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By: JRC: A Night of Shock Horror « Judge Rotenberg Center Abuses Blog

JRC: A Night of Shock Horror « Judge Rotenberg Center Abuses Blog — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:35:37 +0000

[...] JRC: A Night of Shock Horror by judgerotenbergcenterabuse on June 8, 2010 X-post from John M Grohol PsyD [...]

By: Kyle Dumas

Kyle Dumas — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:43:56 +0000

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By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:59:06 +0000

FYI - one probable reason Dr Israel is defending the use of the shock device is that he owns the patent.

By: John M. Grohol, Psy.D.

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:35:42 +0000

State regulators are investigating the JRC as we speak.

Matthew Israel is apparently a member in good standing with the APA, since 1962.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:19:40 +0000

Has state or federal intervention occurred at this time? And I agree with Phil. I worked as a nurse in a long term care facility, as it is the same story. Low wages, no education, back breaking, depressing.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:57:03 +0000

That Dr. Israel continues as a licensed psychologist shows just how impotent the psychological associations are. Here are the APA’s guidelines for use of aversives
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div33/effectivetreatment.html
There is no way what JRC conforms or pretends to conform to these guidelines; it even removed this paper from its website immediately after NY published its damning report in 2006. I ask all psychologists: What value is your license if your profession will not police its own members?

By: John M. Grohol, Psy.D.

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:08:50 +0000

Matthew, this is the second time you’ve posted this link to an entry about the Rotenberg Center. It doesn’t even begin to answer all of the questions raised by this incident, and instead is simply a defense of the status quo at the JRC.

If you want to enter into a real conversation and discussion about your facility, please do so. But we’re not going to be a constant publisher of your propaganda (readers can find the link to the unchanged responsetoblogs PDF on the original entry about this issue).

By: Matthew L. Israel

Matthew L. Israel — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:02:57 +0000

For an accurate summary of what the Judge Rotenberg Center is really about, please go to [Ed.- url to propaganda removed; please see original article for link]

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:33:57 +0000

Why the prevalence? Because the wages suck and the work sucks. Working with the mentally ill, the emotionally disturbed, or the elderly is a tremendously noble thing, and the right person could find it tremendously rewarding, but the average person finds it emotionally and physically demanding well beyond its financial and emotional rewards. I have a mentally disabled daughter at home, and while I love her and take care of her gladly, you couldn’t pay me enough to do it for a stranger’s kid, let alone a whole home full of them. My dad works with some of the most emotionally disturbed kids in the state and I have marveled for years that he can get up and go to work each day, but I think he does find it rewarding. Aside from a small minority, though, most of the people doing it are doing it because they don’t have better options, and that group is mostly immigrants or those with limited educational background. Which does make everything more difficult.

By: Mental Hero

Mental Hero — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:28:56 +0000

“A Night of Shock Horror”

PsychCentral.com has this article about a teen who was given electrical shock against his treatment plan. I identified with the observation about immigrant workers. I have always wondered why it is the immigrants dominate the personal care homes in …

By: Hero

Hero — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:19:07 +0000

I have wondered myself, why the prevalence of immigrant staff and owners of personal care homes? This makes a difficult situation (dealing with a mentally ill family member) even more difficult because of miscommunications. With Medicaid and Source being my son’s only funding for medical help and living expenses, we do not have any choice.