CEDU
| CEDU Educational Services Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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 in Palm Springs, California by Mel Wasserman and associated with the birth of the troubled teen industry. The company owned and operated several therapeutic boarding schools licensed as group homes, wilderness therapy programs, and behavior modification programs in California and Idaho. The company's schools have faced numerous allegations of abuse. CEDU was purchased by Brown Schools Inc. of Texas, in 1998. In 2005, Brown Schools Inc filed for bankruptcy, amid lawsuits and state regulatory crackdowns.