How not to talk to a child abuse victim.
Teachers who notice possible signs of abuse often wonder how to talk to the student. It can be difficult to get the truth without scaring the abused child back into silence. Despite the requirements of "mandated reporter" laws.
This CEU-credit course lets you engage in an interactive role-playing conversation with a potential child abuse victim. You can try out hundreds of different choices and get objective feedback after each one.
Written with a former Minnesota police detective , this patented course helps you prepare -- legally and emotionally -- for dealing with possible signs of abuse in your students.
Note: Probably full of subliminal messages and hypnotic brainwashing waves... (play twilight zone music...
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Few Women in Abuse Shelters are True Victims of Violence
Few Women in Abuse Shelters are True Victims of Violence
Lachrymose tales of battered women abound when representatives of abuse shelters come calling, hat in hand, for taxpayer money. But what is the truth of the matter — are abuse shelters really brimming with hapless victims trying to break free of the cycle of violence?
The answer to that question is a surprising “No.” In the great majority of cases, women at abuse shelters have suffered no physical injury or harm.
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Somehow these reports don’t mesh with the abuse industry’s well-cultivated image of legions of bruised, beaten, and bloodied souls tending to their wounds.
Note: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!!!!
Lachrymose tales of battered women abound when representatives of abuse shelters come calling, hat in hand, for taxpayer money. But what is the truth of the matter — are abuse shelters really brimming with hapless victims trying to break free of the cycle of violence?
The answer to that question is a surprising “No.” In the great majority of cases, women at abuse shelters have suffered no physical injury or harm.
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Somehow these reports don’t mesh with the abuse industry’s well-cultivated image of legions of bruised, beaten, and bloodied souls tending to their wounds.
Note: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!!!!
Social worker admits porn charge
Social worker admits porn charge
A social worker caught with child porn on his computer has had his sentence deferred after experts failed to agree whether he was sorry for his crimes.
Note: Make him sorry.
A social worker caught with child porn on his computer has had his sentence deferred after experts failed to agree whether he was sorry for his crimes.
Note: Make him sorry.
Prescription Drug Addiction Can Start With Childhood ADHD Drugs
Note: This was found in an article directory. I just thought it was interesting since so many foster children are medicated.
By Rod MacTaggart
Millions of American children are being force-fed prescription drugs that most of them -- and some experts think all of them -- don’t need, opening the door to potential drug abuse, dependence and prescription drug addiction later in life.
Surveys and research projects are unanimous in their findings that the younger people are when they start taking any kind of mind-altering and body-altering drugs -- not medicine for real sickness -- the more likely they are to wind up struggling with substance abuse in the future.
Meanwhile, millions of children and teens are being prescribed powerful stimulants and psychotropic drugs for “study problems”, “trouble paying attention”, and “behavioral problems” -- usually labeled as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD.
And many of these kids are rapidly progressing, some at a very early age, into abuse of other powerful and addictive prescription drugs that lead to prescription drug addiction.
There is a growing consensus among alternative health care practitioners and tens of thousands of parents around the country that most or all of the dangerous drugs forced on kids are unneeded.
What is missing from the diagnosis are four key actions that any doctor worth his diploma or any educational system worthy of trust should make sure have been done before prescribing mind- and body-altering drugs:
A thorough physical examination by a competent physician often uncovers a treatable physical condition, such as poor eyesight, impaired hearing, painful tooth decay, nutritional deficiencies, food allergies or hypersensitivities, or toxicity from environmental factors, any of which can could cause ADHD symptoms. Not only can one or more cause ADHD symptoms, they can also lead to long-term discomfort, illness and pain, often the springboard to prescription drug addiction and abuse. Drugs just mask symptoms, they are not glasses, dentistry, or a proper diet.
A gentle, exploring one-on-one with the child by his or her teacher can uncover any unusual emotional stress from ongoing situations with family members or other kids. These are conditions that can throw a child’s attention span out the window, and ADHD drugs just mask them. Left unhandled, they can become the kinds of demons that fuel prescription drug addiction later in life -- just ask anyone who’s been through drug rehab.
A good teacher or caring parent or relative can also uncover some pretty goofy ideas kids have about life and “how things are”, revealing unworkable decisions the child has made that can lead to odd behavior and objectionable habit patterns that looks like ADHD symptoms. All drugs to is temporarily hammer these into the background, leaving them to fester and drive future prescription drug addiction and abuse.
A complete review should be made of everything the child has ever tried to learn or study. A good teacher working quietly with the child can isolate when and where a subject’s study went off the rails. Confusing words, concepts and ideas in any subject -- even just the subject of life and living -- can turn into reactive behavior that gets labeled ADHD. Ferreting out and clearing up these kinds of confusions can miraculously make “ADHD” simply vanish, and it should always precede anything as serious and dangerous as mind-altering drugs.
What is also missing from the diagnosis, say some scientists, is any real science to back up the condition called ADHD. But that’s another story, for another time.
Suffice it to say now that abuse of prescription drugs and prescription drug addiction are the leading drug problems in America, exceeding all the common illicit street drugs combined, including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.
Anything we can do as parents, educators and health care practitioners to help prevent the tragic effects that drug abuse is having on our young people should be done before prescribing drugs that can lead to prescription drug addiction.
Most of the drugs being shoveled into America’s children for ADHD -- the ones to watch out for -- are Ritalin, Adderall, Dexedrine, Desoxyn, Cylert, and any of many antidepressants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and mood stabilizers.
Before you allow your kids to take any ADHD medication, ask the doctor who wants to pump drugs into your kid exactly what the drug is, how it works (the drug labels admit that no one knows how they work), and its side effects. And after you listen patiently to the reassurance that these drugs are just fine and dandy, do your own research, and the internet is a perfect source. The lists of side effects will curl your hair.
Get proactive, and ask the doctors, teachers, even the school board -- if they have ensured that the four diagnostic steps above were taken with every single kid recommended for ADHD medications. And be sure to read them the lists of side effects, and ask them if they would take these drugs themselves if they were feeling a little nervous or distracted. Unfortunately, too many of them probably would.
But be assured that by blindly taking “expert” advice without asking these tough questions, we are condemning future generations of Americans into life-long drug dependence and potential prescription drug addiction that will require -- if the drugs don’t kill them first -- medical drug detox just to recover a normal life.
Rod MacTaggart is a freelance writer that contributes articles on health.
info@novusdetox.com
http://www.novusdetox.com
More on drug detox
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
By Rod MacTaggart
Millions of American children are being force-fed prescription drugs that most of them -- and some experts think all of them -- don’t need, opening the door to potential drug abuse, dependence and prescription drug addiction later in life.
Surveys and research projects are unanimous in their findings that the younger people are when they start taking any kind of mind-altering and body-altering drugs -- not medicine for real sickness -- the more likely they are to wind up struggling with substance abuse in the future.
Meanwhile, millions of children and teens are being prescribed powerful stimulants and psychotropic drugs for “study problems”, “trouble paying attention”, and “behavioral problems” -- usually labeled as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD.
And many of these kids are rapidly progressing, some at a very early age, into abuse of other powerful and addictive prescription drugs that lead to prescription drug addiction.
There is a growing consensus among alternative health care practitioners and tens of thousands of parents around the country that most or all of the dangerous drugs forced on kids are unneeded.
What is missing from the diagnosis are four key actions that any doctor worth his diploma or any educational system worthy of trust should make sure have been done before prescribing mind- and body-altering drugs:
A thorough physical examination by a competent physician often uncovers a treatable physical condition, such as poor eyesight, impaired hearing, painful tooth decay, nutritional deficiencies, food allergies or hypersensitivities, or toxicity from environmental factors, any of which can could cause ADHD symptoms. Not only can one or more cause ADHD symptoms, they can also lead to long-term discomfort, illness and pain, often the springboard to prescription drug addiction and abuse. Drugs just mask symptoms, they are not glasses, dentistry, or a proper diet.
A gentle, exploring one-on-one with the child by his or her teacher can uncover any unusual emotional stress from ongoing situations with family members or other kids. These are conditions that can throw a child’s attention span out the window, and ADHD drugs just mask them. Left unhandled, they can become the kinds of demons that fuel prescription drug addiction later in life -- just ask anyone who’s been through drug rehab.
A good teacher or caring parent or relative can also uncover some pretty goofy ideas kids have about life and “how things are”, revealing unworkable decisions the child has made that can lead to odd behavior and objectionable habit patterns that looks like ADHD symptoms. All drugs to is temporarily hammer these into the background, leaving them to fester and drive future prescription drug addiction and abuse.
A complete review should be made of everything the child has ever tried to learn or study. A good teacher working quietly with the child can isolate when and where a subject’s study went off the rails. Confusing words, concepts and ideas in any subject -- even just the subject of life and living -- can turn into reactive behavior that gets labeled ADHD. Ferreting out and clearing up these kinds of confusions can miraculously make “ADHD” simply vanish, and it should always precede anything as serious and dangerous as mind-altering drugs.
What is also missing from the diagnosis, say some scientists, is any real science to back up the condition called ADHD. But that’s another story, for another time.
Suffice it to say now that abuse of prescription drugs and prescription drug addiction are the leading drug problems in America, exceeding all the common illicit street drugs combined, including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.
Anything we can do as parents, educators and health care practitioners to help prevent the tragic effects that drug abuse is having on our young people should be done before prescribing drugs that can lead to prescription drug addiction.
Most of the drugs being shoveled into America’s children for ADHD -- the ones to watch out for -- are Ritalin, Adderall, Dexedrine, Desoxyn, Cylert, and any of many antidepressants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and mood stabilizers.
Before you allow your kids to take any ADHD medication, ask the doctor who wants to pump drugs into your kid exactly what the drug is, how it works (the drug labels admit that no one knows how they work), and its side effects. And after you listen patiently to the reassurance that these drugs are just fine and dandy, do your own research, and the internet is a perfect source. The lists of side effects will curl your hair.
Get proactive, and ask the doctors, teachers, even the school board -- if they have ensured that the four diagnostic steps above were taken with every single kid recommended for ADHD medications. And be sure to read them the lists of side effects, and ask them if they would take these drugs themselves if they were feeling a little nervous or distracted. Unfortunately, too many of them probably would.
But be assured that by blindly taking “expert” advice without asking these tough questions, we are condemning future generations of Americans into life-long drug dependence and potential prescription drug addiction that will require -- if the drugs don’t kill them first -- medical drug detox just to recover a normal life.
Rod MacTaggart is a freelance writer that contributes articles on health.
info@novusdetox.com
http://www.novusdetox.com
More on drug detox
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
Educating the Public on Adoption ... One Post at a Time
Note: You know, every now and then I come across a blog post that just irks me. Here's one of them...
Educating the Public on Adoption ... One Post at a Time
Note: Say Hi!!!
Educating the Public on Adoption ... One Post at a Time
Note: Say Hi!!!
Foster Dad Fights Fla. Ban On Gay Adoption
Foster Dad Fights Fla. Ban On Gay Adoption
A North Miami couple is the latest to challenge Florida’s decades-old ban on adoption for same sex couples, by launching a court fight Wednesday in Miami.
A North Miami couple is the latest to challenge Florida’s decades-old ban on adoption for same sex couples, by launching a court fight Wednesday in Miami.
CPS didn't reveal injuries of girl, 3, later slain
CPS didn't reveal injuries of girl, 3, later slain
A 3-year-old Fair Oaks girl beaten to death in her home this year had suffered a broken arm and burned hand eight months earlier, but Sacramento County's Child Protective Services never divulged those injuries to the court or to the attorneys overseeing her welfare, The Bee has learned.
Note: See, they have no more insight into removing children then they do in placing them.
A 3-year-old Fair Oaks girl beaten to death in her home this year had suffered a broken arm and burned hand eight months earlier, but Sacramento County's Child Protective Services never divulged those injuries to the court or to the attorneys overseeing her welfare, The Bee has learned.
Note: See, they have no more insight into removing children then they do in placing them.
Cops: Children Could Have Been Dead for Months
Two children, whose corpses were found in their mother's freezer, were most likely dead since at least last fall. Police in Maryland also say that defendant Renee Bowman also moved the bodies several times.
FLDS mom seeks sanctions against agency in Texas
FLDS mom seeks sanctions against agency in Texas
The mother of a 2-year-old girl taken in the raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch is seeking sanctions against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for what she calls the agency's "wrongful misconduct" in the nation's largest child custody case.
The mother of a 2-year-old girl taken in the raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch is seeking sanctions against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for what she calls the agency's "wrongful misconduct" in the nation's largest child custody case.
(570) 424-3549
Child welfare agency protests too much
The facts are the facts. Children and Youth is a very needed agency but it must do its job correctly. Part of that would be to welcome comments and see where improvements can be made. Again I invite the advisory board and any others out there to a public forum at my cost to debate this issue; (570) 424-3549. Children are endangered and we're not providing them with proper help. Revolving members of the advisory board and giving them some real power would be a good beginning. I attended one meeting and the person in charge did not know how many members were needed for a quorum.
Note: Give him a call.
The facts are the facts. Children and Youth is a very needed agency but it must do its job correctly. Part of that would be to welcome comments and see where improvements can be made. Again I invite the advisory board and any others out there to a public forum at my cost to debate this issue; (570) 424-3549. Children are endangered and we're not providing them with proper help. Revolving members of the advisory board and giving them some real power would be a good beginning. I attended one meeting and the person in charge did not know how many members were needed for a quorum.
Note: Give him a call.
In a Fairy-Tale Village, Russian Orphans Thrive
In a Fairy-Tale Village, Russian Orphans Thrive
Standing in a row, sweating in the bright sun, a group of boys hammered on the outer wall of a partially built log cabin. Nearby, two others painted a picnic table while another pack of children scurried by dressed in green tunics, wooden swords drawn for a play battle.
Note: Over here they put them into a drug induced La La Land.
Standing in a row, sweating in the bright sun, a group of boys hammered on the outer wall of a partially built log cabin. Nearby, two others painted a picnic table while another pack of children scurried by dressed in green tunics, wooden swords drawn for a play battle.
Note: Over here they put them into a drug induced La La Land.
State Appeals Ruling Removing Kids From Aunt's House
State Appeals Ruling Removing Kids From Aunt's House
A court order to send seven of the nine kids abandoned by their father last week at an Omaha hospital back into foster care is on hold while the state appeals a judge's decision to take them out of their great aunt's house.
A court order to send seven of the nine kids abandoned by their father last week at an Omaha hospital back into foster care is on hold while the state appeals a judge's decision to take them out of their great aunt's house.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
State does not need to take children away
State does not need to take children away
Child Protective Services is wrong sometimes with the decisions it makes. Taking a person's child away without it being a violent crime is wrong.
Some people are good parents. They just make bad choices in their lives. And to take a child or children away and place them with perfect strangers is really wrong. They know their parents and should be placed back with their parents.
Child Protective Services is wrong sometimes with the decisions it makes. Taking a person's child away without it being a violent crime is wrong.
Some people are good parents. They just make bad choices in their lives. And to take a child or children away and place them with perfect strangers is really wrong. They know their parents and should be placed back with their parents.
Former Cop Charged With Child Sex Assault Involving 2 Girls
Former Cop Charged With Child Sex Assault Involving 2 Girls
Two girls allege sexual abuse at the hands of a former Palisade police officer and the suspect in the case said he is not guilty.
Patrick L. Casey, 51, of Clifton, Colo., entered the not guilty plea Tuesday in Mesa District Court. He faces multiple charges of sexual assault involving the two foster children who lived in his home.
Two girls allege sexual abuse at the hands of a former Palisade police officer and the suspect in the case said he is not guilty.
Patrick L. Casey, 51, of Clifton, Colo., entered the not guilty plea Tuesday in Mesa District Court. He faces multiple charges of sexual assault involving the two foster children who lived in his home.
Police: Remains May Have Been Moved Several Times
Police: Remains May Have Been Moved Several Times
Police investigating child-sized remains found in a basement freezer in southern Maryland said the bodies may have been moved several times and that they believe the children have been dead since at least last fall.
Police investigating child-sized remains found in a basement freezer in southern Maryland said the bodies may have been moved several times and that they believe the children have been dead since at least last fall.
Court date postponed for foster parent accused in death of toddler
Court date postponed for foster parent accused in death of toddler
The legal wrangling continues in the case of a Grand Lake woman charged with the death of the 3-year-old foster child in her care.
Baber is charged with “Child Abuse Causing Death,” a Class 2 felony. She is accused in the death of Daisai Derzon who died as the result of head injuries last January. She has been incarcerated since her arrest a few days after the child’s death.
The legal wrangling continues in the case of a Grand Lake woman charged with the death of the 3-year-old foster child in her care.
Baber is charged with “Child Abuse Causing Death,” a Class 2 felony. She is accused in the death of Daisai Derzon who died as the result of head injuries last January. She has been incarcerated since her arrest a few days after the child’s death.
Death of child removed by state raises questions
Death of child removed by state raises questions
Removed from their twin mothers because of authorities' concerns about filth and animals in their house, Christopher and Wyatt Allen, both 2, were placed with an aunt for their safety.
But within three days of leaving his eastern Jefferson County home, Christopher was dead -- allegedly from a beating by his aunt and her live-in boyfriend -- and Wyatt was injured from being hit by the couple, according to police records.
Removed from their twin mothers because of authorities' concerns about filth and animals in their house, Christopher and Wyatt Allen, both 2, were placed with an aunt for their safety.
But within three days of leaving his eastern Jefferson County home, Christopher was dead -- allegedly from a beating by his aunt and her live-in boyfriend -- and Wyatt was injured from being hit by the couple, according to police records.
New mom's 'precious' baby seized
New mom's 'precious' baby seized
Mother, who has a developmental disability, fights for access to her child
Mother, who has a developmental disability, fights for access to her child
Victorian Government clears itself in Adelaide child neglect case
Victorian Government clears itself in Adelaide child neglect case
THE VICTORIAN Government has cleared itself of any mishandling in a shocking neglect case involving 16 malnourished children.
Note: Cleared itself?
THE VICTORIAN Government has cleared itself of any mishandling in a shocking neglect case involving 16 malnourished children.
Note: Cleared itself?
Child-protective services a nationwide problem
Child-protective services a nationwide problem
I would like to note that child-protective services is a problem across the country, not just in New York.
I would like to note that child-protective services is a problem across the country, not just in New York.
Independent Review Of Child Welfare System Sought
Independent Review Of Child Welfare System Sought
Amid recent health and safety concerns for children involved with Pennsylvania’s child welfare system, Secretary of Public Welfare Estelle Richman has announced plans to form a workgroup to discuss the importance of establishing a children’s ombudsperson.
Amid recent health and safety concerns for children involved with Pennsylvania’s child welfare system, Secretary of Public Welfare Estelle Richman has announced plans to form a workgroup to discuss the importance of establishing a children’s ombudsperson.
Many DSS caseworkers lacked experience when hired
Many DSS caseworkers lacked experience when hired
A typist, a fitness instructor, a gym teacher, a postal worker, and a debt collector all became caseworkers for the Oswego County Department of Social Services. Two others worked in the office of the District Attorney and one is the wife of the District Attorney.
A typist, a fitness instructor, a gym teacher, a postal worker, and a debt collector all became caseworkers for the Oswego County Department of Social Services. Two others worked in the office of the District Attorney and one is the wife of the District Attorney.
Growing up in care: I felt like somebody's experiment
Growing up in care: I felt like somebody's experiment
You'd expect a poet to be self-conscious about the way he tells his story, and Lemn Sissay is. He comments on the structure of his sentences, apologises when they're not pretty enough. Sometimes he talks in riddles that neither of us can quite work out, so we leave them and move on because, in truth, there is no way to make sense of the mess that characterised the first half of Sissay's life.
You'd expect a poet to be self-conscious about the way he tells his story, and Lemn Sissay is. He comments on the structure of his sentences, apologises when they're not pretty enough. Sometimes he talks in riddles that neither of us can quite work out, so we leave them and move on because, in truth, there is no way to make sense of the mess that characterised the first half of Sissay's life.
Police: Mom Says Daughters' Remains in Freezer
Child-sized human remains uncovered in a basement freezer were those of two girls and have been there for months, their adoptive mother told investigators. Authorities said Monday they believe she is responsible for their deaths.
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