Sidwell Sex Scandal

[Anonymous]

I hardly think Gansler is among the most prominent alumni from Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hardly think Gansler is among the most prominent alumni from Sidwell.

Really? He is listed among the list of "notable alumni" and that list includes a lot of people I've never heard of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidwell_Friends_School

[Anonymous]

"Notable alumni?" That is a joke. Sidwell is a great school but it is not much more than a school for politicans and the DC insider crowd to send their children. If you want a real school, with real "notable alumni," please see St. Albans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Notable alumni?" That is a joke. Sidwell is a great school but it is not much more than a school for politicans and the DC insider crowd to send their children. If you want a real school, with real "notable alumni," please see St. Albans.

Dear STA student/alum: Every time I see you post this same sentiment (and I've now now seen you do it far too many times), my respect for STA diminishes. Your school is a good one, so please don't cheapen its reputation with such potshots. You're not doing your school any favors.

[Anonymous]

Why won't this thread end???

[Anonymous]

LOL, citing Wikipedia for anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Gansler stories are another black eye for Sidwell. Having the judgment of one of your most prominent alum called into question by every major news organization in the country is never good, but in the wake of the Newmyer and Pete Peterson cases, it seems time for some serious silent Quaker reflection.

So what ? Ted Cruz graduated from Princeton and the Unibomber is a Harvard alum. I don't think those schools lose too much sleep over that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Gansler stories are another black eye for Sidwell. Having the judgment of one of your most prominent alum called into question by every major news organization in the country is never good, but in the wake of the Newmyer and Pete Peterson cases, it seems time for some serious silent Quaker reflection.

So what ? Ted Cruz graduated from Princeton and the Unibomber is a Harvard alum. I don't think those schools lose too much sleep over that.

I didn't realize the unibomber was a Harvard alum, although Amy Bishop came to mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Gansler stories are another black eye for Sidwell. Having the judgment of one of your most prominent alum called into question by every major news organization in the country is never good, but in the wake of the Newmyer and Pete Peterson cases, it seems time for some serious silent Quaker reflection.

He went to talk to his son who was attending a party at someone else's home where there was underage drinking. He didn't break up the party. A judgment call good or bad, but it is not at all on parr with Newmyer who used his position for sex or Peterson who was a pedophile.

So take your own advice and reflect (try not to be an ass while you're at it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Gansler stories are another black eye for Sidwell. Having the judgment of one of your most prominent alum called into question by every major news organization in the country is never good, but in the wake of the Newmyer and Pete Peterson cases, it seems time for some serious silent Quaker reflection.

So what ? Ted Cruz graduated from Princeton and the Unibomber is a Harvard alum. I don't think those schools lose too much sleep over that.

Only in the bubble. Ted Cruz compared to the Unibomber. Jeez, if you haven't noticed It turned out Sen. Cruz was right about Obamacare

[Anonymous]

Cruz was not right about ACA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This case is not a matter of two consensual adults. It is not a matter of a lack of professionalism. Nor is it simply the matter of a husband scorned.

Rather, based on the facts reported in the news and this document (http://www.scribd.com/doc/55276950/Sidwell-Lawsuit), Dr. Huntington seems to have violated many aspects of the APA ethics code which ALL psychologists must strive to uphold. This is equivalent to medical doctors violating their Hippocratic Oath or the medical ethics code. It is astounding that Sidwell Friends allowed this unethical behavior to continue and looked the other way at the risk of the well-being of other students who may have been treated by Dr Huntington, who engaged in a sexual relationship with the client's mother at the risk of competently performing his job, and exploiting and harming the client. This is equivalent to looking away if a medical doctor was exploiting and harming a client. In line with their stated goals and values, Sidwell Friends had a duty to consult another psychologist or the APA ethics board to resolve the issue in a manner with the highest integrity and care for the student. In line with the price of tuition parents pay, Sidwell Friends has the highest duty to hire the most top notch child psychologist for their students; individuals with high integrity, high quality training and clinical skill and care for their students. Clearly, they did not.

Violation 1: AVOIDING HARM: Psychologists take reasonable steps to avoid harming
their clients/patients with whom they
work, and to minimize harm where it is foreseeable and unavoidable.

Violation 2: SEXUAL INTIMACIES: Psychologists do not engage in sexual intimacies with
individuals they know to be close relatives, guardians, or significant others of current clients/patients. Psychologists do
not terminate therapy to circumvent this standard.

Violation 3ERSONAL CONFLICTS: Psychologists refrain from taking on a professional
role when personal, scientific, professional, legal, financial, or
other interests or relationships could reasonably be expected
to (1) impair their objectivity, competence, or effectiveness in
performing their functions as psychologists or (2) expose the
person or organization with whom the professional relation-
ship exists to harm or exploitation

Violation 4: MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS:
(a) A multiple relationship occurs when a psycholo-
gist is in a professional role with a person and (1) at the same
time is in another role with the same person...
A psychologist refrains from entering into a multiple
relationship if the multiple relationship could reasonably be
expected to impair the psychologist’s objectivity, compe-
tence, or effectiveness in performing his or her functions as
a psychologist, or otherwise risks exploitation or harm to the
person with whom the professional relationship exists.

Are any of those involved in this scandal still associated with the school?

[Anonymous]

Appeal in progress. Sanctions against Newmyer denied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Appeal in progress. Sanctions against Newmyer denied.

what sanctions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Gansler stories are another black eye for Sidwell. Having the judgment of one of your most prominent alum called into question by every major news organization in the country is never good, but in the wake of the Newmyer and Pete Peterson cases, it seems time for some serious silent Quaker reflection.

He went to talk to his son who was attending a party at someone else's home where there was underage drinking. He didn't break up the party. A judgment call good or bad, but it is not at all on parr with Newmyer who used his position for sex or Peterson who was a pedophile.

So take your own advice and reflect (try not to be an ass while you're at it).

Um, do you mean the psychologist? Newmyer had no position with the school.