Child Abuse in America
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TODAY: Bipartisan Lawmakers to Introduce Legislation to Protect All Children in Schools from Abuse
From EdLabor Journal, December 10, 2009 Today at 11:00 am Eastern, U.S. Reps. George Miller (D-CA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) will hold a press conference to introduce new legislation to protect all children in schools from misuse of restraint and seclusion. Miller is the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and a […]
Finding the right place for a struggling child isn’t easy
From the Bend Bulletin, November 27, 2009 It’s been difficult to read recent news articles about Mount Bachelor Academy , the private therapeutic boarding school in Crook County ordered closed by the Oregon Department of Human Services earlier this month. If discussions in my office are typical, reports of what allegedly went on there leave […]
Children’s psychiatry clinic comes to Pendleton
From the East Oregonian, March 18 2009 A children’s psychiatric clinic is taking up residence in the Pendleton Academies building on Airport Road. Mind Matters East, an offshoot of a large Beaverton psychiatric outpatient facility, Mind Matters, opened Monday – a couple months after the state essentially closed down the Pendleton Academies children’s residential facility. […]
Riverside closes children’s day treatment center
From the Roseburg News Register, December 23 2008 Winston, Oregon – After more than 20 years of providing mental health services to Douglas County children, the Riverside Center will halt its day treatment program next month. As of Jan. 30, the center will offer only a few small therapeutic outpatient groups, sending 16 students in […]
Child of the epidemic – Part 5 of 5
From The Oregonian, October 7, 2004 Child of the epidemic is part 5 of 5 UNNECESSARY EPIDEMIC: A Five-Part Series by The Oregonian – 2004 / 2005 SEE – All five stories here. This series of articles, written largely by Steve Suo, illuminated and encouraged Oregon’s legal strategy toward addiction which uses institutional punishment approach […]
Turmoil hammers Legacy child psych unit
From The Portland Business Journal, September 22, 2000 A child and adolescent treatment program at Hospital & Health Center is in turmoil-and facing physician backlashafter the swift exit of four prominent child and adolescent psychiatrists. State children’s agencies and mental health professionals are also disturbed by the staff turnover, which has left the 17-bed Legacy […]
People in child’s circle of care must be told about drugs
From The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 3, 1997 When God speaks to Mary Jackson, she hears the voice of her son Bobby. It’s a voice frozen in a 7-year-old’s chirp, the voice of Bobby four years ago, when he died. Bobby had been in a foster home with seven other children for nearly a year. The […]