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'BRAT CAMP' CHANGES LIFE FOR THE BETTER
AtomicAnt:
I didn't want to use too much space quoting the entire article, so I picked my top two that I thought were most relevant to the Brat Camp topic.
I was searching for studies and other evidence one way or the other regarding the effectiveness of wilderness therapy. I found a study done by a Juvenile Justice Deptartment in Nova Scotia that listed wilderness therapy and other tough love approaches in the section listing ineffective treatments.
Here is a cut-and-paste:
Interventions Shown to be IneffectiveThe following forms of intervention have been proven ineffective in empirical studies accordingto the US Surgeon Generalís Report (Department of
Health and Human Services, 2001) : BootCamps, residential programs in correctional or psychiatric settings, milieu therapy, tokenprograms, transfers to adult court, individual counseling, shock programs and wilderness retreats. Boot Camps are modeled after military basic training with a primary focus on
discipline. Mackenzie and Souryal (1994) concluded that boot camp programs do not reduce recidivism.When compared to traditional forms of incarceration, boot camps produced no significant positiveeffect and increased recidivism. Boot
camps focus very narrowly on physical discipline and donot address a broader range of skills and competencies. Residential programs that occur in psychiatric or correctional institutions show little promise ofreducing subsequent crime and violence in delinquent youth. Research demonstrates consistentlythat any positive effects of residential care diminish once the youth leave the facility.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/Publications/ ... yStudy.pdf
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-08-07 10:09:00, AtomicAnt wrote:
"I didn't want to use too much space quoting the entire article, so I picked my top two that I thought were most relevant to the Brat Camp topic.
I was searching for studies and other evidence one way or the other regarding the effectiveness of wilderness therapy. I found a study done by a Juvenile Justice Deptartment in Nova Scotia that listed wilderness therapy and other tough love approaches in the section listing ineffective treatments.
Here is a cut-and-paste:
Interventions Shown to be IneffectiveThe following forms of intervention have been proven ineffective in empirical studies accordingto the US Surgeon Generalís Report (Department of
Health and Human Services, 2001) : BootCamps, residential programs in correctional or psychiatric settings, milieu therapy, tokenprograms, transfers to adult court, individual counseling, shock programs and wilderness retreats. Boot Camps are modeled after military basic training with a primary focus on
discipline. Mackenzie and Souryal (1994) concluded that boot camp programs do not reduce recidivism.When compared to traditional forms of incarceration, boot camps produced no significant positiveeffect and increased recidivism. Boot
camps focus very narrowly on physical discipline and donot address a broader range of skills and competencies. Residential programs that occur in psychiatric or correctional institutions show little promise ofreducing subsequent crime and violence in delinquent youth. Research demonstrates consistentlythat any positive effects of residential care diminish once the youth leave the facility.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/Publications/ ... yStudy.pdf"
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Seems like the programs (wilderness) do their own research and studies.
Based on what?
Surveys of happy/unhappy campers?
Where the independent research/studies?
This is a huge problem, it seems.
AtomicAnt:
--- Quote ---On 2005-08-07 10:31:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2005-08-07 10:09:00, AtomicAnt wrote:
"I didn't want to use too much space quoting the entire article, so I picked my top two that I thought were most relevant to the Brat Camp topic.
I was searching for studies and other evidence one way or the other regarding the effectiveness of wilderness therapy. I found a study done by a Juvenile Justice Deptartment in Nova Scotia that listed wilderness therapy and other tough love approaches in the section listing ineffective treatments.
Here is a cut-and-paste:
Interventions Shown to be IneffectiveThe following forms of intervention have been proven ineffective in empirical studies accordingto the US Surgeon Generalís Report (Department of
Health and Human Services, 2001) : BootCamps, residential programs in correctional or psychiatric settings, milieu therapy, tokenprograms, transfers to adult court, individual counseling, shock programs and wilderness retreats. Boot Camps are modeled after military basic training with a primary focus on
discipline. Mackenzie and Souryal (1994) concluded that boot camp programs do not reduce recidivism.When compared to traditional forms of incarceration, boot camps produced no significant positiveeffect and increased recidivism. Boot
camps focus very narrowly on physical discipline and donot address a broader range of skills and competencies. Residential programs that occur in psychiatric or correctional institutions show little promise ofreducing subsequent crime and violence in delinquent youth. Research demonstrates consistentlythat any positive effects of residential care diminish once the youth leave the facility.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/Publications/ ... yStudy.pdf"
--- End quote ---
Seems like the programs (wilderness) do their own research and studies.
Based on what?
Surveys of happy/unhappy campers?
Where the independent research/studies?
This is a huge problem, it seems.
"
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There is a good reason you don't find independent research on WT programs. Researchers focus on a specific diagnosis, such as depression, or ADHD, and then list the possible treatment options and give the results of these various options.
WT programs take pretty much everybody. How do you research that? I can see it now:
Grant Board: What specific diagnosis do you intend to research, applicant?
Applicant: The results of brainwashing programs on all forms of mental and behavior issues teens might be facing.
Grant Board: Uh, yeah, right...
BTW, I was searching through ADHD literature and discovered that the preferred treatment is a combination of medication and cognitive therapy. Behavior modification produced the worst results!
So now I have found separate studies that show for depression, violence, ADHD, and delinquency, tough love programs and behavior modification programs are the LEAST effective treatment options!
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---So now I have found separate studies that show for depression, violence, ADHD, and delinquency, tough love programs and behavior modification programs are the LEAST effective treatment options!
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Which studies are these?
Nihilanthic:
What is cognitive therapy, exactly?
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
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