Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Did You Receive a Psychiatric Evaluation at HLA?
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-02-07 22:31:00, RobertBruce wrote:
"Truth, first youre assuming you know who we are. Second youre assuming you are familiar with all of our backrounds. I can assure I recieved no testing before or during my placement at HLA."
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I am assuming nothing. I was referring to the people that I absolutely know who they are because they have either said so straight out, or they have said things that have clearly identified who they are. Based on what you have said in the past, you were here at a time when HLA did not employee a full time tester, so I would not even think of arguing that point with you. I imagine many people during your time here did not receive testing unless it came from an outside source, if at all.
HLA Truth:
Sorry. Forgot to log in. :wstupid:
RobertBruce:
During a time?
Isnt that the case for the majority of the time HLA has been open?
Only recently (according to you) has there even been testing, prior to that...nothing.
HLA Truth:
--- Quote ---On 2006-02-08 07:26:00, RobertBruce wrote:
"During a time?
Isnt that the case for the majority of the time HLA has been open?
Only recently (according to you) has there even been testing, prior to that...nothing. "
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You are correct. Mostly. There was some testing done, but not to the extent that it is done now. I would say that it is now a very big part of the work we do. In the past it was done on more of an as needed basis.
Troll Control:
--- Quote ---On 2006-02-07 15:38:00, Dysfunction Junction wrote:
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For instance, if a student called a teacher a "fucking bitch" because the teacher assigned an essay for homework. According to you, what is the most effective way of handling that?
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First, I'd say that one needs to "catch the kid being good." Praise and positive reinforcement are the best way to elicit desired behaviors.
Second, since your program is really all about behavior modification, why not listen to the experts on BM if you're going to employ it at your facility (not my recommendation)? I would say that after working in the BM field for ten years or more, you would be educated to one of the basic tenets of BM theory: The most effective, fastest, longest lasting way to extinguish any behavior is to ignore it.
That's not me saying it, that's the behaviorists. Dozens upon dozens of clinical trials have borne this out.
Conversely, it has been shown that punishment is only mildly effective at extinguishing behavior and its results only last as long as the punishment is applied consistently.
I also would add that even intermittent reinforcement of desired behavior is far more effective at producing desired behavior than punishment, even rigidly consistent, ever could be.
So, when punishment, even if applied with complete consistency (impossible outside of the laboratory) has only weak, fleeting results and positive reinforcement, even when applied only intermittently (obviously applies to the "real world" treatment environment), is proven lasting and effective, WHY THE HELL DON'T YOU USE IT?
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