Urgent Education Advocacy Alert for Parents in New York State
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. This is at least, the second time that you have done such a thing. If you wish for me to respect what you have posted whilst wagging the the initials "PhD" in my face; have the sense and decency to stand by what you post publicly. Methinks, you are a phony … Bugger off. [ BTW, you spelled "alt.suppport.tourette" wrong ... ] No, no RL. She’s the real deal. I remember her from another NG quite a few years back. Expert on Tourette (however its spelled; Groups has no spellchecker), very dedicated and kind professional.
Thunderbird does. You may not be familiar with her b/c she apparently doesn’t post here much any more, but she’s legitimate.
Agreed. Dr. Packer is well known to me.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I don’t know if you have been in contact yet with The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusion. Good group, sponsored by a number of national non-profits with an interest in protecting children with disabilities. Their parent guide is a great resource. Their web site is at http://www.aprais.org/ and the contact information is there. [posted and mailed] Nancy Unique, like everyone else [posting from ASAD] And what about the _New York Times_? Surely they’d be interested in reporting this (if they haven’t already). Imo, it should be widely publicized.
Newsday did an extensive expose on the use of electric shock devices to control students. There is a story in the NYT today about how Medicaid is hurting the disabled. If you email me, I will tell you more.
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No, no RL. She’s the real deal. I remember her from another NG quite a few years back. Expert on Tourette (however its spelled; Groups has no spellchecker), very dedicated and kind professional. Thunderbird does.
LOL. I know, I know. I’m gonna install it. Correction: I’m going to let DH install it, but probably not tonight, as he’s running late and will probably be wiped out by the time he gets home. marcia
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No, no RL. She’s the real deal. I remember her from another NG quite a few years back. Expert on Tourette (however its spelled; Groups has no spellchecker), very dedicated and kind professional. Thunderbird does. LOL. I know, I know. I’m gonna install it. Correction: I’m going to let DH install it, but probably not tonight, as he’s running late and will probably be wiped out by the time he gets home.
It is easy. No problems, and the extensions are useful.
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<snipped Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO.
Or, perhaps she doesn’t want to be abused in the way many of us here have been? If you were in her position, would you want to have such lies about you posted all over Usenet, for anyone to find in a simple ‘net search? Kitten
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<snipped Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. Or, perhaps she doesn’t want to be abused in the way many of us here have been? If you were in her position, would you want to have such lies about you posted all over Usenet, for anyone to find in a simple ‘net search? Kitten
If she [or anyone] is ashamed to have their posts archived. They HAVE a reason. IMO, it is because they KNOW they are out of line. As for being abused. YOU and your ilk have done just that. Like… Mark Probert.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <snipped Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. Or, perhaps she doesn’t want to be abused in the way many of us here have been? If you were in her position, would you want to have such lies about you posted all over Usenet, for anyone to find in a simple ‘net search? Kitten As for being abused. YOU and your ilk have done just that.
Yeppers! Usenets polymorphous parade of perverted drug pushers, drug addicts, convicted child molesters, child porno buffs, S & M Freaks, malicious hackers, lying stalking filth and/or their mentally ill supporters and apologists have archived nearly 11,000 defamatory posts about yours truly using just one of the ways my name is printed. Fortunately, defamation laws afford persons who have been defamed by other people special priveleges: therefore, the defamation law allows yours truly to publish articles ensuring that everyone who reads those 11,000 defamatory articles are aware the authors of the defamation are a polymorphous parade of morally degenerate drug pushers, drug addicts, child molesters, child porno buffs, adult porno kings, S & M Freaks, notorious cyberstalkers, and people with extensive psychiatric histories. The modus operandi of ASAD’s defamers is to defame someone as a troll, to signify to all it’s AOK for everyone to post false and slanderous accusations about the person. Given the definition of *troll* published in wikipedia, and given the legal definition of defamation—ASAD’s polymorphous parade of yahoo’s give up any and all rights they might have had under defamation laws the moment each yahoo posts a malicious article describing another as a troll—regardless, of what other false and slanderous allegations ASAD’s polymorphous parade of perverted yahoo’s publish about the posters they maliciously label a "troll".
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <snipped Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. Or, perhaps she doesn’t want to be abused in the way many of us here have been? If you were in her position, would you want to have such lies about you posted all over Usenet, for anyone to find in a simple ‘net search? Kitten
I agree. It’s not clear to me how anyone can read anything more than straightforward information in her post–nothing to be ashamed of or hide, nothing out of line–unless my reading comprehension has dropped signficantly in the past 48 hours. I think we’ve all seen how people can distort the truth and use it to promote malicious agendas, so the x-no-archive decision makes a lot of sense to me. Besides, why would anyone need this archived? At some point the article will be out-of-date, or will be replaced by more current information. marcia LSFC
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And it’s nice ’seeing’ you again… if you’re the same "unique" poster I remember from a.s.t. way back when… if you’re not, then it’s nice to meet another ‘unique’ poster. 
Yes, I am that Nancy. I still read AST on a regular basis, but I don’t post there much, as I don’t have much pertinent to say. (I know the readers of ASAD will find that hard to believe. LOL.) Nancy Unique, like everyone else
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <snipped Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. Or, perhaps she doesn’t want to be abused in the way many of us here have been? If you were in her position, would you want to have such lies about you posted all over Usenet, for anyone to find in a simple ‘net search? Kitten I agree. It’s not clear to me how anyone can read anything more than straightforward information in her post–nothing to be ashamed of or hide, nothing out of line–unless my reading comprehension has dropped signficantly in the past 48 hours. I think we’ve all seen how people can distort the truth and use it to promote malicious agendas, so the x-no-archive decision makes a lot of sense to me. Besides, why would anyone need this archived? At some point the article will be out-of-date, or will be replaced by more current information. marcia LSFC You and Kitten are both quite correct in your hypotheses, but I won’t discuss why publicly. Thank you both for giving me the benefit of any doubt. If anyone has any additional questions on the regulatory issue, they are welcome to email me. There is also an action alert up at Wrightslaw now: http://www.wrightslaw.com/news/06/abuse.nys.regs.htm If there are further updates on the issue, I’ll post again. Leslie
IOW, please excuse the skulduggery. Your message is all ‘posture’. Theatre…. You might find the following book to be useful. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/185326699X/ RL
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – [A copy of the full alert is posted at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/actionalert071606.htm. A downloadable pdf version of the alert is at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/ActionAlert_ABI.pdf] As you may have heard already, a new set of "emergency" education regulations have been approved by the Board of Regents. Despite claiming to bar or prohibit certain things, these regulations actually open the door for all public schools, BOCES, state-approved private special education schools and the NYS Schools for the Blind and Deaf to use corporal punishment, aversives (such as painful electric skin shock), restraints, and time out rooms for children and teens with disabilities. NYSED enacted these new regulations even though they admit that there is no research supporting the use of most of these techniques. There is certainly no research validation for using most of these techniques in public school settings. There are already at least 23 school districts in NYS currently recommending the use of aversive behavioral interventions for disabled students, and probably many more already using aversive behavioral interventions without documenting what they have been doing to disabled children. These regulations need to be approved again at the Board of Regents meeting scheduled for September 11-12 in Albany. We all need to take action now. You have an opportunity to respond to these new regulations. See the State’s notice at http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/behavioral/publichearing.htm on how to provide feedback and deadlines for providing feedback. You can read the new regulations online at http://www.regents.nysed.gov/2006Meetings/June2006/0606emscvesida1.htm or get the pdf version at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/Cort_060606.pdf. To give you an idea how bad these regulations are, as per the new approved regulations: 1. Corporal punishment is barred — except that a teacher can apparently use restraint and physical force on a child to protect the school’s property or to remove the child or stop the child from interfering with a school function – even if the property is a 3-cent crayon and even if what the child is doing is a symptom of their disability (e.g., perseveratively asking questions or repeatedly tapping the crayon on the desk). 2. Children can be put in time out rooms with no specific requirements as to the staff training required for the person who monitors the child while the child is in the room, no medical assessment to see if time out would be dangerous for the child, no psychological assessment to determine if time out would be traumatic for the child, and no limit on how long a child can be put in time out for. 3. School personnel can use "aversive behavioral interventions" such as painful electric skin shock if they get a waiver to use it for the child. Other "aversives" that they may now use if they obtain a "waiver" include putting a child out in the cold without adequate clothing, withholding essential hydration or nutrition, using noxious sprays in the child’s face or making them inhale noxious scents, depriving them of sleep, and using "deep muscle squeezes" or "strangling." 4. School districts can obtain waivers to use "aversive behavioral interventions" for a specific child by applying to the Commissioner of Education’s office, who will send the request to an "expert panel" who will review the student’s records. The panel then advises the Commissioner and the district, but it is up to the child’s Committee on Special Education (CSE) or Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) to decide whether to grant itself the waiver. Thus, the very same people who may have failed to order helpful diagnostic evaluations or related services may now approve the use of aversive behavioral interventions on a child. The new regulations do not mandate that any child being recommended for aversive behavioral interventions must have a psychiatric evaluation or a neurological evaluation at public expense before the CSE or CPSE can recommend or implement an aversive behavioral intervention. The new regulations do not require regular monitoring by medical and doctoral-level mental health professionals to insure the child’s health and safety. 5, School personnel can use restraints (mechanical) on children as part of a planned behavior intervention program. There is no time limit on how long the child or teen can be kept in mechanical restraints. Disabled children and teens require more protections when aversive behavioral interventions are implemented in school settings, not fewer protections. At the very least, NYSED should have incorporated all relevant federal protections concerning the use of restraints and seclusion (what NYS calls time out rooms). It didn’t. All relevant federal policies and commissions firmly state that restraints, time out, and ‘aversives’ should only be used for genuine safety emergencies, they should be used with significant medical and psychological/psychiatric protections, and they should never be used as punishment. NYSED’s new regulations do exactly the opposite by specifically allowing these techniques to be used as planned consequences for non-emergency situations and by failing to require even minimum health and safety protections. To read the entire action alert, with background on why NYSED did this and suggestions for how to write to your Regent and NYSED, please see the full alert at: http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/actionalert071606.htm Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. This is at least, the second time that you have done such a thing. If you wish for me to respect what you have posted whilst wagging the the initials "PhD" in my face; have the sense and decency to stand by what you post publicly. Methinks, you are a phony … Bugger off. [ BTW, you spelled "alt.suppport.tourette" wrong ... ]
The substance of the message is quite correct. I have been following it, and writing to some people about it. Newsday did an expose on it. I wish I could be more clear, but, that would involve posting personal information, which would be used by the stalkers.
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Eh? What a flamer! I was referring to academic integrity, here. Taking the effort to make a strong, persuasive statement and concurrently asserting that it should not be archived. …… … s m e l l s b a d
Have you ever taken a good, long, hard look at the, ahem, curriculum vitae’s of the polymorphous parade of perverted human beings who have been cyberstalking, threatening, libeling, forging, frogging, impostering, hacking me in virtual reality, and, doing far worse things to me and mine in real life? Do you wish to be relentlessly cyberstalked, globally libeled, incessantly hacked, forged, froggered, impostered, the recipient of an endless stream of threats against you and your loved ones, while also being viciously stalked in real life—by a group of people who are the baddest of the baddest and the Maddest of ALL Mad people? Because, if you don’t want to be the target of vicious gang stalking in cyberspace and RL by the baddest of the baddest and the maddest of the maddest, then, you will not post anything which mocks, ridicules, derides, denigrates, devalues, or jeers at usenet’s lying stalking filth’s malignant leader. Besides, your flaming the malignant leader of usenet’s polymorphous parade of yadda, yadda, yadda might incite OP to do the same, which will unwittingly place them and their loved one’s in harm’s way. If the polymorphous parade of perverted human beings who have been engaging in criminal activities to control the flow of info on usenet ever fail to maintain the false perception that the polymorphous parade of perverted human beings engaging in criminal activities to control the flow of info on the WWW are *good*, *respectable* and *valuable* people—and, the posters they stalk, harass, threaten, libel, hack, forge, frogger, imposter, and, terrorize are evil demons, then, the polymorphous parade of perverted human beings who stalked Curio, Brad, Andrew, Tor, Art W. Hoof, yours truly, would all get locked up in prison for a long, long, long time. the reason the people who stalked Curio, Brad, Hoof, Andrew, me etc aren’t all in prison right now is because the public is in DENIAL of that which the US DOJ has known since 1999 "…..the U.S. Department of Justice (Reno, 1999) links cyberstalking with the activities of paedophiles" Enuff said! .
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Eh? What a flamer! I was referring to academic integrity, here. Taking the effort to make a strong, persuasive statement and concurrently asserting that it should not be archived. …… … s m e l l s b a d Have you ever taken a good, long, hard look at the, ahem, curriculum vitae’s of the polymorphous parade of perverted human beings who have been cyberstalking, threatening, libeling, forging, frogging, impostering, hacking me in virtual reality, and, doing far worse things to me and mine in real life? Do you wish to be relentlessly cyberstalked, globally libeled, incessantly hacked, forged, froggered, impostered, the recipient of an endless stream of threats against you and your loved ones, while also being viciously stalked in real life—by a group of people who are the baddest of the baddest and the Maddest of ALL Mad people? Because, if you don’t want to be the target of vicious gang stalking in cyberspace and RL by the baddest of the baddest and the maddest of the maddest, then, you will not post anything which mocks, ridicules, derides, denigrates, devalues, or jeers at usenet’s lying stalking filth’s malignant leader. …
Um … Or don’t go into academia, either … [snip] Enuff said!
Cordially, RL
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Sometimes ‘being stressed’ and moving forwards is the only way to make it happen. 
Sometimes being stressed leads to moving forward, a good thing. I still hate to see you in pain. marcia
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I don’t know if you have been in contact yet with The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusion. Good group, sponsored by a number of national non-profits with an interest in protecting children with disabilities. Their parent guide is a great resource. Their web site is at http://www.aprais.org/ and the contact information is there. [posted and mailed] Nancy Unique, like everyone else [posting from ASAD]
And what about the _New York Times_? Surely they’d be interested in reporting this (if they haven’t already). Imo, it should be widely publicized.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Eh? What a flamer! I was referring to academic integrity, here. Taking the effort to make a strong, persuasive statement and concurrently asserting that it should not be archived. …… … s m e l l s b a d Have you ever taken a good, long, hard look at the, ahem, curriculum vitae’s of the polymorphous parade of perverted human beings who have been cyberstalking, threatening, libeling, forging, frogging, impostering, hacking me in virtual reality, and, doing far worse things to me and mine in real life? Do you wish to be relentlessly cyberstalked, globally libeled, incessantly hacked, forged, froggered, impostered, the recipient of an endless stream of threats against you and your loved ones, while also being viciously stalked in real life—by a group of people who are the baddest of the baddest and the Maddest of ALL Mad people? Because, if you don’t want to be the target of vicious gang stalking in cyberspace and RL by the baddest of the baddest and the maddest of the maddest, then, you will not post anything which mocks, ridicules, derides, denigrates, devalues, or jeers at usenet’s lying stalking filth’s malignant leader. … Um … Or don’t go into academia, either …
Nor go for counseling…. And, most important of all, do not ever get counseling for a child… A child sent for counseling is apt to be made the recipient of photographed "hygeine" lessons, or worse…..
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. This is at least, the second time that you have done such a thing. If you wish for me to respect what you have posted whilst wagging the the initials "PhD" in my face; have the sense and decency to stand by what you post publicly. Methinks, you are a phony … Bugger off. [ BTW, you spelled "alt.suppport.tourette" wrong ... ]
Eh? What a flamer!
I was referring to academic integrity, here. Taking the effort to make a strong, persuasive statement and concurrently asserting that it should not be archived. …… … s m e l l s b a d
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – [A copy of the full alert is posted at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/actionalert071606.htm. A downloadable pdf version of the alert is at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/ActionAlert_ABI.pdf] As you may have heard already, a new set of "emergency" education regulations have been approved by the Board of Regents. Despite claiming to bar or prohibit certain things, these regulations actually open the door for all public schools, BOCES, state-approved private special education schools and the NYS Schools for the Blind and Deaf to use corporal punishment, aversives (such as painful electric skin shock), restraints, and time out rooms for children and teens with disabilities. Talk about human rights violations! Do you have to be a resident of NY to protest, or can anyone join in? marcia I doubt if NYSED or the Board of Regents would particularly care what parents/individuals outside of NYS think, but I can think of one way parents outside of NY might be of real help: If your child was harmed by the inappropriate use of a behavioral or aversive intervention, then if you can document that, we might be able to compile a list of real examples of why these new regs are dangerous and why they should be withdrawn. We already know that NYSED has gotten a lot of complaints about misuse/abuse of time out rooms from NYS parents (and there are at least two time out room-related lawsuits that I know of here in NY), but to my knowledge, NYSED has never really investigated or done anything serious about preventing time out room misuse or abuse, even though they’ve had "guidelines" since 1994. The new regs only make things more dangerous with respect to time out rooms, because they don’t specify any actual time limit for how long a child can be placed in time out or how often, etc. The federal regulations do specify time limits. The federal regs also say that a patient is allowed out of seclusion once the health/safety emergency is over. NYSED’s regs allow the child to just be secluded for fixed amounts of time, even if there is no emergency. We also know of more extreme cases here in NYS and in other states where kids were seriously harmed in school settings due to inappropriate behavior interventions (like the Shawn Witte case in Nevada that I had posted to a.s.t. back in ‘99 and a case here in NYS where a kid was found unconscious in a time out room, having seizures), If people know of situations like that they can document, we can also use that information to help make the case to the Board of Regents as to why these regs should be withdrawn. When I contacted Pete and Pam Wright of Wrightslaw.com to tell them what was going on here and what we’re trying to do, they replied that they will be including a story or notice on this issue in their next newsletter, so I hope that we can reach even more parents through them. When I say "we," by the way, that’s not an editorial "we." Although I’m doing a lot of individual advocacy/alerts on this issue to local, state, and national organizations as well as to individual parents via my web site (and now usenet), I’m also involved in some collaborative advocacy efforts. In the future, I’ll be posting something about a new coalition we’re forming in NYS. In the meantime ,,,, if you know parents in other states who have stories/first-hand experiences to share that can help us advocate in NYS, have them contact me via email. Just delete the _nospam from the email address in this post to contact me. And I almost dread saying this, but to NYS parents: this is only one of TWO really serious issues in NYS education right now if you’re parenting a child with a disability. The other one is a "done deal" in terms of the regulations being permanent but is extremely serious as it involves the minimizing and coverup of the sexual molestation of severely disabled children in NY schools. Right now, we’re focusing on the "aversives" issue because we have a chance to change things before the regs become permanent, but you can expect to see more advocacy notices from me in the future on this issue and the sexual molestation issue. Have to get ready for work…
I don’t know if you have been in contact yet with The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusion. Good group, sponsored by a number of national non-profits with an interest in protecting children with disabilities. Their parent guide is a great resource. Their web site is at http://www.aprais.org/ and the contact information is there. [posted and mailed] Nancy Unique, like everyone else [posting from ASAD]
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. This is at least, the second time that you have done such a thing. If you wish for me to respect what you have posted whilst wagging the the initials "PhD" in my face; have the sense and decency to stand by what you post publicly. Methinks, you are a phony … Bugger off. [ BTW, you spelled "alt.suppport.tourette" wrong ... ] No, no RL. She’s the real deal. I remember her from another NG quite a few years back. Expert on Tourette (however its spelled; Groups has no spellchecker), very dedicated and kind professional. You may not be familiar with her b/c she apparently doesn’t post here much any more, but she’s legitimate. If she is for ‘real’ then all the more reason for making the emphasis that she should stick to her gumption. Let me guess … She is playing coy and insecure so that people will take more notice of what she posts. Thus, I am providing her with what she seeks … === Controversy <=== Whoopee.
Hmmm. No, I think you’re stressed and that’s interfering with your ability to be objective. You seem to be having a difficult evening, if I’m reading your other posts correctly. She’s posting information to relevant groups on a topic that’s of great concern. There’s no attempt to do anything other than alert people to a problem that needs to be addressed, I’m sure. From past recollection, she’s a very straightforward and trustworthy individual. Sorry things are continuing to go badly for you. (other groups cut from this portion of the thread) marcia
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Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. Hmmm. No, I think you’re stressed and that’s interfering with your ability to be objective. …
I wasn’t the first person to point this out. See: http://tinyurl.com/qpoce Sometimes ‘being stressed’ and moving forwards is the only way to make it happen.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. This is at least, the second time that you have done such a thing. If you wish for me to respect what you have posted whilst wagging the the initials "PhD" in my face; have the sense and decency to stand by what you post publicly. Methinks, you are a phony … Bugger off. [ BTW, you spelled "alt.suppport.tourette" wrong ... ]
What a flamer! Surely you know that the polymorphous parade of perverted pharmaceutical marketeers, porno kings, child porno buffs, convicted child molesters, S & M freaks and the gutless anonymous lying stalking filth are all going to reply to your posts with the usual LIES about what a wonderful person their malignant leader is.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. This is at least, the second time that you have done such a thing. If you wish for me to respect what you have posted whilst wagging the the initials "PhD" in my face; have the sense and decency to stand by what you post publicly. Methinks, you are a phony … Bugger off. [ BTW, you spelled "alt.suppport.tourette" wrong ... ]
No, no RL. She’s the real deal. I remember her from another NG quite a few years back. Expert on Tourette (however its spelled; Groups has no spellchecker), very dedicated and kind professional. You may not be familiar with her b/c she apparently doesn’t post here much any more, but she’s legitimate. marcia
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[A copy of the full alert is posted at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/actionalert071606.htm. A downloadable pdf version of the alert is at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/ActionAlert_ABI.pdf] As you may have heard already, a new set of "emergency" education regulations have been approved by the Board of Regents. Despite claiming to bar or prohibit certain things, these regulations actually open the door for all public schools, BOCES, state-approved private special education schools and the NYS Schools for the Blind and Deaf to use corporal punishment, aversives (such as painful electric skin shock), restraints, and time out rooms for children and teens with disabilities.
Talk about human rights violations! Do you have to be a resident of NY to protest, or can anyone join in? marcia
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. This is at least, the second time that you have done such a thing. If you wish for me to respect what you have posted whilst wagging the the initials "PhD" in my face; have the sense and decency to stand by what you post publicly. Methinks, you are a phony … Bugger off. [ BTW, you spelled "alt.suppport.tourette" wrong ... ] No, no RL. She’s the real deal. I remember her from another NG quite a few years back. Expert on Tourette (however its spelled; Groups has no spellchecker), very dedicated and kind professional. You may not be familiar with her b/c she apparently doesn’t post here much any more, but she’s legitimate.
If she is for ‘real’ then all the more reason for making the emphasis that she should stick to her gumption. Let me guess … She is playing coy and insecure so that people will take more notice of what she posts. Thus, I am providing her with what she seeks … === Controversy <=== Whoopee.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – [A copy of the full alert is posted at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/actionalert071606.htm. A downloadable pdf version of the alert is at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/ActionAlert_ABI.pdf] As you may have heard already, a new set of "emergency" education regulations have been approved by the Board of Regents. Despite claiming to bar or prohibit certain things, these regulations actually open the door for all public schools, BOCES, state-approved private special education schools and the NYS Schools for the Blind and Deaf to use corporal punishment, aversives (such as painful electric skin shock), restraints, and time out rooms for children and teens with disabilities. NYSED enacted these new regulations even though they admit that there is no research supporting the use of most of these techniques. There is certainly no research validation for using most of these techniques in public school settings. There are already at least 23 school districts in NYS currently recommending the use of aversive behavioral interventions for disabled students, and probably many more already using aversive behavioral interventions without documenting what they have been doing to disabled children. These regulations need to be approved again at the Board of Regents meeting scheduled for September 11-12 in Albany. We all need to take action now. You have an opportunity to respond to these new regulations. See the State’s notice at http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/behavioral/publichearing.htm on how to provide feedback and deadlines for providing feedback. You can read the new regulations online at http://www.regents.nysed.gov/2006Meetings/June2006/0606emscvesida1.htm or get the pdf version at http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/Cort_060606.pdf. To give you an idea how bad these regulations are, as per the new approved regulations: 1. Corporal punishment is barred — except that a teacher can apparently use restraint and physical force on a child to protect the school’s property or to remove the child or stop the child from interfering with a school function – even if the property is a 3-cent crayon and even if what the child is doing is a symptom of their disability (e.g., perseveratively asking questions or repeatedly tapping the crayon on the desk). 2. Children can be put in time out rooms with no specific requirements as to the staff training required for the person who monitors the child while the child is in the room, no medical assessment to see if time out would be dangerous for the child, no psychological assessment to determine if time out would be traumatic for the child, and no limit on how long a child can be put in time out for. 3. School personnel can use "aversive behavioral interventions" such as painful electric skin shock if they get a waiver to use it for the child. Other "aversives" that they may now use if they obtain a "waiver" include putting a child out in the cold without adequate clothing, withholding essential hydration or nutrition, using noxious sprays in the child’s face or making them inhale noxious scents, depriving them of sleep, and using "deep muscle squeezes" or "strangling." 4. School districts can obtain waivers to use "aversive behavioral interventions" for a specific child by applying to the Commissioner of Education’s office, who will send the request to an "expert panel" who will review the student’s records. The panel then advises the Commissioner and the district, but it is up to the child’s Committee on Special Education (CSE) or Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) to decide whether to grant itself the waiver. Thus, the very same people who may have failed to order helpful diagnostic evaluations or related services may now approve the use of aversive behavioral interventions on a child. The new regulations do not mandate that any child being recommended for aversive behavioral interventions must have a psychiatric evaluation or a neurological evaluation at public expense before the CSE or CPSE can recommend or implement an aversive behavioral intervention. The new regulations do not require regular monitoring by medical and doctoral-level mental health professionals to insure the child’s health and safety. 5, School personnel can use restraints (mechanical) on children as part of a planned behavior intervention program. There is no time limit on how long the child or teen can be kept in mechanical restraints. Disabled children and teens require more protections when aversive behavioral interventions are implemented in school settings, not fewer protections. At the very least, NYSED should have incorporated all relevant federal protections concerning the use of restraints and seclusion (what NYS calls time out rooms). It didn’t. All relevant federal policies and commissions firmly state that restraints, time out, and ‘aversives’ should only be used for genuine safety emergencies, they should be used with significant medical and psychological/psychiatric protections, and they should never be used as punishment. NYSED’s new regulations do exactly the opposite by specifically allowing these techniques to be used as planned consequences for non-emergency situations and by failing to require even minimum health and safety protections. To read the entire action alert, with background on why NYSED did this and suggestions for how to write to your Regent and NYSED, please see the full alert at: http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/actionalert071606.htm
Did you earn your PhD from the back of a cereal box? The x-no-archive makes a mockery of your message. … IMO. This is at least, the second time that you have done such a thing. If you wish for me to respect what you have posted whilst wagging the the initials "PhD" in my face; have the sense and decency to stand by what you post publicly. Methinks, you are a phony … Bugger off. [ BTW, you spelled "alt.suppport.tourette" wrong ... ]
