Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Troubled Teen Industry
Apologia - Serious debate only, please!
Anonymous:
"...On various occasions, it is not only the child in need of the treatment it is the parent(s) as well. In this regard, successful treatment outcome is impossible without the inclusion of the entire family."
Actually, it's not just various occasions, but most occasions.
Is there some sort of followup from this article that shows success rates to back up his "theory?"
Anonymous:
Not to discount the whole article, but wouldn't a worst case scenario natural consequence of running away be rape or murder; huffing - death, dropping out of school - a lifetime of welfare or dead end jobs; stealing - jail; internet dating - death or prostitution;
Sometimes parent imposed consequences are needed intead of thinking the worst case scenario will never happen.
His theory doesn't even look good on paper except in the mild cases of the teen experiential behaviors.
Yes, that'll teach the kid to not run away! LOL!
Anonymous:
It has been my experience with WWASP that their staff is not licensed. It has also been my experience with WWASP that they do not even provide their upper staff (Therapists, family reps, etc.) with computers to work with. It has also been my experience with WWASP that although the kids and parents are required to attend seminars the staff is not. It it my feeling that if these seminars are the "re-birth" or "self growth" targets then the staff should also be requried to attend and complete all before they receive the first pay check. It has also been my experience that the staff that is with your child 24/7 assigning cats and restraining to your child also have no education in the area of dealing with kids. It was also my experience that the school teachers do not have educational background either.
Anonymous:
***It has also been my experience with WWASP that although the kids and parents are required to attend seminars the staff is not. It it my feeling that if these seminars are the "re-birth" or "self growth" targets then the staff should also be requried to attend and complete all before they receive the first pay check.***
Interesting comment.
After reading Gilcreases history and Landres (and others) promotional sites, I wondered if the seminars aren't atleast in part, geared toward transforming parents into 'highly successful' salespersons.
Anonymous:
Psychologist Margaret Singer, professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley, says that Teen Help practices "large group awareness training," a technique designed to turn an individual into an instrument of a larger group.
In an interview last year with the Denver Rocky Mountain News, Singer said that not everyone is capable of coping with the tactics and that some will suffer psychological damage.
http://www.denver-rmn.com/desperate/sit ... esp7.shtml
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