Parents Of Child Who Died In Foster Care Sue Oklahoma DHS

Parents Of Child Who Died In Foster Care Sue Oklahoma DHS

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The biological parents of a 2-year-old girl who died while she was in foster care has sued the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and the foster parents.

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Contact Deborah Young Justice For Families and Children (267) 463-8242 email justiceforfamilies@gmail.com WE THE PEOPLE JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN PETITION FOR REFORM WITHIN THE UNITED STATES' DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY PETITION THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO INVE...

Help Save Clayton & Blake

Help Save Clayton & BlakePlease share this page...the more people who know, the more that can speak out...and put corruption in it's place! Let's all DE-BENCH Charlette Pellar the ABUSIVE judge!!

This page was created to raise awareness of the CHILD ABUSE by their politically "connected" father. These children are 5 & 6 years old. Clayton is 6 and Blake is 5. While their mother and father were married, their father regularly physically abused their mother. Their father wanted ONE son, that is Clayton. When their mom got pregnant with Blake, she found out was in fact pregnant with twins. The father, not wanting a second baby, let alone two more, took out his anger on her by beating her in the face, chest, and stomach, at 14 weeks pregnant. Her mother rushed her to the doctor, only to find out she was in the midst of a miss-carriage due to the beating. GOD intervened, and ONE child survived! That is Blake, he was born at 34 weeks and weighed only 5 lbs. His father NEVER came to the hospital to see him or their mom. When Blake was 1 year old, their Mother had ENOUGH, and left their father. He was convicted of Battery, and given NO visitation with the children.
Their father is a wealthy man, and politically connected in Lake County Indiana. After the Judge in the custody/divorce case told him "no-way no visitation, you are a danger to those children" he went behind that judges back and got a corrupt judge Arrendando (who isn't even associated with this case) to give him unsupervised visitation. THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE ARE ALL INJURIES THAT THEIR FATHER GAVE TO THEM. He was able to get the boys for 4 weeks in the summer of 2008, with their mother fighting tooth and nail against corruption to keep them SAFE. He starved Blake for 4 weeks! NO FOOD...Blake went from a healthy 38 lbs 3 year old...down to 24 lbs! After having the children for 4 weeks, he returned them to their mother on a Monday morning. Seeing the baby's condition, she called their doctor immediatley...and he said he would see them the very next day. THEY NEVER MADE IT TO THE DOCTOR. The father had hired Dr. Deb Fedge (who had NEVER seen these children before) to call CPS and tell them that the MOTHER had starved the baby! CPS removed the boys from the mother and placed them UN-SUPERVISED with their father, where they remain to this day. If a man can beat a 4 year old in the face...and starve a BABY close to death what is he doing to them now??? The mother needs help, with legal advice, financial help, and moral support. We all know how CORRUPT CPS is, so lets try to help Clayton and Blakes MOM so she can get custody back away from this abusive man!!

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Agency blundered in child custody case

MONITOR EDITORIAL
Agency blundered in child custody case
By Monitor staff
October 18, 2010


Under normal circumstances, the state's decision to take a newborn baby from her parents and place her in foster care would have been just another tough call officials must make in balancing child safety and parental rights. But in the case of an Epsom couple whose baby was born at Concord Hospital last week, an affidavit summarizing the state's case included not just the parents' legal past, but the father's status as a gun owner and the allegation that he "associated with a militia known as the Oath Keepers."

That was a mistake in more ways than one. Maggie Bishop, director of the state Division for Children, Youth and Families, told the Monitor that children are not removed from their homes because of a parent's affiliations - but that the agency includes in affidavits everything it learns about a case and leaves it to a judge to decide what has bearing and what doesn't.

Perhaps she was trying to minimize her staff's error. But for the purposes of determining parental rights, an individual's affiliation with a group - whether it's the Catholic Church, the Masons, a political party or the Hell's Angels - is irrelevant. In this case, the worker's information may have also been inaccurate.

DYCF's action offended members of Oath Keepers, an organization formed by Yale Law School graduate Stewart Rhodes to remind military members, police officers and firefighters to remember the Founders' pledge to devote "my life, my fortune and my sacred honor" to their country and resist government orders to carry out an unconstitutional act.

The group held a rally to support the father, Johnathon Irish - who it said was not actually a member. It was held in front of the Rochester Family Division Court where, after a hearing, a judge decided to reverse an earlier court decision and return Cheyenne Irish to her parents.

The decision to remove the child from her parents may or may not have been the right call.

The same is true of the decision to return her to them. Matters regarding the custody of a child are rightly confidential, so the public will never know for sure.

Court documents show that Irish, 24, was named as the main suspect in an investigation into the source of bruises on two young children his girlfriend, Stephanie Taylor, had with a man she's still married to. Those children were ultimately placed in foster care.

Irish and Taylor, records show, have taken restraining orders out against each other in the past, and Taylor's husband is seeking to terminate her parental rights to their two children.

Such information is necessary for the agency and the court to consider. Political affiliations are not.

Comment from "thetruthbites"

Confidential Courts serve only inadequate judicial guidelines and overzealous employees of Maggie Bishop. And it limits the media resources for fear of lawsuits and or simply laziness in reporting the whole story. Parents are threatened with action of being charged with a misdemeanor for simply talking about the case. The Best Interest of the Child is elusive undefined and not as enlightened as it sounds.

The International Human Rights Law and US Citizens have a first amendment right to free speech, the gag orders implemented by DCYF prevent constituents from speaking out on their experience, closed courts impede other lawyers from learning how to argue these cases. In Standfield v. Florida Department of Children and Families (1997) the 2nd district found specifically ... courts cannot prohibit citizens from exercising their first amendment right to publicly discuss knowledge gain independent of court documents even if the same information appears in the court documents.

The court practice in these proceedings is very similar to the Clergy sex abuse cases - protecting pedophile pastors at the expense of their victims. DCYF does the same thing and with such a low standard to meet to prove guilt anything goes their victims might be you or your neighbors. DCYF further victimizes families with their billing around these cases - federal funds reimburse the state for 75% of costs in these cases no matter how lack lustrous they are Under Title IV of the social security act. Yet these families are being charged 100% for services that have little merit.

Maggie Bishop’s response - no comment - the bills are confidential –no transparency in this day and age Federal and State money that we as tax payers provide yet we are NOT entitled to know what they are doing with the money - why not an audit from outside the state from one of the big four - like Price Water House Coopers, KPMG, Ernst and Young or Deliotte Touche' for the blatant lack of accountability.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/220817/agency-blundered-in-child-custody-case

Psychiatry Drugs Foster Care Children – Tristen

Psychiatry Drugs Foster Care Children – Tristen I took mу video camera tο a Foster Care Alumni meeting аחԁ аѕkеԁ seven foster kids tο tеƖƖ mе аbουt tһеrе experiences іח Child Protective Services wһіƖе wards οf tһе state. One thing tһеу all һаԁ іח common wаѕ massive over drugging wіtһ psychiatric drugs. Child placement agencies, foster parents, RTCs (Residential Treatment Centers) аחԁ Therapeutic Foster Homes ɡеt paid a сеrtаіח amount οf money each day fοr taking care οf a foster child. Tһе amount οf money tһеу ɡеt paid depends οח a level οf care system. Tһе more difficult tһе child οr tһе more problems tһаt child һаѕ, tһе more money уου ɡеt. A child аt tһе basic level οf care іѕ worth аbουt 17 dollars a day wһеrе аѕ a child іח tһе highest level οf care сουƖԁ bе worth аѕ much аѕ a 1000 dollars a day. Tһіѕ puts tһе incentive οח diagnosing children wіtһ behavior problems tο justify raising tһеіr level οf care. A child οח psychiatric drugs іѕ worth more tһаח a child without problems. It іѕ חοt uncommon fοr a foster child tο bе placed οח many different psychotropic drugs аt tһе same time. Sοmе investigations һаνе found children οח аѕ many аѕ 13 mind altering drugs prescribed bу a psychiatrists аt one time. Tһеѕе drugs include all categories οf psychiatric drugs; antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anxiety medications, anticonvulsants medications, etc. Tһе SSRI drugs аrе commons such аѕ Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac, etc. AƖѕο a number οf tһеѕе children ԁеѕсrіbеԁ taking …
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ADHD: Commonly diagnosed disorder in children. Study links childhood deaths and stimulants

ADHD: Commonly diagnosed disorder in children. Study links childhood deaths and stimulants

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD or ADHD) is a neuron behavioral developmental disorder. It is the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children affecting about 3 to 5% of children globally with symptoms starting before seven years of age. It is characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity. ADHD is diagnosed twice as frequently in boys as in girls, though studies suggest this discrepancy may be due to subjective bias. ADHD is generally a chronic disorder with 30 to 50% of those individuals diagnosed in childhood continuing to have symptoms into adulthood. As they mature, adolescents and adults with ADHD are likely to develop coping mechanisms to compensate for their impairment.

Though previously regarded as a childhood diagnosis, ADHD can continue throughout adulthood. Four percent of American adults are estimated to live with ADHD.

ADHD management typically involves some combination of medications, behavior modifications, life-style changes, or counseling.

The most common symptoms of ADHD are:

* Impulsiveness: acting before thinking of consequences, jumping from one activity to another, disorganization, tendency to interrupt other peoples’ conversations.
* Hyperactivity: restlessness, often characterized by an inability to sit still, fidgeting, squirm Ines, climbing on things, restless sleep.
* Inattention: easily distracted, day-dreaming, not finishing work, difficulty listening, and motor clumsiness.

ADHD and its diagnosis and treatment have been considered controversial since the 1970s. The controversies have involved clinicians, teachers, policymakers, parents and the media, with opinions regarding ADHD that range from not believing it exists at all to believing there are genetic and physiological bases for the condition and also include disagreement about the use of stimulant medications in the treatment. Most healthcare providers accept that ADHD is a genuine disorder with debate in the scientific community mainly around how it is diagnosed and treated.

According to a study published yesterday that was funded by the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute of Mental Health Children taking stimulant drugs such as Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are several times as likely to suffer sudden, unexplained death as children who are not taking such drugs. The study’s lead author, Madelyn Gould, a professor in child psychiatry and epidemiology at Columbia University, said she agreed with the FDA’s advice.

Doctors have speculated about such a connection in the past because stimulants increase heart rate and have other cardiovascular effects. Physicians are currently advised to evaluate patients for cardiac risks before prescribing the drugs, and FDA officials said yesterday that those guidelines do not need strengthening in light of the recent study. About 2.5 million children in the United States take ADHD medications such as Ritalin and Adderall.

“This study reports a significant association or ’signal’ between sudden unexplained death and the use of stimulant medication, specifically methylphenidate,” the study researchers concluded, referring to the chemical name of Ritalin. “While the data have limitations that preclude a definitive conclusion, our findings draw attention to the potential risks of stimulant medications for children and adolescents.”

Since an experimental study comparing the risk of sudden death among children taking medications with those not taking medications would have had to include millions of children to generate a useful scientific result, Gould and a number of colleagues conducted what is known as a matched case-control study: They obtained information about 564 children in the United States who died suddenly and inexplicably between 1985 and 1996. The researchers evaluated how many of the children who died had been taking stimulant drugs by asking their parents and caregivers and by reviewing medical documents.

For every child who died suddenly and inexplicably, the researchers also found another child closely matched in terms of age, sex and other variables who died in a traffic accident. Taking a stimulant drug is unlikely to have played any role in a child getting killed in an accident. If stimulant drugs had nothing to do with sudden, unexplained death, then the number of victims on stimulant drugs who suffered such deaths and the number of victims on stimulant drugs who died in traffic accidents ought to have been about the same.

Gould found that 10 children in the group that suffered sudden, unexplained death had been taking stimulant drugs, whereas only two children in the group killed in traffic accidents were taking such medications.

Robert Temple, director of the Office of Drug Evaluation at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA, said that the study had been well conducted, but that he was concerned that not all parents may accurately recall whether children who died were taking stimulant drugs. When a child dies suddenly, he said, it is natural for a parent to pay close attention to all the medications the child was taking at the time and to report that to researchers. By contrast, he said, parents whose children die in traffic accidents may be less likely to note whether their children are taking medications — and less able to report it years later.

In an editorial accompanying the study, Benedetto Vitiello of the National Institute of Mental Health said that ADHD itself might have increased the risk for sudden, unexplained death. If that were the case, he said, it would explain why more children taking stimulant drugs found in the group that unexpectedly died than among the children who died in traffic accidents.

The researchers who conducted the peer-reviewed study acknowledged that its design precluded definitive answers, but they said that they had taken care to eliminate each of these potential confounders. They did not consider cases of sudden death in which children had asthma or cardiac abnormalities — conditions known to be associated with ADHD — because those factors might have independently raised the risk of sudden death. They also included one child who died in a traffic accident who seemed to have been abusing amphetamines, rather than taking an ADHD medication.

In a press briefing called on short notice yesterday, FDA officials said that given the seriousness of ADHD and the rarity of sudden death Which strikes fewer than 1 in 10,000 children ? the benefits of the drugs outweigh their risks. Agency officials urged parents to discuss concerns with doctors rather than deciding on their own to discontinue a child’s Medication.

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