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January 14th, 2012
03:56 PM ET

'Doctor's Orders': RX for humor

Watch the premiere of HLN's Dr. Drew's new segment 'Doctor's Orders' with special guest, comedian Jeff Ross.

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Filed under: Dr. Drew
January 14th, 2012
03:33 PM ET

'Scream rooms' outrage parents

After much debate amongst parents and school officials, an elementary school in Connecticut that put students in so-called "scream rooms" for timeouts will no longer use the rooms for some students.

The “scream rooms” at Farm Hill Elementary School in Middletown, Conn., are described as small, windowless spaces where special needs students are reportedly sent to calm down.

However, irate parents argue the rooms are more like solitary confinement and that the screaming that the children in school are hearing is not only distracting, but disturbing and maybe even traumatizing.

On Dr. Drew Friday night, Joseph Haraszti Ph.D., a psychiatrist who specializes in treating children, said the rooms will have a tremendous negative impact on the students who hear the alleged screams.

"They feel helpless," he said. "They feel angry. They feel anxious. It provokes a stress response if they hear this day-in and day-out … what needs to be done is some type of a behavioral assessment of the children to try to identify what are kind of behaviors that trigger the inappropriate response.”

Pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp added, “I think it`s crazy that you lock kids in a room by themselves. You know, there are other ways to taken care of kids who have emotional problems or disruptive behaviors … you have to have strategies. Kids are going to be disruptive ... you have to have a strategy that`s acceptable. It`s not acceptable to have a strategy where you lock a kid in a closet because they`re misbehaving."

So after several complaints, officials now say that the rooms will only be used for children in Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), WFSB-TV reporter Jill Konopka explained to Dr. Drew. Those disruptive students will be placed into a new suite area in the school where officials say walls will be padded and have paned glass so behaviors can be observed from outside the room.

Hear more of the debate in the video clip above.

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Filed under: Controversy
January 14th, 2012
03:01 PM ET

Pastor promotes marital sex on roof?

Pastor Ed Young and his wife spend 24 hours in bed on top of a church to promote healthier marital sex.


Filed under: Sex