I get the feeling they prey on desperate parents, too, as a result of gutted mental health services (from the GOP playbook of breaking an existing system, only to create a money-grab privatized solution to replace it). The lack of oversight and regulation of these outfits that call themselves schools or camps is what got to me while watching this report:
It makes them more difficult to shut down, despite all the reports of abuse from those who manage to survive and/or escape.