NEWSCENTER FIVE. THANK YOU. A PROPOSED BAN OF THE DEVICES THAT ADMINISTER ELECTRIC SHOCKS TO DISABLED STUDENTS AT THE JUDGE ROTENBERG CENTER IN CANTON IS BACK ON TRACK IN CONGRESS. FIVE INVESTIGATES ...

A Massachusetts school has won an appeal to use electric shock therapy on mentally disabled pupils. A federal court ruled that an earlier FDA ban on the therapy had been outside the agency's area of ...

As Massachusetts grapples with the youth mental health crisis, options for kids with some of the most severe needs can be few and far between. When retired Judge Carol Erskine, former first justice of ...

YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THAT IF YOU JUST DOWNLOAD OUR WCVB APP. THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY THAT USES PAINFUL ELECTRIC SHOCKS ON ITS DISABLED STUDENTS MAY HAVE FOUND A WAY AROUND A PROPOSED BAN OF THE ...

The use of electric shocks at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton has been controversial for decades. It would be irresponsible for the court to lift the consent agreement without ...

Round two: The FDA is going back to battle with a Massachusetts school over a controversial electrical shock device. This week, the federal agency proposed a new ban on “electrical stimulation devices ...

The state generally hasn’t taken advantage of its opportunity to challenge in annual Probate Court hearings the use of skin shocks. That should change in light of the SJC’s decision. Using electric ...

FALL RIVER — The School Committee is weighing how to address the placement of a Fall River student at a facility that has come under fire for its treatment methods that include administering electric ...

A bill in Massachusetts banning hitting, pinching and electric shock in order to change someone’s behavior has been sent to study but some advocates are asking lawmakers to do more. “To not allow a ...