Youth Today
All posts tagged "neglect"
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4.0KNewsThree states have warned against sending students to an unregulated boarding school for youth with autism
Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York are involved in investigations of Shrub Oak International School.
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2.1KNewsIllinois school districts sent kids to a for-profit out-of-state facility that isn’t vetted or monitored
Some Illinois districts have abdicated their own responsibility to monitor students’ education and welfare.
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3.6KNewsReport: Fewer teens in foster care, but less than half find permanent homes
By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.
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10.4KOpinionI Took a ‘Mandated Reporter’ Training Course On Child Abuse
The course isn’t really training; it’s an exercise in propaganda and paranoia designed to encourage you to report based on little more...
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5.0KOpinionIn Child Welfare, the Racial Bias is Everywhere — Even in the Research
Consider this hypothetical scenario: A 10-year-old boy mouths off to a man on the street; His mother is with him. She slaps...
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5.7KOpinionWe Can Prevent Neglect, Child Abuse by Working ‘Upstream’
For a child, separation from a parent — even one who may have been neglectful or abusive — can be very traumatic....
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6.0KOpinionDo Spikes in Foster Care Contribute to More Child Abuse Deaths?
More than 30 years ago, when I was a reporter for a daily newspaper, I was assigned a story about what looked...
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6.5KOpinionFoster Care: How a California Politician Bent an Entire Child Welfare System to His Will
Meet Matt Rexroad. He is an ex-Marine who describes himself as “an influential part of California politics for more than 25 years.”...
