teen Industry.
The UnSilenced Article DatabaseAn activly maintained database of literature and videos on the Troubled Teen Industry.
The UnSilenced Research ArticlesAn activly maintained listing of high quality research articles on the Troubled Teen industry.
An activly maintained database of current and historical Troubled Teen programs.
The UnSilenced Program DatabaseAn activly maintained database of current and historical Troubled Teen and congragate care programs.
The Breaking Code Silence Facility Report DatabaseAn activly maintained database of facility reports on current and historical Troubled Teen programs.
Extensive listing of books written by survivors of the Troubled Teen Industry
Lathrop Lybrook TTI Literature page - Comprehensive list of books on the TTIIExtensive listing of books about the Troubled Teen Industry, mostly written by survivors
This is the largest and most complete listing of TTI podcasts we have found.
The TTI Informed Thearpist Directory is a list of mental health providers who have either lived TTI experience and/or clinical training on how to support Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) survivors in their trauma recovery.
The Peer Support directory contains non-clinical mental health support, including TTI-specific and general mental health peer support resources both online and in person.
One of the best general websites on the industry
The REDDIT Troubled Teen groupLarge REDDIT community of survivors.
Breaking Code SilenceBCS is often reffered to as one of the two leading non-profits fighting the TTI
BCS's list of Child Advocacy ProgramsOne of the two leading non-profits fighting the TTI
Suburbia's Dirty Little Secret
Website and advocacy non-profit that tracks the TTI, TTI legislation, and does a lot of behind the scenes work.