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Seemountainof 2:37PM December 25, 2009
My name is David N. Miller, and I was one of the co-authors mentioned in the article above by U.S. News and World Report. I think its important to provide a piece of clarification regarding this article, specifically in reference to its statements about the use of physical restraints at Centennial School. In the note added on 7/10 that begins the article, it states that "Centennial School has rarely had to call for police assistance". To put this in better perspective, the reader should know that Centennial School almost never calls the police - this occurs perhaps once or twice per year on average(many public schools call the police much more often). Further, on those (extremely rare) cases where the police have been called, it has often been at the request of parents rather than the school. Centennial School is a model program for schools serving students with emotional and behavioral disorders in the nation and attracts visitors from all over the country.
David N. Millerof NY9:08AM August 16, 2009
I would be much more impressed with George's results, if they weren't calling the police, and telling the child that "they are sorry that their behaviour caused them to have to call the police, and that they will miss them while they are gone."!!!
This is NOT part of a positive behaviour approach! It is just substituting one negative response for another negative response. Are the police restraining them? Putting them in hand-cuffs? Putting them in juvenile detention center, or jail-where they are more likely to learn additional poor behaviours, or, especially if they are on the autism spectrum, to be at risk of being abused (physically, mentally, emotionally, sexually), further traumatized, drugged excessively/inappropriately, and be at a higher risk for suicide.
I am not impressed that suspension rates are down, after hearing this information. It makes me wonder what kind of games may be played with manipulation of the statistics! For example, what happens when you factor in the days missing, due to being placed elsewhere (detention center, jail, hospitalization program, etc.)? Is there an increased drop-out rate?
As a teacher, I know the difficulty of teaching when there are large numbers of children with severe behavioural issues. As an advocate, I am appalled at the number of people with autism, MR, mental/emotional health issues, etc., who end up in jail, instead of getting appropriate treatment! Google Pfeiffer Treatment center, or other studies regarding medical treatment for heavy metals, (such as lead and mercury, which can cause MR, and look at links between metsls and anger/violence), and vitamin supplementation, and how it can affect behaviour. As a parent of a child with autism, I would advise Kilmer to google the Autism Research Institute, the DAN protocol, the Feingold diet, TACA, biomed or alternative interventions, etc.
P.S.-I am NOT trying to minimize the effects of trauma, or to say that the school was making a good choice in placing a 4 year-old in that type of restraint,especially without even discussing it with the parent! I believe that schools should try for a positive approach. However, I also believe that changing the behaviours should begin with healing the body, including the brain, and that it is appalling that our society is not studying these issues in a meaningful way (I believe this is due to the fact that big pharma companies can't make money on these interventions, so there is no reason for them to spend millions of dollars setting up studies- and many reasons for them to discredit these ideas-especially if components of vaccines, such as thimerosal, aluminum, etc., or antibiotics, or commonly used over the counter drugs,or antibiotics, or drugs used to induce or speed up labor, or various psychiatric meds, could possibly be shown to have links to, or be causative factors in autism, or other severe behavioural or cognitive problems).
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Seemountain of 2:37PM December 25, 2009
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Carol Eshleman of PA 4:29PM July 09, 2009