Concord Monitor Wreaks of Bias-Concord Monitor RUNS Amok!

Children running amok! | Concord Monitor:

Litchfield's George Lambert, one of the hundred or so newbies in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, is mad. Really mad. It seems that the state Senate has been less than kind to some of the legislation that was gaveled through the House.

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Report Finds 'Culture Of Secrecy' In Child Abuse Disclosure Laws

Report Finds 'Culture Of Secrecy' In Child Abuse Disclosure Laws | KPBS.org:



A new report from the Children's Advocacy Institute and University of San Diego says there is a "culture of secrecy" in states' disclosure laws, which hides information about child abuse deaths and near-deaths.


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Indianola shooting highlights dangers social workers face in the field

Legally Kidnapped: Indianola shooting highlights dangers social workers face in the field:

Indianola shooting highlights dangers social workers face in the field


Sundi Smith arrived at a rural Indianola home last week to check on children’s welfare. Her own welfare quickly became the issue.

Note: Well, if they weren't pissing so many people off...




LK: http://legallykidnapped.blogspot.com/2012/05/indianola-shooting-highlights-dangers.html#ixzz1tcn0wPlN

Keeping Families Together Matters

Deborah De Santis: Keeping Families Together Matters:

Many of our public systems have embraced supportive housing for their highest need populations. And now child welfare agencies are poised to incorporate supportive housing into the range of services they offer to families in need as well. As we end National Child Abuse Prevention Month, I want to turn a spotlight on the very vulnerable families in our communities, and think about how supportive housing can make a difference for the children who are a part of them.


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Sexual abuse in child care system 'shocking': report

DutchNews.nl - Sexual abuse in child care system 'shocking': report:

Children who live in foster homes or care homes are three to four times more likely to suffer sexual abuse, according to a report by researchers at Leiden university and quoted in the Volkskrant.

Children with a mental handicap are ten times more likely to be sexually abused, says the report, which has not yet been officially published.

New research expands understanding of psychoactive medication use among children in foster care

New research expands understanding of psychoactive medication use among children in foster care - MarketWatch:

PHILADELPHIA, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- 48-state study lays groundwork for state-level action

A few months after the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on the use of psychoactive drugs by children in foster care in five states, a national study from PolicyLab at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia describes prescription patterns over time in 48 states. The updated findings show the percentage of children in foster care taking antipsychotics--a class of psychoactive drugs associated with serious side effects for children-- continued to climb in the last decade. At the same time, a slight decline was seen in the use of other psychoactive medications, including the percentage of children receiving 3 or more classes of these medications at once (polypharmacy).

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