Lovaas Videotapes: Tape 2, Part 1

[jtubebx1]

There are a number of YouTube videos about the fraudulent and failed UCLA Psychology Department "Sissy Boy" experiment. See "AC360 - 'Sissy Boy' Experiment - Part One." It is in four parts. This study is a real scientific scandal.

People may be interested in reading: "Poet With A Cattle Prod: A Sketch of Ivar Lovaas," Psychology Today, January 1974, and "Screams, Slaps & Love: A surprising, shocking treatment helps far-gone mental cripples," Life Magazine, May 7th, 1965.

[themagicbadgerman]

Lovaas trained the parents in ABA, that man is most likely his dad.

[MsSourGrapes]

Quit forcing the kids to look at you! They'll progress a lot better if you keep them comfortable, and not making eye contact is not the same as not listening.

I'm seriously bothered by how these kids are treated like dogs. The commenter below me is right. Ken does look scared at the end. They all look worried, like they've been slapped off screen. I bet they have. That's so damn sad.

[themagicbadgerman]

Both of your statements lack any foundation. In the intensive therapy group 47% attained normal intellectual and educational functioning by the end of first grade. In control group 2 who received no therapy only 2% attained normal intellectual and educational functioning by the end of first grade. That is also a very far fetched speculation to suggest they have been slapped off screen. Psychological experiments are approved by ethics councils and strictly monitored.

[uziforyou1432]

The kid with the super man shirt gave the appearance that he was afraid of his teacher. As if he expected to get slapped for making an error.

[jtubebx1]

@uziforyou1432 ". . . As if he expected to get slapped for making an error."

Dr. Lovaas was known to keep a paddle in his office and to use it. He advocated hitting autistic children.

He also used cattle prods as a form of "electroshock" therapy on the children.

Lovaas was a major player in a scientific fraud & scandal known as the "Sissy Boy" experiment, where they tried to cure a young boy of being homosexual with beatings.

There is still a "Lovaas Institute" (January 2012)

[rslnvss]

they are in the beginig of the aba process they are just trying to get the kids to immitate the therapists

[sparkleponyprincess]

Why are the kids not feeding themselves?

[MsSourGrapes]

@sparkleponyprincess

I was developmentally delayed (albeit before these videos and the first edition of their accompanying book existed), and I didn't feed myself until I was three years old. I stole my brother's bagel and have been self-feeding ever since! ;)

[ABAisSCIENCE]

McEachin, J., Smith, T., & Lovaas, O. I. (1993). Long-Term Outcome for Children with Autism who received Early Intensive Behavioral Treatment. American Journal of Mental Retardation, Vol. 97, No. 4, 359-372.

[ABAisSCIENCE]

Lovaas, O. I. (1996). Criteria for Appropriate Treatment. Paper presented at the Early Intervention Conference 1997, Los Angeles, CA.

Lovaas, O. I., & Smith, T. (1989). A comprehensive behavioral theory of autistic children: Paradigm for research and treatment. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 20, 17-29.

[navywife1977]

I watched the first one, and all of this one as well. For us, it works better with my son when he is not spoken to so harsh. He responds much better when he feels more safe. We don't raise our voices in our home, so the way these people talk could be too scary for him.

[alfankosh]

very good videoes thank you very much

[gabriella1012]

good videos to learn from