It just seems logical to me that a treatment modality that has been known for, and CONFIRMED as, abusive since its inception......would not be subject to "grace periods" of proper functionality.
I mean, hey, it didnt matter if we had done one single drug before we got put into the Program, after 30 days....WE all had been diagnosed as well, the alternative was terrifying. I was a hard core crack and PCP user 30 days into Straight, you betcha! Makes me wish I had actually tried those drugs....maybe it would have made admitting it worth it.
And one point I would like to touch on that has been avoided here Ex, is that what exactly prompted a restraint? A kid running for the door? A kid punching out the phaser in the next chair? Or was it also, things like putting your hands on your knees, or sitting up straight, or refusing to look forward? I saw kids bleed because they wouldnt do these things. How exactly were they putting themselves in danger by not doing something like this?
I was in the Dallas program, just around the same time you worked at SAFE ( or when it changed)....this was a heavy time for them as both Yorba Linda and Dallas were shut down, for ABUSE in 90-92. I have a little knowledge in getting to witness the kids from a program that got tanked for abuse come into our group (which was itself on its way to getting tanked for abuse) and it wasnt pretty.
Many clients from our group were sent to Atlanta and Orlando after we were shut down, and I know for a fact that those centers were practicing the same methods and using the same bullshit restraint techniques....I have spoken to clients I knew that were there when you were. And they graduated.
So, what you are presenting Ex, is SIMPLY not true.