The vid does appear damning but I had not watched all 8 hours of what occurred. The litmus would be to see what the kids behavior was prior to his time at the center and then after. Behavior is time-referenced and the court sided with the school, so their techniques and results have to be taken into consideration. There are myriad examples of people whose behavior would certainly warrant EST. I agree that it should be conducted by highly trained, certified professionals and not the average day care worker.
That’s not the whole 8 hours just the news story and a clip but you’ll get the picture. The McDoanlds workers liked their job a little too much.
I’ve done e-collar training in dogs and know one thing, if done right you should no longer need that e-collar. If staff is walking the halls with the remote for the shock device, which they are then they are doing something wrong. The children are not learning to quit the bad behavior only to fear the shock coming from the device. That is not teaching them anything.