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"JRC has help in a way that I thought never happen."

"JRC is a good program and can help you improve if you give it time and allow your program to work. It has helped me with my temper and verbal behaviors. I have changed a lot. I learned to think about my actions before reacting to a situation. Before I would just aggress and think later."

"I notice that I have had less behaviors each day and I doing much better. JRC help me improve my aggressive and major disruptive behaviors."

"I have been doing better. I am better at Math. JRC has helped me with my education."

"I am extremely happy with the help I've received from the Judge Rotenberg Center. My behaviors have dramatically decreased within the last year."

"JRC is a great school it always has great services. JRC has a great training process and helps new staff if they need the help or have any questions."

"JRC has help me in many ways with my behaviors and my school work. I use to have so many behaviors. But all of that stop now because JRC has help me. I am getting much better in my school work because there is a lot of people helping me. I have noticed that my behaviors have change by the way I act. I still get mad but I don't react to problems. I have been learning more I get things quick then before. It would take me time to learn something. Now when I do my work I can do it a little bit faster."

"I feel JRC has good services for students. If JRC had not given me a chance, I would not be in a good spot like I am now. When I first came here I was swearing, yelling, screaming, verbal behaviors, now it just not me JRC has made me better but that's because I'm trying to work with them. I have noticed improvements in my math, gym, and reading. It is good. It is something I have not seen ever until I came to JRC. JRC has a lot to offer like the Baby-Think-It-Over program, the cooking department, cooking classes, independence living skill, the field trip we earn, the rewards store and contract store, the multi-day money, the food program, the opportunity to order [take-out food], having fun outside like evening activities, movie Friday, the tutors JRC provides, the GED test, JRC tutors, the student site where we can talk about our problems and other things to do, like the gym, the computer program, and more, like the behavioral academic program. JRC has is all, with the students here and the students that left we can make a change, and they will too."

"JRC has helped me well with my behaviors and my work. I learned how to do math, spelling, writing, and typing."

"I feel that JRC has help me tremendously. I feel that the school has an awesome reward system and is very helpful. I haven't been having as many EDSOC and other major behaviors. I have been able to take the MCAS exam and attend classes. I have also finished almost all of the books in the school. My school curriculum is also almost complete. JRC has a good reward system and does not believe in the use of medication. The school also has a great academic system."

“I think it has help me out a lot since I have been in JRC and it has also help my parents when I go on my home visit and there has been lost of people that came to JRC to help me with my school work and my behaviors and the kitchen staff have been helping me with my eating habits and the gym staff been helping me get in good shape and the nursing staff have been helping me for a long time when I get hurt or sick they are there to help. When I first came to JRC I had lots of bad behaviors and I have been working hard and I have cut down on all my aggressive behaviors and my minor behaviors have went down and when I went on the GED program I only had 5 or 6 since I have been on. When I first came to JRC I had lots of school work that I need to catch up on and I had lots of help from all the staff and student all around the school I past all my math and my telling time and my reading and my maps and globes and I have past unit 1 and 2 of human body and I have been working really hard on all my other school work. They helped me with lots of my school work and my behavior habits and my workout routine. When I need to talk to someone there would be lots of staff and student to talk about my problems. There has been two staff who have helped me a lot and their names are Janna Mercier and Danielle Brewer and when I have a bad day they always come and try to help me make the rest of the week better. I have had two great case managers and their names are Kevin Giuliano and Ed Barber they have helped me with lots of my behaviors and school work and my program since I have been in JRC.”

"I feel that the services are okay and kind of helped me a little bit. It has helped me succeed more and earn independence and move to the apartments. I feel like it helped me. My behavior is better now than it was before I came to this program. I noticed that I've been trying harder with my academic progress and trying to get more done during the day than I did before."

"I think the place has style and is nicely decorated. They put a lot of effort into keeping the school well decorated and clean. Same with the house. My behaviors have almost turned 180 degrees. I was flunking out of everything because I wasn't attending school. Now I'm getting A's and B's in everything. JRC is very clean and organized place. They have good fashion. I have seen many people with severe behaviors who were very unhappy and today they are doing what's smart and right for them. I think JRC is good for certain people."

"Good. JRC is the best, my mom says so too. Yes, I can now control my behaviors better. Better at Practice Mill. Ms. Santos and Ms. Poisson are the best staff I have ever had. House is nice."

"JRC is helping me a lot. JRC is helping me to get back home."

"At first I did not like it because I feel that I did not belong there but I meet some friend and it's not that bad."

"I think that JRC has helped me in many ways such as education, behaviors, and etc."

"I feel that I have been able to learn more in my academics due to some of the tutors. I am thankful that I have a math and a Spanish tutor. My behavioral program has also helped me to control my major behaviors. I have noticed a big change in the major behavior categories i.e. aggression, health dangerous, destructive, major disruptive and non-compliant. I feel that JRC has helped me a lot in the three years that I have been here to decrease the amount of major behaviors that I was having when I first came here. I am also thankful that this place did not give up on me like many other places. This program has also helped me by taking me off of all the medication I was on when I first came here and have kept me off them and helped me learn better ways to control my behaviors without medications. JRC has also helped me to learn to be able to sit still in the classroom as well as in the house. This program has also helped me to be able to keep my room clean and well organized. I am thankful to many of the staff members in JRC. JRC has helped me to learn money management as well as a way to control my anger and frustration."

"I feel that JRC has helped me a lot in the past two years. I feel that my needs are met. Now I live in a transitional apartment and I have an in-school job and I go home every weekend. I no longer argue with my mother and family members. We talk our way through our differences. We listen to each other. Most importantly I can accept when my mother tells me "no" to something without hurting myself or my mother or anyone else. I now live a non-violent lifestyle."

"Over the past year JRC has provided me with an in-school job. Overall, JRC is doing a good job. I have come a long way. If it was not for JRC I would probably be in a lock-down facility."

"I think it's a great program because it helps you deal with things in the real world."

“I feel that JRC and its services have been doing its fullest to provide all my academic needs. I have taken some of my Regents exams already, and I am taking my SAT in 2 days from now, on Saturday, October 11, 2003. I am planning on going to college, and am currently in the process of applying to several colleges. I plan on taking driver’s education lessons while I’m here, as well as the written exam. JRC has provided for my other needs as well; I currently have a job in the school on Saturdays.

My mother and my relationship has improved greatly; we discuss all or any differences. And we no longer argue. I can stand now when my mother says ‘no’ and I realize how much she really loved me that she saved me from myself by bringing me here. Now I am planning on college, instead of thinking of the ‘social world.’

I think the JRC program is very well rounded, and is a lot more educationally oriented now than it was before. As well as overall its education system (now) combined with its behavioral program have made it the best residential school system by far.

The nutritional program that JRC has incorporated into the residential-educational system I feel has made it a ‘full circle’; now the program benefits not only the students behaviors (decrease) and educational (increase) but also their physical health. What better way to control you behaviors than by studying and eating right (allowing a clearer mind during class as well as keeping you awake), and receiving rewards for doing so?

I am one of the honored students that is able to say that during my time here I’ve seen productions from the Gillette Stadium Women’s Soccer World Cup game of September. I’ve been on the Boston Duck Tours as well as a minor league baseball game by the Boston Rox (I think). I also went to the IMAX Theatre of Providence Place Mall and saw the film on the Human Body. I’d have to say that my experience here at Judge Rotenberg Educational Center has been a most memorable one. And I am certain more memories are to come. I only hope that my graduation ceremony and reception will be as wonderful and touching and beautiful as Danielle’s was. And I hope that I can live up to her academic and many other achievements. She was, and is, the ‘ideal JRC student.’ I hope she is doing well in her college. And I know that I will after I graduate do well in my college. Thank you for everything, for my mother and my relationship, for my return of educational focus, and for my better adjustment to my – well…myself.”

"I like my clinician and case manager because they are nice. I like the fact we have school everyday because I have missed a lot of work in the past."

"I feel that in my time at JRC my academic levels have greatly improved. My parents as well as myself are impressed with my behavioral management, and the amount of weight I've lost. My problematic behaviors have reduced dramatically. The behaviors that I exhibited before I came here are for the most part completely gone. JRC has made me look at a lot of things through a different perspective. The behavioral therapy along with the consequences and rewards has helped me to improve (and want to improve) my problematic behaviors. Although we need to think in the real world nobody is going to take us to the Contract Store if we go for a week without any major behaviors. However, there will be life-changing, long-term rewards for being able to stop and look at a situation before reacting and later realizing it was in the wrong way."

"I think it has been really helpful to me in the three months I've been here and I think it really works. I think I'm doing better in English. I'm getting high grades in Science and Spanish because I have a tutor now. Very effective."

"Great! I think I will like it here and do so far. I am not as depressed as I used to be. I am doing much better (in school). I am doing much better. I get 100's now."

"I like what JRC has provided. I like this program. It's the best. I do good."

"I feel JRC is helping me acquire a high school diploma and also I feel that if I wasn't in JRC I probably would be cutting school exclusively. I have stopped cursing completely. I have stopped smoking cigarettes and marijuana completely. I'm not hanging around at odd hours with guys. I have an A average instead of a C. JRC has helped me stay off the streets and away from harmful groups or harmful crowds. If I wasn't at JRC I wouldn't be in school at all. I probably would be working and living with friends. But because of JRC I am contemplating going to college."

"I like JRC and the services it's provided. Now I'm being very good."

"It helps me be good. I like JRC. I like to cook on field day."

"I feel great. I feel that they do a great job. I have done a great job with my behaviors. I have kept my behaviors under control. JRC has taught me a lot. I'm very thankful I learned the things I did here. I was able to receive my high school diploma. I think JRC is a great place that made a big change in my life. I think the support is great. I also believe that JRC is there to make a difference in student's life."

"I feel that JRC has helped me in many ways with my behavior and the way I feel about things. I can control my behaviors. I am more focused on my academics. Helped me in my behavior."

"I will just like to say it really has provided a lot for me. Thank JRC and my case manager. I will love to give whoever help me change and they know who they are. So you know that the Lord will always bless you. I am getting a lot of A's, B's, maybe C's. Thank you for helping me."

"I like BRS and the Contract Store because I can earn rewards for showing positive behaviors. I've been able to pass more contracts because I am thinking more before I act. I am getting more good grades and I am able to do better in History. I like my RCA and my teacher and my case manager."

"I like the Contract Store and BRS."

"JRC is a good place and it is helping me. JRC is a good place and it helps people who need it (if they want help). JRC helps me a lot."

"I have successfully completed not performing the main behaviors I came to JRC for. I completely stopped aggressive behaviors, controlled my urges to take electronics apart to irreparable condition, completely stopped trying to harm self and others, stopped swearing and yelling, never done drugs, drink alcoholic beverages, don't like to smoke, hate hurting other's feelings. I also learned to control my anger in better ways."

"I'm reading a lot better now."

"I think that for the last year I have come a long way due to the good services that JRC has provided me academically and behaviorally. I have noticed a big change in my behavior. In the last year, I have earned a high level of independence. There have been some changes with improving my academic skills. I can write neater and can type fast. I have learned how to use the internet. JRC is a very good place they have good staffing. They provide good rewards. They have good field trips."

"I think that JRC has done a lot for me in the year that I have been in the program. I feel that having Dr. von Heyn as a clinician has helped me a lot with my treatment. I have learned a lot. I have a better understanding on how to do reading, math and spelling."

"I would like to say that there are many staff in that have helped me out very much since I came here. I feel that certain staff have made me feel like a better person about myself than I did before."

"It helps me control my behaviors without meds. I can control my anger much better than before and my attitude has changed. I'm doing much better in my education and I like to read more."

"Overall, I am satisfied with the services JRC has provided me. I feel that JRC is looking for the best way to help their students. I am grateful for JRC because they have helped improve my behavior."

"The services at JRC are good, when they saw I wanted to take a step further at my career goals, they were very attentive."

"I give credit to the staff taking out time to comfort me when I'm down. I've calmed down with the rude comments."

"It is the kind of discipline that I need. I learned how to socially interact and communicate more clear than before. I look forward to school everyday. My academic comprehension in spelling and vocabulary has improved as well as my math facts."

"Well, for one thing I have only been here a year and compared to when I first came in, I'm much better than I was before. I am much better because I came a long way from then and now I learned to control myself from hurting people thanks to JRC. The only positive thing I have to say about JRC is that they gave me a second chance to do things over."

"You guys help change us kids a little. You guys have good safety. You guys take time to drive us all to New York."

"I feel that JRC provides excellent educational programs and opportunities. I also think JRC provides a good behavioral program. For awhile I was able to go a month without exhibiting any major behaviors. I am able to do things in all subjects that I did not know how to do before. Also, I'm learning a second language and JRC provides special computer programs to help with that also. I think that JRC has very respectful, caring staff. And they put a lot of time and energy into helping students in JRC improve their behaviors and for some they help prepare them for society."

"It is a good program and it has a lot to offer to both residents and their parents. After they took me off my meds they really helped me adjust and get used to not being dependable. Ever since I have gotten into this program I have been doing so much better in my academics. JRC is the best placement that I have been in. The people really care and don't think that coming to work is just a waste of time."

"I know that it's going to help me later on in life. My education accomplishments get better and better everyday."

"I feel JRC is a nice program. Without this program some students wouldn't have anywhere to go. JRC is filled with caring people. Not everyone is the same, they are all unique. JRC is a nice place to be."

"My grades are coming up tremendously. I think it's easier to do work on the computer."

"I feel that JRC is a good place to be at. It has very good staff that work at the school. They have the skills that others don't have. They work very hard to help the kids. I really appreciate a lot that they are here to help."

"I think this school is very helpful. They have a lot of fun things to keep the students out of trouble. When I first came here I wasn't that good in school until I met some of the teachers here I got much better."

"I like the way we do our academics on the computer. You learn faster than working out of books. I'm improving a lot of things such as math."

"It helped me a lot and has helped me to learn more things as far as academics and also helped get along with more people and outside. Staff has been very supportive and nice to me."

"JRC has provided me with the environment to think about my past actions and what brought them on."

"I think that JRC is helping me with straightening my life. I think that the field trips are good."

"I have made some friends while at my stay at JRC and staff as friends. This program has helped me keep my major behaviors at a minimum while having a maximum of good behaviors."

"JRC provides all of the needs of a 35 year old adult and all of the other students it cares for."

"I don't smoke cigarettes anymore. I am learning how to read better."

"I feel in many ways the program has helped me with behavior and an attitude adjustment. I have noticed some changes, such as not being aggressive and threatening to kill myself anymore. They have provided excellent houses for us."

"I enjoy the residential setting. I have learned to control myself exceptionally well. I recently received the best report card I have ever seen. For once, I passed science and got a A in literature."

"I have noticed that most of my negative behaviors have almost dissipated completely. I have noticed that I have gotten better in math and science."

"So far, I've liked certain things, such as how to improve my school skills."

"JRC taught me how to get a job and how to read better, thank you for your help. Thank you for helping me in this program, I've learned a lot so that I will be able to move on in life."

"I like the program, the people and my case manager. I have stopped hearing voices, I am happy now. I'm reading better. I like math and typing. JRC is like a second home to me."

"I have seen changes in my behaviors. I have learned how to read and to think before I act."

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