This is a L-O-N-G read, but well worth it. Click on the highlighted title for the pdf download; an on-line version can also be accessed here:
http://www.nospank.net/pinto.htmIt appears to have been published sometime in 2005.
Although Pinto et al's article focuses on the more sensationalist
physical aspects of "specialty school" abuses, and does not elaborate sufficiently (to my mind) on psychological abuses, this is probably due to its addressing the issue of data collection.
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EXPLOITATION IN THE NAME OF "SPECIALTY SCHOOLING" The Exploitation of Youth and Families in the Name of "Specialty Schooling": What Counts as Sufficient Data? What are Psychologists to Do?
Allison Pinto, Ph.D., Robert M. Friedman, Ph.D. and Monica Epstein, Ph.D. Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Allison Pinto, Department of Child and Family Studies, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, MHC 2222, University of South Florida, 13301 N. Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33612 or
http://observer. guardian.co.uk
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