Editing Synanon (section)

==Subsequent treatment approaches==
[[Mel Wasserman]], influenced by his Synanon experience, founded [[CEDU|CEDU Educational Services]], a company in the [[troubled teen industry]] that owned and operated several schools. CEDU's schools used the confrontational model of Synanon.<ref>
[http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091115/NEWS0107/911150428/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 "Ever unconventional, long controversial"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313064038/http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091115%2FNEWS0107%2F911150428%2F1001%2FNEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 |date=2012-03-13 }}, by Keith Chu, ''The Bend Bulletin'', November 15, 2009
</ref> The CEDU model was widely influential on the development of parent-choice, private-pay residential programs. People originally inspired by their CEDU experience developed or strongly influenced a significant number of the schools in the [[therapeutic boarding school]] industry.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-08-17 |title=A Business Built on the Troubles of Teenagers (Published 2005) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/business/a-business-built-on-the-troubles-of-teenagers.html |access-date=2025-10-10 |language=en}}</ref> The company's schools have faced numerous allegations of abuse. CEDU went out of business in 2005, amid lawsuits and state regulatory crackdowns.

Father William B. O'Brien, the founder of [[Daytop]] in [[Tottenville, Staten Island]] in [[New York (state)|New York]] (it also has a branch in [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham, New Jersey]]) included Synanon's group encounters and confrontational approach in his research into addiction treatment methods.<ref>
[http://www.daytop.org/history.html Daytop History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222234947/http://www.daytop.org/history.html |date=2015-12-22 }} , Daytop Homepage, retrieved 3/25/2010
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The author, journalist, and activist [[Maia Szalavitz]] claims to chart the influence of Synanon in other programs including [[Phoenix House]], [[Straight, Incorporated]], and [[Boot camp (correctional)|Boot Camps]] in addition to those already mentioned.<ref>
{{cite web| first = Maia| last = Szalavitz| title = The Cult That Spawned the Tough-Love Teen Industry| url = https://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/how_a_cult_spawned_the_tough_love_teen_industry.html| publisher = [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]| date = 2007-08-20| access-date = 2007-09-19| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070823091226/http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/how_a_cult_spawned_the_tough_love_teen_industry.html| archive-date = 2007-08-23| url-status = live}}
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