Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Elan School
Maia vs. Kruglick?
Troll Control:
Congratulations, ladies and gentlemen, on finally hosting one non-fucked up thread!
To top it off, it's actually good news, too.
Sometimes, we New Yorkers can take pride in the actions of our state government.
First they ('they' being Eliot Spitzer) knocked the Academy at Ivy Ridge out of the frame and ruled AIR to be a 'behavior modification center,' not a school (a HUGE precedent in the legal fight against these shit-holes), and now they FINALLY stop sending these poor kids to be abused at Elan (I can understand the Elan program, as I worked at Daytop and Elan is a Daytop spin-off, complete down to the terminology).
For fuck's sake, it took long enough, but now it's finally done.
Anonymous:
like I said, one down, forty-nine to go
odie:
"Sometimes we New Yorkers can take pride in the actions of our state government"
Thanks for reminding me why I moved out of that shit hole to the tranquility of Maine. Now I'm neither a supporter of Elan or a follower of this Maia character but I did see something of interest in the blog comments that should be looked into if true.
"But now who will investigate NYSED for its recent amendments that permit corporal punishment of disabled children under the guise of "aversive interventions" -- interventions for which there is no research support, interventions which violate human rights treatises, and interventions which fly in the face of federal protections for developmentally disabled youth?"
Yup kinda sounds like the NYSED should clean up it's own act before telling other states to clean up theirs.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""odie"" ---"Sometimes we New Yorkers can take pride in the actions of our state government"
Thanks for reminding me why I moved out of that shit hole to the tranquility of Maine. Now I'm neither a supporter of Elan or a follower of this Maia character but I did see something of interest in the blog comments that should be looked into if true.
"But now who will investigate NYSED for its recent amendments that permit corporal punishment of disabled children under the guise of "aversive interventions" -- interventions for which there is no research support, interventions which violate human rights treatises, and interventions which fly in the face of federal protections for developmentally disabled youth?"
Yup kinda sounds like the NYSED should clean up it's own act before telling other states to clean up theirs.
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::rocker::
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---Let's hope this is the beginning of the end for this senseless relic. I also want to thank the brave students who were willing to talk with me and with state officials in order to help put an end to the abuse of their peers. We now know what works to help kids with addictions, with learning disabilities, with psychiatric problems and behavior issues. It's not abuse, but empathy and respect.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/
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Perhaps now some healing can begin? Let's stop with the "abuse of [our] peers"...
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