"I've heard comments here referring to a link between Synanon and CEDU anad I have no other info either to confirm or dispute such a connection.I imagine you're aware that a lot of substance treatment programs still use aspects of the old Synanon methodology without adopting the whole program.
Yes, and I'm aware that around 1970 or so Bobby DuPont, then head of NIDA, actually advocated replicating Synanon all over the country at public expense. And that Scientology's Narconon was taught in Los Angeles area schools up until recently. Doesn't make it valid.
Maybe that's why government studies into the efficacy of various substance abuse treatment models fail to show any significant benefit to treated populations over that to untreated populations.
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hat's a pretty common thing, actually for parts of a program to get incorporated into someone else's new idea about how to do things, even when the whole program is seen as objectionable or overboard for some reason. So it's possible that Mel Wasserman, among a whole bunch of other people, looked at parts of Synanon and decided to use what he liked. But I don't know that, it just seems plausible.
Actually, it seems probable. Still, doesn't mean it's a valid or sensible way to go about things.
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On the other hand, other people, for example those who support motivational interviewing, would oppose any part of Synanon, in part for philosophical reasons. When I have a chance, I'll look for any real empirical studies that address effectiveness.
Please. And, try and find any that include a control group.
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I like Lord Acton, by the way, and power dynamics are always an issue, in any school, relationship or family.
But in my own case, I never experienced CEDU as having "absolute power".Of course you didn't! You were the one signing the checks! Try being a "student".
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And tell me more about the "felony child abuse" that I was paying them to inflict on my son in my absence?Just look around at what some of these former students have to tell you. No wonder they get pissed off at you. You seem to just unsee whatever doesn't fit your thesis.
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My sense, after reading a number of your posts, is that you are a person who is a little further over on the anarchist side of the anarchist-totalitarian dimension than I am.. . .
Try Occam's razor here. Your very interesting analysis of my thinking could, possibly, maybe explain my positions. Or you could take my word for it and accept my reasons for believing as I do.
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I'm wondering if we just disagree on the form of the restraint that is being used here or are you saying that you don't think there should be any coercive restraint at all, regardless of what the minor child is doing to self or others?Maybe, I don't know. How do you feel about allegedly troubled teens restraining and surveiling other allegedly troubled teens? If you're alright w/ that, then I guess you don't have a problem w/ Charles E. Dederich University.
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