Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Aspen Education Group
Ellen Behren's Industry Study Funded by AEG
DannyB II:
--- Quote from: "Dysfunction Junction" ---Yeah, Anne, don't pay attention to the Canyon Research employee! He has no idea what happened. ::)
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Oh would you just rest, DJ. The Prosecution rests.
Let it Go....
Troll Control:
Well, not quite.
I also find it deeply disturbing that Mount Bachelor Academy was one of the Aspen facilities included in this study. I wonder how it could be concluded that this program helps kids when it was forcibly closed for child abuse? I think that taints the researcher, the methods and the conclusions.
This is one reason why this study has never been submited for peer review, in my opinion. It's a fairly devastating indictment of one's research methods when the research concludes that MBA is effective at helping children when the fact is that it was closed for abusing children.
Troll Control:
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--- Quote from: "Dysfunction Junction" ---This work used two self-report surveys, the YSR (Youth Self Report), and the CBCL (Child Behavior Check List), each of which consist of a ten minute checklist. These checklists were given to the kids (YSF) and parents (CBCL) while the kids were still in the program which is poor methodology to say the least, especially considering many of these kids were abused and neglected in the programs and self-preservation would motivate them to say anything to get out and the parents had no routine ability to observe and report on their child's behavior.
These facts are readily admitted by the researchers. For example, they state that youth and parents have tendencies to underreport problems. That is, the kids "fake it to get out," and the parents need to justify the expenditure.
--- Quote from: "Behrens Study" ---...parents are often confronted by clinical staff if they discharge an adolescent against program advice, they, along with their adolescent, may have a conscious or unconscious motivation to underreport problems.
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The majority of subjects were in programs only six months, that is, pulled early against program protestations.
Additionally, the YSR and CBCL are both data acquisition tools that are exempt from continuing review under 45 CFR 46 101(b), so these findings have never been reviewed or analyzed.
Considering that several of these facilities have also been charged with child abuse and neglect, the survey results are unreliable. This is likely why this study has never been reviewed or published except as a marketing tool for Aspen Education.
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Troll Control:
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--- Quote from: "Behrens Study" ---A number of issues warrant further research attention...this study did not use a control group.
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No control group? What did they measure against?
--- Quote from: "Behrens Study" ---Future research in private residential treatment needs to address the question of post-discharge maintenance of treatment gains. The residential treatment literature indicates that a significant portion of adolescents who function well at discharge subsequently experience a decline when transferred to a lower level-of-care (Curry, 1991; Epstein, 2004; Hair, 2005). The second phase of this study will explore that issue using the private residential data of the present study as the point of comparison.
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It has been almost six years since this study was performed. Why has the "second phase" never been conducted?
Aspen got the marketing tool it wanted from the first, deeply flawed project which has no scientific validity, as admitted in the work itself. Just read it. Why would they pay for a second phase when they know the kids take a nose-dive after the program (e.g. Whooter's daughter, et al)?
Whooter:
Interesting Tidbit from the study:
An important secondary finding is that very few adolescents decline in functioning over the
course of treatment. This finding is significant when considered in light of research that has
raised the possibility that group-based adolescent treatment can lead to deterioration, in certain
instances. Specifically, some research has found that association with deviant peers in therapy
may increase problematic behaviors, such as externalizing behavior and substance use (Dishion,
McCord, & Poulin, 1999)
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