Comments on: Special Needs Students – Where's the Compassion?

By: Anna20

Anna20 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:23:50 +0000

Restraint & Seclusion – Violent Lessons

By: Anna20

Anna20 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:22:18 +0000

GAO RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION HEARINGS

By: Anna20

Anna20 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:21:05 +0000

GAO RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION HEARINGShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b_WqeIKJbk

By: Anna20

Anna20 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:17:54 +0000

Restraint & Seclusion – Deadly Restraints

By: Jean Bowden

Jean Bowden — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:06:44 +0000

to all
The ABA behavior therapist are for the most part not into this sort of abuse BUT certain ones were trained in this. We hopefully do not have parents or guardians that buy into using restraint as a therapy. They are risking children;s lives many ways
I am for deternining triggers of behavior but using a punitive token system (giving someone something as a reward or to earn something ) then taking it away especially freaks out kids with Autism who have OCD
That is what led to Abbie being restrrianed and Matt in that video
THE TOKEN SYSTEM, These people are obessed with non compliance instead of working with the develiomental level of the person
Can you put the UTUBE one on this like you did that one above (the ones you did of abbie. I have no idea how to do that,

By: Anna20

Anna20 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:33:29 +0000

Andy,
We have the people with the initials, Phd & all. We are working diligently to change things. How do you think we are commenting on this story. When my son was injured 2 1/2 years ago national news organizatons would NOT touch these stories. The govenmet is fully aware & the GAO has a report about the abuse that's being done to our children by animals like the above poster. We are & have proven our point, now it's in the governments hands........ "We" started out as a handful of parents & now we are a large force & we are being heard. We are now waiting for the decisions but still pushing foward.
You offer a lot of good advice Andy, I have read your other posts. You must keep in mind this is a highly emotional subject for parents, may you never know what it is like to have someone abuse your precious child. "We" are left with the aftermath, the child who screams in the middle of the night from the nightares they have now. The child who wont go out in public because he may run into his attackers. My child 2 1/2 years later wont shower or go to the bathroom alone. He was ripped out of bathrooms at school & restrained, among other things. This is a very explosive topic, then we have MITI who thinks it's ok to hurt children on a hunch. Mitis mentallity is not isolated it is the norm. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!! WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE!!!
Restraint & Seclusion Awareness Video

By: andy

andy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:32:48 +0000

evertone knows its the person with the letters after the name – Phd is what gewt things implemented into the school system. has anyone found a few Phd's who oppose this method. maybe team up and get something done. Change the mind of system in a stuctured manner

By: Jean Bowden

Jean Bowden — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:16:39 +0000

Also in MA you have regulations for schools now thanks to my poor daughger and my working on that. THEY DO NOT ALLOW restraints to be used for the reason that she said. NO precursers to aggressive behavior as she is trying to say gives anyone the right to restraint
When you get into that is when it is being used as some sort of barbaric therapy. The police in our area were convinced BY the crowd who subscribes to this type of ABA (read MITI on restraint and taking away tokens) that restraint is a therapy for kids like abbie and got rigfht away fron exanining the type of deadly restraint used on Abbie and MATT. We have a restraint death at our local hopsital ER which is being investigated by the same police and DA. Whether in a school OR by security guards or a prision this is a serious matter and can cause DEATH,

By: Anna20

Anna20 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:21:06 +0000

Jean.... You know what is really sad this happened to Abbie over 10 years ago & these animals are still doing this to children. We need laws "America" to protect our children from these animals. You have to be a complete idiot to think taking tokens away from children with various disabilities who earned them earlier will do anything other then escalate the situation. You are making children aggressive by restraining them because you "THINK" they may become aggressive. MITI do parents & children a favor & go work in the prison system. I would love to know who trained you? Please let the world know who is responsible for letting you loose on disabled chldren.

By: Jean Bowden

Jean Bowden — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:41:49 +0000

What happened to Abbie was in a public school but the teacher was trained by the MAY INSITUTE IN THOSE DANGEROUS RESTRAINTS. ABBIE DID NOT ATTEND THE MAY CENTER WHERE THIS MITI WORKED BUT THE STAFF DID COME FROM THERE TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.