Interviews with former facilitators

To date, facilitators who have tried and abandoned FC/S2C/RPM for a variety of reasons have been reticent to speak publicly about their experiences. The pioneers were the facilitators from the O.D. Heck Center in New York who were among the first in the United States to participate in reliably controlled tests for authorship. They were devastated to learn that about a fatal flaw in FC: facilitator cueing and control over letter selection. But, despite their personal devastation, they decided to speak out against the dangers of using FC and have served as a role model for facilitators that followed. Their experiences with FC are documented in the 1993 film Prisoners of Silence.

Since the 1990s, Janyce Boynton has been among the few former facilitators to publicly speak out against the use of FC/S2C/RPM.. She credits the O.D. Heck facilitators for leading the way and says, “I can understand the appeal of FC/S2C/RPM and why so many people fall for the illusion. But, it’s what people do when they’re given access to the evidence against these techniques that matter. Do they participate in reliably controlled testing or stop using the technique? Or do they ignore or downplay the evidence. Whose interests are they protecting?” See “Groundhog Day” FC Style: A perspective from a former facilitator” for Boynton’s current thoughts on FC/S2C/RPM.

We’ve listed some of the interviews Boynton has given on this page, but hope to add other former facilitators’ stories to this page as well.