| CEDU Educational Services Inc. | |
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| Address | |
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3500 Seymour Road Running Springs , San Bernardino , California 92382 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°11′24″N 117°05′42″W / 34.190°N 117.095°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private therapeutic boarding schools group home |
| Motto | "See Yourself As You Are and Do Something About It" |
| Opened | 1967 |
| Founder | Merle Wasserman |
| Closed | 2005 |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
CEDU Educational Services, Inc., known simply as CEDU (pronounced see-doo), was a company founded in 1967 by Mel Wasserman and associated with the troubled teen industry. The company owned and operated several therapeutic boarding schools licensed as group homes, wilderness therapy programs,[1] and behavior modification programs in California and Idaho. The company's schools have faced numerous allegations of abuse.[2][3] CEDU went out of business in 2005, amid lawsuits and state regulatory crackdowns.[4][5]
- ^ "The ASCENT Therapeutic Wilderness Program". January 20, 1997. Archived from the original on January 20, 1997. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ Matt Novak (September 29, 2014). "The Man Who Fought the Synanon Cult and Won". Longform. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ "Synanon's Sober Utopia: How a Drug Rehab Program Became a Violent Cult". April 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
- ^ Hawkins, Eric (June 8, 2020). "California School For 'Troubled Teens' Had Roots In A Notorious, Militant Cult". Oxygen True Crime. NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ Hansen, Dan; Drumheller, Susan (March 26, 2005). "CEDU shutting down". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2023.