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Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness

https://blueridgewilderness.com/ 

“Carlbrook: Unable to ‘pull out of nosedive.’” Sova Now, December 14, 2015

https://www.sovanow.com/articles/carlbrook_unable_to_pull_out_of_nosedive/ 

"The Carlbrook School”,  Struggling Teens.com, October 27, 2003

https://strugglingteens.com/archives/2003/11/carlbrook1103vr.html 

“Carlbrook School files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.” Sova Now, February 18, 2016 https://www.sovanow.com/articles/carlbrook_school

"Dan McDougal." Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness

https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-team/dan-mcdougal

Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness, Our Story

https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-story 

“Evoke Entrada.” Breaking Code Silence 

https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/evoke-entrada/

Gilpin, Elizabeth. Stolen: A Memoir. July 20, 2021 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55898103-stolen 

"Introducing Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness." Struggling Teens.com, July 27, 2016

https://strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/BlueRidgeTherapeuticWilderness

“Missing Person / NamUs #MP13098.” National Missing and Unidentified Persons System

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP13098 

"Our Story: From Vision to Transformational Community." Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness

https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-story 

Rensin, Emmet, “I went into the woods a teenage drug addict and came out sober. Was it worth it?” Vox, July 7, 2016

https://www.vox.com/2016/7/7/12081150/wilderness-therapy 

“Second Nature Uintas.” Breaking Code Silence

https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/second-nature-uintas/ 

“Seen N' Heard (October 2001).” Struggling Teens.com, October 1, 2001

https://web.archive.org/web/20170502063301/http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/p

Staff reports, "Carlbrook School closes; students asked to be out by Sunday." YourGV, October 28, 2020

https://www.yourgv.com/news/local_news/carlbrook-school-closes 

"Wilderness Therapy Works: Why Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness is an Industry Leader in Student Care." Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness, February 8, 2024

https://blueridgewilderness.com/blog/wilderness-therapy-works-why-blue-ridge-therapeutic-wilderness-is-an-industry-leader-in-student-care

"Woodbury Reports Visits Carlbrook School." Struggling Teens.com, May 29, 2014

https://strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/printer_CarlbrookSchoolBN_140529.shtml