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Monica Pignotti  
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 More options Jun 9 2011, 11:24 am
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: Monica Pignotti <monica.pignotti....@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:24:43 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, Jun 9 2011 11:24 am
Subject: Re: Smear Campaign against Whistleblower Monica Pignotti Continues
On Jun 9, 10:24 am, John Dorsay <restimula...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/9/2011 10:02 AM, John Dorsay wrote:

> > It gets *much* worse. I think this article should be required
> > reading for anyone who thinks Monica's criticisms are out of line.
> > Be forewarned. It's long. And it's scary. And it's depressing. And
> > it's true.http://tinyurl.com/65alj4t

> >http://www.bostonmagazine.com/scripts/print/article.php?asset_idx=231327

> I should add that there is a fatal error in the author's attempt to
> end the article with a balanced summary. He cherry-picks successes.
> There is not, to the best of my knowledge, any well-designed
> research showing that positive outcomes such as those described at
> the end of the article are anything more than anecdotal support.

> Same with Federici et al.

Yes, but this is more mainstream, unfortunately. The Judge Rotenberg
Center is a shameful blemish on the mental health profession indeed,
in my opinion and yet they are supported by the mainstream and even
have promotional booths at conferences put on by prominent
professional organizations. I was at such a conference a few years ago
and stopped by their booth, which handed out glossy brochures that
show a lovely residential center and hand out free pens, rather than
the discuss the shock machines. What this center is doing goes against
everything the ethical practice of behavior analysis stands for in my
opinion. They do use the same form of argumentation and
rationalizations that Federici, Heather Forbes and their supporters
use, though, that they are doing these cruel practices out of "love"
ignoring the fact that there is no good evidence that they even work.

There is some good news, though about this. Recently, the founder of
Judge Rotenberg Center was forced to resign:

http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/05/judge-rotenberg-forced-res...

I hope this is the end of this dreadful institution.


 
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