Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'judgerotenbergeducationcenter'
January 16, 2008
--Yet another explanation for why you should have a sinking feeling in your tummy any time you go over a bridge in Massachusetts. [Boston Herald] --Another storm is expected for Friday, but it's not prompting the mass freakout that the last storm did. [WBZ] --The city of Boston will build a statue that honors Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife, Coretta Scott King. [AP/Boston Globe] --The Committee on Children, Families, and Individuals With......
Continue Reading "Bite Size News"December 21, 2007
Those responsible for giving two students skin-shocks--one 77 times and another 29 times--at the request of a prank caller at the Judge Rotenberg Education Center (JRC) in August have been fired. The AP reports that seven people are out, including a video surveillance worker. The Globe did a lengthy story yesterday on how the employees at the home, which was in Stoughton, had plenty of reasons to stop before giving the skin-shocks, which are used......
Continue Reading "Seven People Fired in Wake of Unauthorized Shocks at Rotenberg"December 18, 2007
Two people received skin-shock treatments at the Judge Rotenberg Education Center (JRC) in Canton after a former student made a prank phone call requesting the treatments. The incidents happened in August but are being reported now. The prank phone call led a frightening number of skin-shock treatments. According to the Globe, the school had delivered "77 shocks to one student and 29 shocks to another." The skin-shock treatments aren't the same as the shock therapy......
Continue Reading "More Controversy at Rotenberg Education Center"