Research Catalog

Title

A passion to believe : autism and the facilitated communication phenomenon / Diane Twachtman-Cullen.

Author

Twachtman-Cullen, Diane

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997.

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Description

xvi, 208 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

In her investigation, Twachtman-Cullen plays by the rules of the FC community, employing meticulously documented qualitative, rather than quantitative, research methods to study facilitators and their clients at work. Through her participant observation and assessment, and using actual case studies and transcripts of FC sessions, she confirms the mounting evidence that results obtained through FC are insupportable. In her detailed portraits, heartbreaking scenarios emerge of fervent facilitators and frustrated clients. Moreover, she demonstrates the harm that FC can inflict when unconscious facilitator influence distorts the intentions of the client, creates false hope in families, or leads to false charges of abuse and neglect by caregivers. Her findings will be of interest to anyone concerned with the care of the disabled as well as to those interested in the psychology of belief and the struggle between science and pseudoscience.

Series Statement

Essays in developmental science

Uniform Title

Essays in developmental science

Subject

• Social Facilitation
• Reproducibility of Results
• Communication Aids for Disabled
• Autistic Disorder > rehabilitation
• Facilitated communication

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. The Prologue: Setting the Stage -- 1. Getting Down to Basics -- 2. The Emerging Portrait of the Facilitator -- 3. A Portrait of the Client -- Pt. 2. The Drama Unfolds -- 4. At All Costs: The Messages of F1-C1 -- 5. An Unreal Reality: The Messages of F2-C2 -- 6. By Your Hand Alone: The Messages of F3-C3 -- 7. Getting the Message Loud and Clear -- Pt. 3. Unsettling Reviews -- 8. From Discordance to Disconnection -- 9. Behind the Mystique -- 10. If I Hadn't Believed It, I Wouldn't Have Seen It -- 11. Beyond the Hype and Circumstance: The FC Culture Unveiled. Epilogue: The Reviews Continue to Come In.

ISBN

0813390982 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97021567^

OCLC

• 37024824
• SCSB-12028058

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library