FDA Considers Banning Skin Shock Treatment at JRC

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration weighing the optoin of banning “skin shock” devices at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, according to a Boston.com report Monday.

The school is currently the only location in the country to use such devices as a form of treatment as “aversive conditioning for aggressive students,” Boston.com reported, and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told The Associated Press that the use of the treatment has raised questions.

Earlier this year, an official indicated that the JRC may not have been reporting device malfunctions that resulted in students being randomly shocked.

In April, State Sen. Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) applauded a recommendation by the FDA’s Neurological Devices Panel that using the shock devices be stopped.

For the full report, head over to Boston.com >>