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Élan School was an abusive behavior modification program and therapeutic boarding school in Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, US. It was a full member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) and was considered to be a part of the troubled teen industry .
Jan 12, 2022 · First opened in 1970 and shut down in 2011, the Élan School was the "last resort" for parents of teens with behavioral problems — and allegedly a site of systemic abuse. For some, the idyllic woods of Poland, Maine led to hell.
- Kaleena Fraga
Apr 9, 2023 · This is where the Élan School in Poland, Maine comes in. Operating from 1970 all the way to 2011, it promised to rehabilitate children through the most extreme measures possible. More of a cult and sanitorium than a boarding school, its children suffered group beatings, guilt-based "therapy," brainwashing, and worse.
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Élan School était un programme de modification du comportement privé mixte et un internat thérapeutique à Poland dans le comté d'Androscoggin, dans le Maine. L'école faisait partie de la National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (en) (NATSAP).
- 2011
- École thérapeutique privée
- 1970
Élan School was founded as a drug treatment program in 1970, pairing controversial confrontational attack therapies with education, all in the wooded setting of Poland, Maine.
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