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Holiday Greetings From The Magic Garden Of Siegfried And Roy
Holiday Greetings From The Magic
Garden Of Siegfried And Roy We would like to share the joy of the holidays with our fans, friends and family. Thank you for your love, devotion and kindness. Your gracious letters, undying words of encouragement and warm sentiments continue to resonate with you. We would like to extend the warmest holiday greeting and wish you a very happy 2007. May the Magick and the spirit of the holidays fill your hearts always. Magical Samoti Wishes, Siegfried & Roy, Masters of the Impossible. You Too Could Be Pusin Up Daisies! DON'T BE A MASTER, Be A STUDENT!!! What we've learned from 30 years as the most successful act practicing MAGIC on the strip of Las Vegas specializing in big cats and special magic is that bribery / lure / force training methods works most of the time, and then it turns around and bites you in the ass, if you're LUCKY, and KILLS or permenantely CRIPPLES YOU, if you AIN'T MAGICKALLY LUCKY! The ONLY effective methods of training ALL critters nearly instantly requires NON PHYSICAL, NON REWARD based training employing brief alternately variable non physical distraction INSTANTLY followed by PROLONGED NON PHYSICAL PRAISE and of curse, PRAISE IN ADVANCE. Animals who work ONLY for UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TRUST and RESPECT will NATURALLY WANT to DO ANYTHING we ask, just because THAT'S the Nature of the BEAST. We learned our lessons the HARD WAY. LEARN FROM OUR NEAR FATAL MISTAKES! Praising EVERY brief eye contact quickly conditions the critter to naturally want to pay attention to us for nothing more than PRAISE and a SMILE. Through variably alternating brief non physcial distraction INSTANTLY followed by prolonged non physcial praise, critters quickly EXTINGUSIH ALL undesirable behaviors and develop SELF CON-TROLL all on their own volition. By allowing the critter to THINK of his normal natural innate reflexive behaviors they learn to select alternate mutually desirable behaviors, therefore avoiding any sense of "CORRECTIONS," DISPLEASURE, PUNISHMENT, SHAME, FEAR, FORCE and DISAPPROVAL, which INCREASES self esteem and enhances the bond between trainer and animal. Pavlovian and Ericksonian conditioning quickly install ANY command as a conditional reflex, which WILL NOT FAIL, provided you follow the PRECISE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. This method, taught by Jerry Howe, The Simply Amazing Puppy Wizard in his FREE Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual is the EZiest, most scientifically precise, consistently nearly instantly effective method to achieve 100% TOTAL NON PHYSICAL CON-TROLL of ALL thinking critters. Blowing MAGICK SMOKE Up HOWER Arses: Wynn says at that point, Roy tried to get the tiger's attention by pulling back on the leash and saying, "No, no, no, no. Come on, get up". Wynn adds that Montecore resisted, as if to say, "No, I'm not ready yet." Roy continued to command him to get up. "The tiger gently reached up and grabbed Roy's right arm with his jaws between Roy's elbow and wrist in a very gentle way," Wynn said, pointing out that Roy did not receive a scratch on his arm, nor was his costume torn. "That's how gentle Montecore's grip was on Roy." "Roy loudly commanded the cat to release its grip by saying, "No, no, no, no. Release, release," several times. He had to whack him with the rubber microphone several times to try and get the tiger to release the grip. This didn't hurt the tiger, but it did make a loud noise." "Roy continued to pull on Montecore's leash not realizing that one of the cat's paws was behind his leg." According to Wynn, Roy tripped over the paw and fell backward on the stage and was lying on his back. He said that four stagehands then rushed out and jumped on the cat. Wynn believes Montecore was confused and reacted by trying to carry Roy off the stage to safety. Wynn says Montecore just leaned over Roy and picked him up like he was a cub. Wynn says it was not a bite or an attack. "There was no damage to Roy's neck, but there were two puncture wounds and one of those teeth went through Roy's vertebral artery and severed it - - the one behind his neck -- that's what caused the stroke and massive bleeding putting him in a near-death situation." Wynn says Montecore walked off the stage as if he were finishing his routine and even attempts to go back into his cage carrying Roy. Stagehands backstage used a technique that made Montecore release Roy. That technique reportedly involved spraying the tiger with a fire extinguisher. Roy was then rushed to UMC. Roy of Siegfried and Roy critical after mauling Saturday, October 4, 2003 Posted: 6:20 PM EDT (2220 GMT) A white tiger attacks Roy Horn of 'Siegfried & Roy' during a Las Vegas show. It is not the first time one of the rare animals has attacked. Louis Dorfman, an animal behaviorist, says he suffered brain and spinal chord injuries when one of the captive tigers lunged at him back in 1985 while visiting the estate owned by Siegfried and Roy. They are the kind of attacks wild animal experts always fear. "All these cats have good and bad days, they have no inhibitions," Dorfman says. Dorfman is confident enough even to sleep with tigers. But trust he says, can only go so far. "With a wild animal, it's never tamed, it's never trained, it's never domesticated," he says. Attacks like these have made the news time and time again - a grim chronicle of what animal rights groups argue is only natural behavior. Just this past weekend, a Bengal tiger that was kept as a pet in a small Harlem apartment was hauled away over the weekend for attacking his owner. "These tigers are killers. Even though they are gentle creatures they have the emotions we have, they'll kill you," says James Galbreath of the International Exotic Feline Sanctuary. Galbreath runs a sanctuary for exotic pets who have worn out their welcome, and says there are now more big cats in captivity than there are in the wild. Tonight, the fascination with those who appear able to tame the wild has turned to grief. It's the kind of gamble even Las Vegas isn't used to seeing lost. Here's HOWE COME: "Despite Skinner's clear denunciation of "negative reinforcement" (1958) NEARLY EVER LEARNING THEORY model involves the USE OF PUNISHMENT. Of curse, Skinner has never to my knowledge, demonstrated HOWE we escape the phenomenon that an expected reward not received is experienced as a punishment and can produce extensive and persistent aggression (Azrin et al, 1966)." "The IMBECILITY of some of the claims for operant technique simply take the breath away. Lovas et al (1966) report a standard contingent reward/punishment procedure developing imitative speech in two severly disturbed non verbal schizophrenic boys. After twenty- six days the boys are reported to have been learning new words with alacrity. HOWEver, when REWARDS were moved to a delayed contingency the behavior and learning immediately deteriorated." Sam Corson, Pavlov's Last Student Demonstrated At UofOH, That Rehabilitation Of Hyperactive Dogs Can Easily And Readily Be Done Using TLC. Tender Loving Care Is At The Root Of The Scientific Management Of Doggys. {) ; ~ ) "...all the highest nervous activity, as it manifests itself in the conditional reflex, consists of a continual change of these three fundamental processes -- excitation, inhibition and disinhibition," Ivan P. Pavlov "Postitive emotions arising in connection with the perfection of a skill, irrespective of its pragmatic significance at a given moment, serve as the reinforcement. IOW, emotions, not outside rewards, are what reinforces any behavior," Ivan Pavlov. "All animals learn best through play." -- Konrad Lorenz "It is NO WONDER that the marked changes in deviant behavior of children can be achieved through brief, simple educative routines with their mothers which modify the mother's social behaviors shaping the child (Whaler, 1966). Some clinics have reported ELIMINATION ofthe need for child THERAPY through changing the clinical emphasis from clinical to parental HANDLING of the child (Szrynski 1965). A large number of cases improved sufficiently after preliminary contact with parents that NO treatment of children was required, and almost ALL cases SHOWE a remarkably shortened period for therapy. Quite severe cases of anorexia nervosa have been treated in own to five months by simply REPLACING the parents temporarily with EFFUSIVELY LOVING SUBSTITUTES (Groen, 1966)." The Methods, Principles And Philosophy Of Behavior Never Change, Or They'd Not Be Scientific And Could Not Obtain Consistent, Reliable, Fast, Effective, Safe Results For All Handler's And All Critters, And ALL Behaviors In ALL FIELDS And ALL UTILITIES, ALL OVER The Whole Wild World, NEARLY INSTANTLY, As Taught In Your FREE Copy Of The Sincerely Incredibly Freakin Insanely Simply Amazing GRAND Puppy, Child, Pussy, Birdy And Horsey Wizard's 100% CONSISTENTLY NEARLY INSTANTLY SUCCESSFUL FREE WWW Wits'End Dog, Child, Kat And Horse Training Method Manual {} ; ~ ) LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- A 7-year-old white tiger attacked Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy during a Friday night performance on the Las Vegas strip -- the magician and trainer's 59th birthday. The tiger lunged at Horn's neck about half-way through the show, and dragged him off stage, audience members said. "He looked like a rag doll in his mouth," said Kirk Baser, from Pennsylvania. Emergency officials arrived at the MGM Mirage Hotel-Casino around 8:20 p.m. and treated Horn for massive blood loss before he was rushed to University Medical Center for emergency surgery. Horn was talking at the time emergency workers arrived, but had trouble breathing, Clark County Fire spokesman Bob Leinbach said. Horn, the darker-haired member of Siegfried & Roy, was born in Nordenham, Germany on October 3, 1944. Combining magic with tiger stunts, the flamboyant duo has performed on the Las Vegas strip for nearly 30 years. Tiger in quarantine The tiger that attacked Horn is currently in quarantine and no one else was injured in the attack, according to MGM Mirage spokesman Alan Feldman. Comedian Penn Jillette of the duo Penn & Teller visited the hospital Saturday afternoon to show support for his long-time friends and find out more about Horn's condition, he said. "It's really not good," Jillette told reporters. "I mean, when I talked to Siegfried last night, he said, you know, it was going to be OK. You have no idea what that means. It means a friend that he's loved dearly and worked with for 28 years -- his heart's still beating, and there's still hope." Jillette said Horn had always worked well with the big cats on stage. "Every living thing goes crazy. Every species," he said. "And there's nothing -- no fingers to point. There's nothing. It's just a really bad thing happening to a really important, wonderful, very, very strong guy. I mean his strength is breathtaking." That's a DECEPTION. Don't believe a magician. HERE'S HOWE COME: "Despite Skinner's clear denunciation of "negative reinforcement" (1958) NEARLY EVER LEARNING THEORY model involves the USE OF PUNISHMENT. Of curse, Skinner has never to my knowledge, demonstrated HOWE we escape the phenomenon that an expected reward not received is experienced as a punishment and can produce extensive and persistent aggression (Azrin et al, 1966)." "The IMBECILITY of some of the claims for operant technique simply take the breath away. Lovas et al (1966) report a standard contingent reward/punishment procedure developing imitative speech in two severly disturbed non verbal schizophrenic boys. After twenty- six days the boys are reported to have been learning new words with alacrity. HOWEver, when REWARDS were moved to a delayed contingency the behavior and learning immediately deteriorated." Sam Corson, Pavlov's Last Student Demonstrated At UofOH, That Rehabilitation Of Hyperactive Dogs Can Easily And Readily Be Done Using TLC. Tender Loving Care Is At The Root Of The Scientific Management Of Doggys. {) ; ~ ) "...all the highest nervous activity, as it manifests itself in the conditional reflex, consists of a continual change of these three fundamental processes -- excitation, inhibition and disinhibition," Ivan P. Pavlov "Postitive emotions arising in connection with the perfection of a skill, irrespective of its pragmatic significance at a given moment, serve as the reinforcement. IOW, emotions, not outside rewards, are what reinforces any behavior," Ivan Pavlov. "All animals learn best through play." -- Konrad Lorenz "It is NO WONDER that the marked changes in deviant behavior of children can be achieved through brief, simple educative routines with their mothers which modify the mother's social behaviors shaping the child (Whaler, 1966). Some clinics have reported ELIMINATION ofthe need for child THERAPY through changing the clinical emphasis from clinical to parental HANDLING of the child (Szrynski 1965). A large number of cases improved sufficiently after preliminary contact with parents that NO treatment of children was required, and almost ALL cases SHOWE a remarkably shortened period for therapy. Quite severe cases of anorexia nervosa have been treated in own to five months by simply REPLACING the parents temporarily with EFFUSIVELY LOVING SUBSTITUTES (Groen, 1966)." The Methods, Principles And Philosophy Of Behavior Never Change, Or They'd Not Be Scientific And Could Not Obtain Consistent, Reliable, Fast, Effective, Safe Results For All Handler's And All Critters, And ALL Behaviors In ALL FIELDS And ALL UTILITIES, ALL OVER The Whole Wild World, NEARLY INSTANTLY, As Taught In Your FREE Copy Of The Sincerely Incredibly Freakin Insanely Simply Amazing GRAND Puppy, Child, Pussy, Birdy And Horsey Wizard's 100% CONSISTENTLY NEARLY INSTANTLY SUCCESSFUL FREE WWW Wits'End Dog, Child, Kat And Horse Training Method Manual {} ; ~ ) Audience members shocked Audience members were shocked to realize the attack was not part of an illusion or magic trick. Amy Sherman, who was sitting in the front row with her mother about 10 yards away from the stage, said the attack happened right after Horn introduced the tiger. "Right after that, the tiger kind of turned its head and bit him on the arm," Sherman said. "Roy started taking a microphone and started whapping the tiger on the head." The tiger, who was on a short leash, then dragged Horn to the ground and they struggled before the tiger dragged him behind a curtain by his neck, she said. Trainers on stage rushed to aid Horn, trying to subdue the tiger. "We just heard all this commotion behind the curtain and you could hear Roy scream," Sherman said. "Everyone at our table was kind of looking at each other, like 'Oh my God,'" she said. After about a minute, which Sherman's mother said seemed like forever, Siegfried appeared on stage. "You could tell he was really shook up, and he just said, 'I'm sorry but the show is over, and you know, the show has been canceled'" HERE'S HOWE COME: "Despite Skinner's clear denunciation of "negative reinforcement" (1958) NEARLY EVER LEARNING THEORY model involves the USE OF PUNISHMENT. Of curse, Skinner has never to my knowledge, demonstrated HOWE we escape the phenomenon that an expected reward not received is experienced as a punishment and can produce extensive and persistent aggression (Azrin et al, 1966)." "The IMBECILITY of some of the claims for operant technique simply take the breath away. Lovas et al (1966) report a standard contingent reward/punishment procedure developing imitative speech in two severly disturbed non verbal schizophrenic boys. After twenty- six days the boys are reported to have been learning new words with alacrity. HOWEver, when REWARDS were moved to a delayed contingency the behavior and learning immediately deteriorated." Sam Corson, Pavlov's Last Student Demonstrated At UofOH, That Rehabilitation Of Hyperactive Dogs Can Easily And Readily Be Done Using TLC. Tender Loving Care Is At The Root Of The Scientific Management Of Doggys. {) ; ~ ) "...all the highest nervous activity, as it manifests itself in the conditional reflex, consists of a continual change of these three fundamental processes -- excitation, inhibition and disinhibition," Ivan P. Pavlov "Postitive emotions arising in connection with the perfection of a skill, irrespective of its pragmatic significance at a given moment, serve as the reinforcement. IOW, emotions, not outside rewards, are what reinforces any behavior," Ivan Pavlov. "All animals learn best through play." -- Konrad Lorenz "It is NO WONDER that the marked changes in deviant behavior of children can be achieved through brief, simple educative routines with their mothers which modify the mother's social behaviors shaping the child (Whaler, 1966). Some clinics have reported ELIMINATION ofthe need for child THERAPY through changing the clinical emphasis from clinical to parental HANDLING of the child (Szrynski 1965). A large number of cases improved sufficiently after preliminary contact with parents that NO treatment of children was required, and almost ALL cases SHOWE a remarkably shortened period for therapy. Quite severe cases of anorexia nervosa have been treated in own to five months by simply REPLACING the parents temporarily with EFFUSIVELY LOVING SUBSTITUTES (Groen, 1966)." The Methods, Principles And Philosophy Of Behavior Never Change, Or They'd Not Be Scientific And Could Not Obtain Consistent, Reliable, Fast, Effective, Safe Results For All Handler's And All Critters, And ALL Behaviors In ALL FIELDS And ALL UTILITIES, ALL OVER The Whole Wild World, NEARLY INSTANTLY, As Taught In Your FREE Copy Of The Sincerely Incredibly Freakin Insanely Simply Amazing GRAND Puppy, Child, Pussy, Birdy And Horsey Wizard's 100% CONSISTENTLY NEARLY INSTANTLY SUCCESSFUL FREE WWW Wits'End Dog, Child, Kat And Horse Training Method Manual {} ; ~ ) Blowing Magick Smoke Up Hower Arses: Gary Waddell, Anchor Steve Wynn Gives Exclusive Interview (Oct. 8) -- Casino mogul Steve Wynn is one of the people who best knows Siegfried and Roy. He is one of the duos closest friends. He hired the illusionists when he built The Mirage in 1990. He even built a special theater just for their show. Wynn gave an exclusive interview to Eyewitness News Anchor, Gary Waddell on Wednesday. He explained, "What happened Friday night was a fluke, something that never should have occurred. And something that no one could have foreseen." He continued to say, "That even as Roy was being carried off stage by the tiger, he was saying he didn't want anything to happen to the cat." Even though Wynn was in Idaho on Friday night when the incident happened, he was one of the first people called. He flew home Saturday morning and went straight to the hospital to visit Roy. He then began the task of trying to figure out what went wrong. Wynn said he is certain that Montecore did not attack Roy Horn. He refers to attack reports as being false. Instead, he says it was a string of unfortunate events that led to the tiger carrying Roy off the stage. He described it as being similar to how a tiger would carry a cub. "Montecore would never attack Roy. In a way, the tiger was trying to protect him," Wynn said. Wynn says he spoke to many people who were on the scene and pieced together the following set of circumstances that preceded Roy being injured. "As Roy was leading Montecore out to stage front on a leash, the cat became fascinated and distracted by woman with a big hairdo in the front row." Wynn says instead of Montecore following Roy through his usual routine, the cat became fascinated with a woman in the audience that had a big hairdo. "For whatever reason, Montecore was fascinated and distracted by the guest sitting ringside." "Montecore got down on all fours and put his 26-inch head four inches away from of the woman. She thinks this is adorable and part of the show and reaches out to try and rub him under his chin. Roy is talking and sees this move. That's way wrong all the way around. As usual, the heroic fellow that he is, Roy jumps between the woman and the tiger." Wynn says at that point, Roy tried to get the tiger's attention by pulling back on the leash and saying, "No, no, no, no. Come on, get up". Wynn adds that Montecore resisted, as if to say, "No, I'm not ready yet." Roy continued to command him to get up. "The tiger gently reached up and grabbed Roy's right arm with his jaws between Roy's elbow and wrist in a very gentle way," Wynn said, pointing out that Roy did not receive a scratch on his arm, nor was his costume torn. "That's how gentle Montecore's grip was on Roy." "Roy loudly commanded the cat to release its grip by saying, "No, no, no, no. Release, release," several times. He had to whack him with the rubber microphone several times to try and get the tiger to release the grip. This didn't hurt the tiger, but it did make a loud noise." "Roy continued to pull on Montecore's leash not realizing that one of the cat's paws was behind his leg." According to Wynn, Roy tripped over the paw and fell backward on the stage and was lying on his back. He said that four stagehands then rushed out and jumped on the cat. Wynn believes Montecore was confused and reacted by trying to carry Roy off the stage to safety. Wynn says Montecore just leaned over Roy and picked him up like he was a cub. Wynn says it was not a bite or an attack. "There was no damage to Roy's neck, but there were two puncture wounds and one of those teeth went through Roy's vertebral artery and severed it - - the one behind his neck -- that's what caused the stroke and massive bleeding putting him in a near-death situation." Wynn says Montecore walked off the stage as if he were finishing his routine and even attempts to go back into his cage carrying Roy. Stagehands backstage used a technique that made Montecore release Roy. That technique reportedly involved spraying the tiger with a fire extinguisher. Roy was then rushed to UMC. Wynn underscores that Montecore was acting to protect Roy. He explained that during a lethal attack, a predator's instinct is to violently grab its prey by the neck, vigorously shaking its head and snapping the neck of its prey. He says this is not what happened. While Gary Waddell was with Steve Wynn today, he got a call from Bernie Yuman, Siegfried and Roy's manager. Yuman said that they had just brought Roy's dog to visit him in the hospital and that Roy had responded by petting the dog. Wynn also says he's been told that they are starting to wean Roy off the life support systems in order to let his body function on its own. If that's successful, that will be a very big step in Roy's recovery. --------------- Animals In Print The On-Line Newsletter From 7 October 2003 Issue Tiger attack: "Seigfried & Roy" show Editors Note; I am sure all of you are aware of the tiger attack that occurred during "Seigfried & Roy" show . For those of you that may be surprised please read the realities of wild animals being used as commodities in various circuses and shows. These animals are miserable and perform out of fear. The attack was not a surprise to me and it is fortunate that innocent people sitting in the audience were not injured. ***ANIMALS DO NOT ATTACK FOR NO REASON*** The following is a comment by a person unaware of the brutality required to train wild tigers: Quote"[Roy is] a great animal lover and believes he is helping the species." Following is Adela, telling like it is--again--her response sums it up folks! Adela quote: "WHAT??????? helping the species by keeping them in captivity and FORCING them to do anti-natural acts, and using force and sadism on them??? Animals are not actors who, like humans, want to act. For them this is a miserable existence of physical pain AND spiritual humiliation which they (and we) don't understand why they deserve it! The person who felt SO sorry for this filthy trainer, should read the book "The Circus Kings", by Henry North Ringling, the early founder of The Ringling Bros. Among other things he writes: "It is not usually a pretty sight to see the big cats trained. When the trainer starts off, the animals are all chained to their pedestals, and ropes are put around their necks to choke them down and make them obey. All sorts of other brutalities are used to force the animals to respect the trainer and learn their tricks. The animals work from fear." Gary Yourofsky adds: "It is impossible to use positive reinforcement with purely wild animals like elephants, lions, bears and tigers. Violence is THE only way to make wild animals perform unnatural tricks. Training sessions are comprised of beatings in order to establish superiority. Blackjacks, hooks, iron bars, whips and sticks are used to beat the pride out of the animals. That's why all circus trainers carry weapons around with them like elephant hooks, which are pick-axe- like devices and whips for the lions, bears and tigers." Again, if I had been the tiger...I would've torn off piece by piece of him. I wish I found a potion to give to all animals in captivity which will make them attack MERCILESSLY their trainers, traders, dealers; in sum, all the responsible jerks for their slavery! And, when they killed me (yep they do, as they always blame the animals) I'd feel they've done me a favor as I have nothing to lose except a hellish existence of slavery! For someone in the animal rights movement to feel sorry for the self-appointed MASTER of animals....is very strange... Adela" NOT IF YOU KNOW HOWE: The Methods, Principles And Philosophy Of Behavior Never Change, Or They'd Not Be Scientific And Could Not Obtain Consistent, Reliable, Fast, Effective, Safe Results For All Handler's And All Critters, And ALL Behaviors In ALL FIELDS And ALL UTILITIES, ALL OVER The Whole Wild World, NEARLY INSTANTLY, As Taught In Your FREE Copy Of The Sincerely Incredibly Freakin Insanely Simply Amazing GRAND Puppy, Child, Pussy, Birdy And Horsey Wizard's 100% CONSISTENTLY NEARLY INSTANTLY SUCCESSFUL FREE WWW Wits'End Dog, Child, Kat And Horse Training Method Manual {} ; ~ ) "Despite Skinner's clear denunciation of "negative reinforcement" (1958) NEARLY EVER LEARNING THEORY model involves the USE OF PUNISHMENT. Of curse, Skinner has never to my knowledge, demonstrated HOWE we escape the phenomenon that an expected reward not received is experienced as a punishment and can produce extensive and persistent aggression (Azrin et al, 1966)." "The IMBECILITY of some of the claims for operant technique simply take the breath away. Lovas et al (1966) report a standard contingent reward/punishment procedure developing imitative speech in two severly disturbed non verbal schizophrenic boys. After twenty- six days the boys are reported to have been learning new words with alacrity. HOWEver, when REWARDS were moved to a delayed contingency the behavior and learning immediately deteriorated." Sam Corson, Pavlov's Last Student Demonstrated At UofOH, That Rehabilitation Of Hyperactive Dogs Can Easily And Readily Be Done Using TLC. Tender Loving Care Is At The Root Of The Scientific Management Of Doggys. {) ; ~ ) "...all the highest nervous activity, as it manifests itself in the conditional reflex, consists of a continual change of these three fundamental processes -- excitation, inhibition and disinhibition," Ivan P. Pavlov "Postitive emotions arising in connection with the perfection of a skill, irrespective of its pragmatic significance at a given moment, serve as the reinforcement. IOW, emotions, not outside rewards, are what reinforces any behavior," Ivan Pavlov. "All animals learn best through play." -- Konrad Lorenz "It is NO WONDER that the marked changes in deviant behavior of children can be achieved through brief, simple educative routines with their mothers which modify the mother's social behaviors shaping the child (Whaler, 1966). Some clinics have reported ELIMINATION ofthe need for child THERAPY through changing the clinical emphasis from clinical to parental HANDLING of the child (Szrynski 1965). A large number of cases improved sufficiently after preliminary contact with parents that NO treatment of children was required, and almost ALL cases SHOWE a remarkably shortened period for therapy. Quite severe cases of anorexia nervosa have been treated in own to five months by simply REPLACING the parents temporarily with EFFUSIVELY LOVING SUBSTITUTES (Groen, 1966)." |
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