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Judge Rotenberg Center
Controversial American special education institution
Judge Rotenberg Center
The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) is a pseudoscientific therapeutic institution in Canton, Massachusetts, United States, whose behavior modification program targeted at people with developmental disabilities and emotional and behavioral disorders has been condemned by the United Nations special rapporteur on torture. The center is known for its use of the graduated electronic decelerator (GED), a torture device that administers electric shocks to residents. The JRC's behavior modification program uses the methods of applied behavior analysis and relies heavily on aversion therapy. Aversives used at JRC include food deprivation, movement limitation via long-term restraints, sensory deprivation, and GED shocks. While JRC claims to rely mainly on positive behavior support and contends that aversives are used only as a last resort when positive intervention has failed, state reports have repeatedly found that aversives are used for minor infractions, and that no significant positive behavior...
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