JP to Bradbrook Lawyers 10 Dec 2015.pdf

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Julie

Phillips

Disability

Advocate

10

December

2015

Ms

Jodie

Bradbrook

Bradbrook

Lawyers

Level

1

81-89

Hutt

Street

Adelaide

SA

5000

By

e-lnail

:

[email protected]

*

Dear

Ms

Bradbrook

I

refer

to

AEIOU's

legal

threats

contained

within

your

letter

dated

3

December

2015.

lf

AEIOU

wish

to issue

more

threats

in

the

future,

please

do

so

to

the

correct

'address.

ln

relation

to

my

claim

that

AEIOU

is another profit

making

autism

org

with

inexpert

staff

and

brutal

methods ,l

would appreciate

it

it

iou

pointediut

which

part

of

the

sentOnce you

believe

to

be

untrue.

As

you

are

aware,

a

defence

to

defamation

is

the

truthfulness

of

the

statement.

I

think

with

the tenq

of

thousands

of

dollars

that

AEIoU

chargg,

it

cannot

be

suggesting

they

are

nola profit

making

autism

org,,.

lf

AEIO_U

is

suggesting

that

they

do

not

have

inexpert

staff'

l

think

they

will

have

gJeat

difficulty

in

defending

that

claim.

I

do not

expect

you

to

hold

expertise

in

disability

matters

so

perhaps

you

should

obtain

advice.

clearly,

theirspeech

pathology

staff

are

jnexpert

as

there

is

no

evidence

of

any

formal

language

plan

il

Ty

clients'files.

There is

no

evidence

of any

format

pr-cs

progrr,ri,

oJspite

a

claim

of

such.

Holding

the

manufacturers

instructional

manuai

an-O

Oelng

familiar

with

the

requirement

for

certification

and

minimum

standards,

I

can assJre you

there

is

no

expertise

evident

around

this

ln

terms

of

behaviour

tnerl'py

and

'evidence-based,,

methods,

one

can

only

.q

assume

AEIOU

is

referring

to

Applied

Behaviour

Analysis,

the

only

established

PO

Box

412,

Fairfield

VIC

3078

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Email:

[email protected]

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evidence-based

intervention

for

Autism

Spectrum

Disorder.

I am

afraid

there is

no evidence

of

any

formal

ABA

program

in

my

clients'

files.

ln terms

of occupational therapy, the fact

that

AEIOU were so concerned

about

reports

of

bruising

that they

decided

to send

their Senior

Occupational Therapist

in

Queensland

to

Adelaide

for

retraining

of

the

occupational therapist

there,

I am

led

to

believe

that

my

claims

of

a

lack

of

expertise in

this

area

were

also

shared

by

AEIOU.

The

lack

of

expertise

at

AEIOU

by

no means

stops

at

junior

staff or

paid

staff.

Mr

Peter

Kelly

who

holds

the important

position

of

Director

would

be

expected

to

tt

have

the expertise

not

to lie

to the

Australian

public

on radio,

where his

interview

is

recorded

and

accessible

into

the future.

A

company

director with

sufficient

expertise

would

recognise

the

stupidity

and recklessness

of

announcing

that

my

clients'

children

were still

at

AEIOU

in September,

when one

of

them

had left

at

the

end

of

June and

the other

on 7

August. To

deliberately

mislead

the

public

on

issues

that

are

so

easily

checked

and

proven

false

not

only suggests

a

lack

of

expertise

in

his role,

but

suggests

he

should

be

reported

to

the

relevant

governance

body. To

claim

that

there

is

only one

complaint

against AEIOU is

also

recklessand

a

lie.

An

experienced

Director,

if

they had

not

deliberately

lied,

would

have

issued

a

retraction

by

now

and apologised

to

the

parents

he

attempted

to

denigrate.

lf

I

have

missed such

a

retraction

and apology,

I

would

'be

happy

for

you

to

forward

it on.

As

for

CEO

Alan

Smith,

a

CEO

well

versed

in

such a

position

would

never have

written

in

a

letter

dated

25

August

2015

that there

are

no

formal

records

of

notification

of

bruising

when

there

is

a

formalwritten

record

of

notification

of

bruising

dated

13

February

2015

in

the

form

of an

e-mail.

A

CEO

well

versed

in

such

a

position

would

never

have

agreed

to

the PR

approach

adopted by

AEIOU

in

the

last

week,

wlilch

has

concentrated

on

denigrating

parents

of

children

with

disabilities

and

not

demonstrating

the

slightest

concern

for the welfare

of children

who

may

have

been

hurt

and

distressed

at

the

centre.

Nor

would

an

experienced

CEO instruct

you

to

write

and

threaten

me

over

a tweet.

Noeiferienced

CEO

would

allow

their Facebook

moderator

to

simply

remove all

of the

comments

that

challenged

AEIOU.

Surely

he

would

realise

thai

such

naked

censorship would only reflect

poorly on

the

organisation.

Apparently

not.

Surely it

would

be

obvious

by

a

quick

search

that

it

would

be

likely

that

I would

,

simply

publicise

the legalthreat

I

received

from

your

client,

which

helps

the

reputation

of

AEIOU

everfless.

The

perfoimance

management

and

consequent

termination

of

whisfleblowers

is

so

transparently

disingenuous

that

no

experienced

CEO

would take

that

course

of action

in

preference

to

direcily

addressing

the

problems

raised

by the

whistleblower.

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'#s'



It

is

clear that

there

is

a

lack

of

expertise

at all

staff

levels

of

AEloU.

This

leaves

the last part of

my

allegation of brutal methods .

I

sincerely

believe

that AEIoU

methods

are

brutal

both

psychologically

and

physically.

Any legal

action

against

me

would

require

the

following:

o

production

of the

AEIOU

behaviour

plans

and

records demonstrating:

o

frequent

physical

force

used

on

children

o

psychological

signs

of

distress and trauma

.

eyewitness testimonies

to

physical

manhandling

.

subpoenaing

of

records

from

the

Child

Abuse

Reporting

Line

(.

Child Protective

Services

records

.

production

of the record

of

interview

of

one

of

the

children

o

ffiedical

records

for

both

children

showing

their

psychological

deterioration

at

AEIOU and

bruising

o

testimony

of former

staff

(plural)

While

we

are'talking

about

legal

action, it

may

be

of assistance

to

AEIOU,

given

the

lack

of

expertise

at

senior

levels,

to

remind

them about

their

obligations under

the

Consumet and

Competition

Act

2010.

Very

unwise

to claim

a

reduction

in

autism

symptoms

on

their

website.

Therefore

if

you

could

clarify

exactly

what

you

are

alleging I said is

urttrue,

I

would

be

grateful.

cc.

Lee

Holdsworth

AEIOU

Ambassador

lan

Skippen

\

AEIOU Ambassador

Corey

Parker

AEIOU

Ambassador

Tim

Sharp

AEIOU

Ambassado?l

Thomas

Fraser-Holmes

AEIOU

Ambassador

Alex

Perry

AEIOU

Ambassador

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JP to Bradbrook Lawyers 10 Dec 2015.pdf