Post by Chris Allen on Oct 7, 2010 10:24:59 GMT
To: Gabriel Hudson
RE: The conduct and psychological treatment of Katherine and Christopher Allen.
To whom it may concern,
Over the course of a few weeks, we have taken pains to note the conduct of the twins, Katherine (Kitty) and Christopher (Chris) Allen as part of intake procedure at our facility. I am afraid what we found was far from satisfactory.
Upon arrival the twins were separated, as our facility operates partly in single-sex groups, and as we felt this would be beneficial to their treatment of the twins’ separation anxiety. At this point, they were unable to say a dignified goodbye to one another, and each refused to let go of the other. Eventually both were sedated and taken to their dormitories. Once reawakened, Christopher became increasingly violent, and has to date broken three arms and the nose of a staff member. He was promptly isolated. Katherine became near-comatose, refusing to eat, speak or move. A little after this initial shock, she was found wandering the male wing of the facility, searching (we assume) for her brother. No progress has been made in her speech, and she bit a staffer who insisted she open her mouth. She was also isolated, then returning to her comatose state.
Both twins’ apparent educational difficulties we believe to be feigned. They appear to have very little trouble working out the beats in a bar of music or putting pen to paper, but refuse to transfer these skills to other levels of study. It is unbelievable, in the view of our staff, that two fifteen year olds who have been trusted to shop for their family cannot accomplish simple mathematics without using their fingers. Katherine’s handwriting is also, we feel, put on. She spends much of her spare time writing, we are led to believe, and would this not lead to a decent handwriting style? As such we placed them in age appropriate classes instead of pandering to their supposed problems. The teachers there have reported that both refuse to work, and when a little work can be coaxed from them, it is very poor.
For these reasons we believe they are far better suited to your facility, and are transferring them back to you. We wish you every success.
Yours,
Richard Moorley
Headmaster of Dusty Hill unit for psychiatric and criminal care.
RE: The conduct and psychological treatment of Katherine and Christopher Allen.
To whom it may concern,
Over the course of a few weeks, we have taken pains to note the conduct of the twins, Katherine (Kitty) and Christopher (Chris) Allen as part of intake procedure at our facility. I am afraid what we found was far from satisfactory.
Upon arrival the twins were separated, as our facility operates partly in single-sex groups, and as we felt this would be beneficial to their treatment of the twins’ separation anxiety. At this point, they were unable to say a dignified goodbye to one another, and each refused to let go of the other. Eventually both were sedated and taken to their dormitories. Once reawakened, Christopher became increasingly violent, and has to date broken three arms and the nose of a staff member. He was promptly isolated. Katherine became near-comatose, refusing to eat, speak or move. A little after this initial shock, she was found wandering the male wing of the facility, searching (we assume) for her brother. No progress has been made in her speech, and she bit a staffer who insisted she open her mouth. She was also isolated, then returning to her comatose state.
Both twins’ apparent educational difficulties we believe to be feigned. They appear to have very little trouble working out the beats in a bar of music or putting pen to paper, but refuse to transfer these skills to other levels of study. It is unbelievable, in the view of our staff, that two fifteen year olds who have been trusted to shop for their family cannot accomplish simple mathematics without using their fingers. Katherine’s handwriting is also, we feel, put on. She spends much of her spare time writing, we are led to believe, and would this not lead to a decent handwriting style? As such we placed them in age appropriate classes instead of pandering to their supposed problems. The teachers there have reported that both refuse to work, and when a little work can be coaxed from them, it is very poor.
For these reasons we believe they are far better suited to your facility, and are transferring them back to you. We wish you every success.
Yours,
Richard Moorley
Headmaster of Dusty Hill unit for psychiatric and criminal care.