2,712 Comments for Fuller State School and Hospital

Don't laugh,my mom had one of those in the TV room

Lynne,

I just wanted to thank you for your posts! Maybe some of the people that think padded rooms were used as cruel and unusual punishment will finally realize that that is, in fact, not the case at all! I just visited my friends dad (he's a teacher in an elementary school) and he was telling me about a boy that would become so violent with other students, teachers, and himself that they decided to put a padded room into the school for his safety. I was at the school so he showed me the room and he was explaining how the boy would start beating his head against the walls before they had the room padded and he said that he knew he needed to take action to be sure this boy would be safe in school, even if it was to be safe from himself. I just say, "Thank goodness!" for people like him because ever since they put in that room, it takes the boy much less time to cool down than it did previously. So, that room with the help of the psychiatrist the school brought in has helped that boy so much and that is HUGE! It has, I'm sure, changed the course this boys life will take because of the way people cared for him. And I think that that is what counts the most!

I sew, that dress would be EASY to make. I would make one that looked like it if I wanted one like it before I would wear THAT stinky spooky thing! LOL
(Plus my hem would look better)

RE: Padded rooms
This place was only closed in 2000.
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DRUGS

This picture is really really depressing

This picture really is disturbing

It's really sad

I'd seriously take that dress if I was there. xP

I want that dress too!!!

Ah, bless you, Kate!

A lot of times shower rooms and baths need to be accessible for kids who never learned how to bathe correctly. Many of my kids were so severely abused that they have no idea how to care for themselves and staff need to show them how to shower and do basic hygiene. Unfortunately there are many times when we need to invade their privacy in order to teach them what they weren't able to learn from their parents. And Lynne makes a great point about those with suicidal tendencies. I have a 13 year old headbanger/cutter who could probably find 80 different ways to hurt himself if left unattended in the shower. Ways that you or I would never even dream of! Sometimes I think a kid desperate enough could kill himself with a tube of toothpaste- and I'm not saying that with even a hint of joking. I guess you have to imagine a small trade- a little bit of dignity for a lot of safety.

The good thing about Red Bull is that it tastes like crap, and most people leave them alone in the refridge. At $2 each you hope nobody swipes one.

I think I'm the only person on earth that has not so much as tried any of the "energy drinks" on the market. Seen what happend with people mixing them with alcohol one too many times in a previous profession. I'll stick to my French Roast with too much sugar, thanks. ;-)

Too bad Red Bull tastes like crap, because it does work, doesn't it? I used to drink it when I worked early mornings, but I gave it up.