Everything about The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center totally explained
The
Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (
JRC, formerly known as the
Behavior Research Institute) is a non-government agency that operates in
Canton, Massachusetts, providing educational services to children and adults with developmental disabilities and/or emotional/behavior disorders and respite services to their primary caregivers. JRC is currently approved by the New York State Education Department. The Center uses
aversives in its treatment and behavioral interventions, a rarity in
applied behavior analysis.
History
The center was founded as the Behavior Research Institute in 1971 by Matthew L. Israel, a
psychologist who trained with
B. F. Skinner In 1994 the center changed its name to the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center "to honor the memory of the judge [who] helped to preserve [the] program from extinction at the hands of state licensing officials in the 1980’s."
The Judge Rotenberg Center treatment goals include a near-zero rejection/expulsion policy, active treatment with a holistic, unified
behavioral approach directed at health rather than normalization, minimal use of
medication substituting behavioral
rewards and
punishment, video monitoring of staff and the option to use
aversives, the most controversial of which is the use of
electric shocks.
Controversies
The Center makes use of
aversives as part of their intensive,
24/7 behavior modification program. Until the late 1980s, aversion therapy was administered in the form of spanking with a spatula, pinching the feet, and forced inhaling of ammonia.
Concerns into the treatment regime prompted investigation by New York City Council and an independent report was commissioned which was critical of both processes and oversight at the facility. A video tape documenting a compilation of the footage related to abuse investigations was destroyed by the school after being reviewed by several investigators, despite being requested to keep the tape by an investigator with the Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
Some parents of difficult children are highly supportive of the center's practices.
[ Said one mother, "[AllI have to do is show it to my son and...] he'll automatically comply to whatever my signal command may be, whether it's 'Put on your seatbelt,' or 'Hand me that apple,' or 'Sit appropriately and eat your food,'... It's made him a human being, a civilized human being."][Further Information]
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