Abuse Survivor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you know you are going to be watching the news and it may be triggering for you you can prepare in advance. I like to do this for all sorts of situations like when I am going somewhere new. Another way to deal with triggering news is to change the modality by which you consume the information. Coping in Advance.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In other news: ? NBC News has an in-depth report on the death of a seven-year-old institutionalized in a residential treatment center in Kentucky. Dr. Woods was the subject of this NBC News – KING-TV investigation in 2020 and this follow-up in 2021. And another “child abuse pediatrician” is being sued.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

? Drop everything and read this one, too: In the second part of their series , ProPublica and NBC News examine how the family police decided that, for all their constant blather about “children’s rights,” those rights do not include the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Series: ● ProPublica and NBC News teamed up to examine every stage in the family policing process, from the initial call by a “mandated reporter” through termination of parental rights (or, as it should be called, termination of children’s rights to their parents.) . ● . ● The third book was published in late 2021.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

● Some relatively good news in Tennessee: Tennessee Lookout reports that thanks to strong legal advocacy, public pressure, and some very good journalism, the children taken from parents whose “crime” was Driving While Black have been returned. I have a blog post about it , with a link to the original story, from Hawaii News Now. ●

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 9, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) reached a potential news audience of more than 860 million people in May, due to extensive coverage of the NASW Ohio Chapter’s successful legal push to get the town of Lebanon to not enforce an abortion ban and a Spanish language article on the states with the highest social work pay.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 21, 2023

Ryan Estes is a member of NASW-NC: [Video] More than 65,000 people in North Carolina contact 988 lifeline in its first year WECT In the first year of the new 988 suicide and crisis lifetime , the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says more than 65,000 people in the state have reached out looking for help.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 14, 2023

But, as a new lawsuit documents , not nearly enough. As CBC News reports, that suit calls the modern Canadian family policing system "the next round of cultural genocide and discrimination toward First Nations." ● Two big new studies, one in JAMA Open and one in Academic Pediatrics examine who gets drug tested in hospitals and who doesn’t.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

. ● The family police agency in New York City, the Administration for Children’s Services, has opposed legislation to require it to tell families their rights – not extend any additional rights, just tell them the rights they already have. And check out the photo that accompanies the story – talk about saying the quiet part out loud!

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Michigan Social Work

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

PhD student So’Phelia Morrow describes in a New York Amsterdam News editorial how seeing a squirrel chasing a butterfly sparked hope and inspired her to leave an abusive partner. The moment lasted only a second, but it was long enough for me to receive the message,” she wrote.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 27, 2023

” Bonnie Landwehr is a member of NASW-IL: Farmers talk stressors, coping methods Shaw Local News Network Hulsizer, along with his wife, Liz, joined Kankakee County Farm Bureau President Greg St.

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Michigan Social Work

AUGUST 8, 2023

Professor Karla Goldman spoke with the Detroit Jewish News about the School’s Jewish Communal Leadership Program, which she directs. The five-semester program gives students an education in social work and Jewish history and culture, along with skills for working with organizations and communities, said Goldman.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 5, 2023

There have been plenty of news accounts about transgender children threatened with removal from their homes in certain states if their parents provide gender-affirming care. And, as Rewire News illustrates in this story , the threat is even greater if the family is not white or middle-class. ● Fixed their process.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

● The big news this past week, of course, has been the stunning victory for Native American children and their families at the U.S. ProPublica has that part of the story ● The ICWA decision was not the only good news. I’d link to a story from a Texas news outlet but I can’t find one. Supreme Court.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 6, 2023

Marissa Fors is a member of NASW-NYS: Opinion: Drama Therapy Can Be a Therapeutic Tool for Helping Patients Cope With Cancer Oncology Nursing News Traditional therapeutic interventions provide patients diagnosed with cancer the tools to cope with their distress and learn to manage changing feelings.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Lots of news this week about “child abuse pediatricians”: ● The Seattle Times has a fascinating profile of the doctor who pushes back against Washington State’s most fanatical child abuse pediatricians. . ● Arizona joins the list of states providing Miranda rights for families. So just check out the last four pages of the bill itself.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

According to Hawaii News Now Prosecutors say Geanna’s death was “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity.” Then, police allege they “restrained her with duct tape [and] confined her to a tiny space while they collected money for her care” and ultimately killed her.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To elevate and promote these encouraging stories, we are pleased to bring you this monthly newsletter emphasizing news stories only about “The Good Stuff” from the broad field of child welfare. That’s the real message behind a monthly newsletter touting “the good stuff in child welfare.”

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Before the news summary a reminder: TODAY (Nov. 2) at 2:00 pm ET: National Webinar Discussing the Harms of ASFA In the news: ? Good news for foster children in California: The Davis Vanguard reports that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation to discourage counties from making your parents pay ransom to get you back. ?

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Jennifer Kellman is a member of NASW-FL: 2 major back-to-school stressors and how parents can help, according to experts CBS News As kids return to classrooms across the country, back-to-school stress is certainly on the minds of many students and parents alike. ” Brooke Schwartz is a member of NASW-CA: Moving Away To College?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Although Richter implies that the problems are new, this facility has been the subject of exposes going back decades. According to the website for Richter’s agency, it’s “one of the oldest and most respected residential treatment programs in the U.S.” ● In Utah, NBC News reports on how the state has shut down an RTC. But don’t worry.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And see also The 74’s interview with Darcey Merritt, associate professor of social work at New York University, discussing why CPS should stand for Child Poverty Surveillance. ? that once was the subject of so many news organization puff pieces. Unfortunately, the document is only advisory. ?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

● Good news, Colorado! Texas Monthly reports on those new laws curbing the power of the family police in that state. Contrary to the fearmongering from the “residential treatment” industry, demon homicidal 6-year-olds are not rampaging through your state. I have a column about it in Colorado Newsline.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And now, it seems, the family police in New York City (the main target of the original suit) have decided that, well, maybe we can’t take the children, but we sure can harass the mothers! So now there’s a new lawsuit. There’s a good story about it in the Daily News and here’s the press release from the lawyers bringing the new suit.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 15, 2023

Valentina Muggia is a member of NASW-OR: Professionals lauded for response to mental health crisis in Oregon City Oregon City News In March 2022, several Oregon City officers responded to the McLoughlin Promenade above Highway 99E after a man called 911 to report that he had cut his wrists and intended to jump off the bluff.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

So this week, the round-up is devoted entirely to news, commentary and resources concerning the harm of ASFA. Saturday marked a tragic milestone – the 25 th anniversary of a law that has harmed millions of children, the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 27, 2022

NBC News reports that two senators are launching an investigation of some of America’s largest residential McTreatment chains. The good news: They’ve included one scandal-plagued nonprofit chain, Devereux. One of the counties voted it down. ? But it can’t. ?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

.” ● The chief of New York City’s family police agency is running around bragging about new “training” for mandatory reporters in schools. The agency says it’s intended to discourage needless reports. But training is always the cop-out agencies use to avoid real change.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As you read it please keep in mind that New York City’s system actually is less horrible than most others. Some of the issues in the New York class action also arise in three individual lawsuits in South Carolina. So wherever you are, it’s probably worse.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There’s been so much news since the last round-up that I’m dividing this one up into two parts. Two years ago, New York City’s family policing agency, the Administration for Children’s Services, commissioned a study of racism in the agency. The police asked news media to alert readers and viewers. But there was no Amber Alert.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 9, 2023

Crafts Proposes Bill To Improve Access To Mental Health Treatment The Lincoln County News Attracting social workers to the state can help improve Mainers’ access to addiction and mental health treatment, including in schools and in the justice system, Crafts, a licensed social worker, said. Lydia Crafts is a member of NASW-ME: Rep.

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 4, 2023

Lexie Honey is a member of NASW-WY: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week Campbell County News May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the first week of May is considered Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. In part, that’s because when you’re always trying to be perfect, you’re likely not setting healthy boundaries.

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Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Ohio city rewrites abortion ban, advocacy groups end lawsuit ABC News Groups advocating for professional social workers and abortion rights said they have succeeded in forcing a small Ohio city to significantly narrow its ban on conducting or recommending abortions and so have ended their legal challenge.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

The harm inflicted by so-called child abuse pediatricians is in the news in two places this week. Great news, Missouri parents: The state Department of Social Services says you are now free to smoke marijuana, as long as you’re away from the kids! – WFMZ-TV reports that the county comptroller in Lehigh County, PA.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

● We begin, of course, with the superb story from CBS News Sunday Morning – a story that, in 12 minutes tells you everything about how “child welfare” really works. And notice the "age restriction" notice.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 3, 2022

? BuzzFeed News examines the enormous harm to families when parents are wrongly placed on “central registries” of alleged child abusers. A listing can shut parents out from the very jobs most often open to low-income workers, driving their families further into the poverty that often is confused with “neglect” in the first place.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

(For a full understanding of how reproductive rights and family policing really intersect be sure to read the profile of Dorothy Roberts in New York Magazine. ) ? The Marshall Project also partnered with the Oklahoma nonprofit news site The Frontier for this story: Oklahoma is prosecuting pregnant women for using medical marijuana.

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