Rotenberg

Will Rape Shut the Shock School?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 04.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Tough Love, Rotenberg, Autism, Child Abuse, Troubled Teens, Rape, Justice Rotenberg Center, Sexual Assault, Electric Shock, Living News

It's time to turn the page on this shameful chapter in the history of treating troubled children.

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No Surprise: State Spares 'Shock School,' Not Kids

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

Read More: Abusive Treatment, Tough Love, Rotenberg, Child Abuse, Shock, Children's Health, Living News

No matter how many kids you order to be abused, there always seems to be a state regulator willing to give you one more chance.

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Shock School Replicates Shocking Obedience Experiment

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 12.21.2007 | Living

Read More: Milgram, Abusive Treatment, Tough Love, Autism, Rotenberg, Child Abuse, Shock, Living News

Here, however, poorly-trained staff inflicted serious and genuine emotional and physical pain on emotionally disordered children -- at the prompt of an anonymous caller, and outside an experimental setting!

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