Questions the King5 Reporter Forgot To Ask about S2C | Spelling to Communicate
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- This educational video is intended to draw attention to the problem of facilitator cuing in a technique called Facilitated Communication (FC), also known as Spelling to Communicate (S2C) and Rapid Prompting Method (RPM).
In this video, a King5 reporter covers a news story about a family who believes their special needs student is being discriminated against by a school system who will not allow S2C. The reporter included a brief statement by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), but did he go far enough in explaining why ASHA opposes its use?
Edmonds parents say school district is denying special needs son his right to an education:
www.king5.com/article/news/ed...
To date, there is no reliably controlled evidence to prove proponent claims that FC/S2C/RPM is an independent form of communication. In fact, testing shows that it's the facilitators and not their clients who control letter selection during the typing activity.
Links to information in the video:
Controlled Studies: www.facilitatedcommunication....
Opposition Statements: www.facilitatedcommunication....
Systematic Reviews: www.facilitatedcommunication....
Facilitated Communication is a Cult that Won't Die slate.com/technology/2015/11/...
Double Talk: Syracuse University Institute continues to use discredited technique with dangerous effects: dailyorange.com/2016/04/doubl...
What Schools Can Learn About S2C from the Lower Merion School District: www.facilitatedcommunication....
Science Prevails in Another Victory for a Pennsylvania School District: www.facilitatedcommunication....
Review of "Spellers": www.facilitatedcommunication....
Review of "Underestimated": www.facilitatedcommunication....
FMI, please check out our website at www.facilitatedcommunication.org
Then tell me why my son now types on a keyboard
His own thoughts
It's not possible for us to answer this question. We can say that if your son is being subjected to FC/S2C/RPM or any of its variants, it is more likely than not that the facilitator(s) are influencing letter selection. There are no reliably controlled studies that prove proponent claims that messages obtained with FC/S2C/RPM are independently produced. See ASHA statements on FC and RPM for further information or check out our website at www.facilitatedcommunication.org.
Wait. Hold up. Are you using 30 year old studies to discredit something that anybody with functional eyeballs can see is valid and self-generated communication? For real? There’s a paper from 2020 that uses actual 21st century tech that shows the blanket dismissal of these techniques is completely unwarranted. And the harms…prompt dependence? Are you kidding me right now? That’s like saying someone who is re-learning how to walk after a brain injury shouldn’t use a walker, for fear of becoming “walker dependent”. It is easy to see how many individuals can have prompts faded significantly over time. And tell me. What are these “evidence based alternatives” individuals will be missing out on due to the time and money spent on trying a facilitated communication method? Most don’t even consider starting this until grade school, and everyone knows ABA is most effective before that point anyway (if you believe ABA is an ethical autism therapy).
I think it’s time that humans see that what we now call “science” is, in reality, so financially and politically fueled that it may as well be another religion. I’m all for healthy skepticism, but blanket statements that a form of communication that clearly helps thousands and could help potentially millions of people is bogus just because nobody’s forked over enough cash for 15 prospective studies so some white guy in a tie can give it the “evidence based” stamp of approval…that’s borderline fascism.
Speller's is now available on UA-cam, amazing documentary about speller's.
@@carefugee533did the FC helped him to type without support, or is he still fully depending on facilitators? Your reply does not give that insight.