A Summary of Reports of Restraints & Seclusion Abuse – This chart summarizes accounts received through March 2000. Unless previously identified in news accounts, the names of individuals and facilities involved in each incident (and the person who made the report) are omitted in the interest of privacy and in some cases to avoid […]
A Legacy of Scandals – Until recently, programs and schools for struggling teens—many of which are reputable, ethical, and professionally run—operated with scant scrutiny by government agencies. Anecdotes about shoddy and abusive practices remained just that—anecdotes—until around 2003, when the media, espe-cially regional media outlets, publicized crises associated with the World Wide Association of […]
Who are They? A Descriptive Study of Adolescents in Wilderness and Residential Programs – Although residential and wilderness treatment programs are growing in popularity, little is known about the adolescents placed within them. This study analyzed a random sample of 473 psychological evaluations of adolescents in residential and wilderness treatment centers for participants’ cognitive […]
‘‘When You First Get There, You Wear Red’’: Youth Perceptions of Point and Level Systems in Group Home Care – Child welfare involved youth are frequently referred to group home care. One common intervention utilized in group home care is behavior management systems. This intervention is operationalized as points, token economies, and level systems. […]
When Treatment is Torture: Protecting People with Disabilities Detained in Institutions – Throughout the world, people with disabilities are subject to mistreatment in psychiatric hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes, and other institutions. Much of this abuse is a product of neglect and lack of care — poor, unhygienic conditions, a lack of treatment, and outmoded […]
What Works in Managing Young People who Offend? A Summary of the International Evidence – This review was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and considers international literature concerning the management of young people who have offended. It was produced to inform youth justice policy and practice. The review focuses on the impact and […]
Unregulated Private Residential Treatment Facilities – Growing concerns about unlicensed and unregulated residential programs are shared by mental health professionals, program staff, parents, youth and advocates. These concerns are described in the following statements, which are provided by a panel of individuals representing a range of perspectives. Further details of counter-therapeutic treatment, restricted family […]
Unpacking the Black Box of Wilderness Therapy: A Realist Synthesis – Despite considerable progress within wilderness and adventure therapy research over the last decade, researchers are still unable to precisely answer why, how, and for whom this treatment modality works. There is also a need for more knowledge regarding the circumstances under which the […]
A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base – Contains several articles on youth residential. Problems can arise when placements are made without verifying that these important elements of residential care are in place. A basic source of verification of program quality is that the program is licensed by the […]
Unexpected spaces of confinement: Aversive technologies, intellectual disability, and ‘‘bare life’’ – Giorgio Agamben describes the ‘‘camp’’ as the ‘‘zone of indistinction between law and violence’’ where bodies located in exceptional spaces are stripped of citizenship rights and embody ‘‘bare life.’’ We deploy Agamben’s analysis to the context of the everyday violence of aversive […]
Unsilenced Project, Inc. (“Unsilenced”) is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (Federal Tax ID: 87-4398897) by the IRS with federal tax-exempt status as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3). Contributions to Unsilenced are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
© Copyright 2021 - 2024
