Fostercare children are overmedicated.
Over 300,000 children were prescribed medications with doses higher than what is recommended for an adult. Continue reading Fostercare children are overmedicated.
Category: PTSD
Banishing Heroes
Banishing Heroes, a poem by Kash Jackson, veteran of 20 years Continue reading Banishing Heroes
Missouri AG battles to protect children at AGAPE.
AG Schmitt filed for a writ asking a higher court to reverse the Cedar County Court’s decision from yesterday. Children at AGAPE are living in horror, and even the attorney general is having a difficult time working through the courts to protect them. Continue reading Missouri AG battles to protect children at AGAPE.
Incarcerated women were sexually attacked by officers who are not charged.
“Please let the world know what happens behind bars. Continue reading Incarcerated women were sexually attacked by officers who are not charged.
August is child support month, why not support them?
Not much has changed. A look at the outcomes of foster youth aging out. Continue reading August is child support month, why not support them?
Officers assaulted children in a juvenile facility.
Corrections Officer Terrance Reynolds, and Sergeant Brendan Butler, conspired to physically assault children at the South Florida Reception Center Continue reading Officers assaulted children in a juvenile facility.
The Child Welfare System makes children vulnerable to sex traffickers.
national attention towards the issue of human trafficking has created opportunities to raise awareness, educate, and advocate for better childhood outcomes. Continue reading The Child Welfare System makes children vulnerable to sex traffickers.
The “Road to Healing” for Native Americans is headed for Michigan, Aug 13th.
“Road to Healing Tour stops in on August 13th at Pellston, Michigan. Continue reading The “Road to Healing” for Native Americans is headed for Michigan, Aug 13th.
Let’s apply what we learn from veterans with PTSD to foster children with PTSD.
If we find out what is keeping people with PTSD from going to treatment and why they feel that treatments are not helping them, we may be able to fix that, and even apply what is learned to other traumatized populations, such as the foster care population where children are twice as likely to develop PTSD than a person that fought in a war. Continue reading Let’s apply what we learn from veterans with PTSD to foster children with PTSD.
Retired police officer arrested with a BB gun and ammo outside of Capitol. No, it is not a joke.
Capitol Police arrested 53-year-old Jerome Felipe, a retired NYPD officer on unlawful possession of high capacity magazines and unregistered ammo. Continue reading Retired police officer arrested with a BB gun and ammo outside of Capitol. No, it is not a joke.
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