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Child Protection Services Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Protective_Services
Child Protective Services (CPS) is the name of a governmental agency in many states of the United States that responds to reports of child abuse or neglect. Some states use other names, often attempting to reflect more family-centered (as opposed to child-centered) practices, such as "Department of Children & Family Services" (DCFS). CPS is also known by the name of "Department of Social Services" (DSS) or simply "Social Services."
Laws and standards
Federal
U.S. federal laws that govern CPS agencies include:
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
- Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
- Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA)
- Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
- 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, and depending on the circumstances 1985.
History
In 1655, in what is now the United States, there were criminal court cases involving child abuse.[1] In 1692, states and municipalities identified care for abused and neglected children as the responsibility of local government and private institutions.[2] In 1696, The Kingdom of England first used the legal principle of parens patriae, which gave the royal crown care of "charities, infants, idiots, and lunatics returned to the chancery." This principal of parens patriae has been identified as the statutory basis for U.S. governmental intervention in families' child rearing practices.[3]
In 1825, states enacted laws giving social-welfare agencies the right to remove neglected children from their parents and from the streets. These children were placed in almshouses, in orphanages and with other families. In 1835, the Humane Society founded the National Federation of Child Rescue agencies to investigate child maltreatment. In the late-19th century, private child protection agencies – modeled after existing animal protection organizations – developed to investigate reports of child maltreatment, present cases in court and advocate for child welfare legislation.[4]
In 1912, the federal Children's Bureau was established to manage federal child welfare efforts, including services related to child maltreatment. In 1958, amendments to the Social Security Act mandated that states fund child protection efforts.[5] In 1962, professional and media interest in child maltreatment was sparked by the publication of C. Henry Kempe and associates' "The battered child syndrome" in JAMA. By the mid-1960s, in response to public concern that resulted from this article, 49 U.S. states passed child-abuse reporting laws.[6] In 1974, these efforts by the states culminated in the passage of the federal "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act" (CAPTA; Public Law 93-247) providing federal funding for wide-ranging federal and state child-maltreatment research and services.[7] In 1980, Congress passed the first comprehensive federal child protective services act, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-272), which focused on state economic incentives to substantially decrease the length and number of foster care placements.[8]
Partly funded by the federal government, Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies were first established in response to the 1974 CAPTA which mandated that all states establish procedures to investigate suspected incidents of child maltreatment.[9]
Standards for Reporting
Generally speaking, a report must be made when an individual knows or has reasonable cause to believe or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect. These standards guide mandatory reporters in deciding whether to make a report to child protective services.[10]
Persons Responsible for the Child
In addition to defining acts or omissions that constitute child abuse or neglect, several states' statutes provide specific definitions of persons who can get reported to child protective services as perpetrators of abuse or neglect. These are persons who have some relationship or regular responsibility for the child. This generally includes parents, guardians, foster parents, relatives, or legal guardians. Once taken away from home, the stated goal of CPS is to reunite the child with their family. In some cases, due to the nature of abuse children are not able to see or converse with the abusers. If parents fail to complete Court Ordered terms and conditions, the children in care may never return home.[10]
Child Protective Services Statistics
On September 30, 2010, there were approximately 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S. of which 36% percent were ages 5 and under. During that same period, almost 120,000 birth to five year-olds entered foster care and a little under 100,000 exited foster care.[11] U.S. Child Protective Services (CPS) received a little over 2.5 million reports of child maltreatment in 2009 of which 61.9% were assigned to an investigation.[12] Research using national data on recidivism indicates that 22% of children were rereported within a 2-year period and that 7% of these rereports were substantiated.[13]
Child Protective Services Recidivism in the United States
In order to understand CPS recidivism in the U.S., there are several terms that readers must familiarize themselves with. Two often-used terms in CPS recidivism are rereport (also known as rereferral) and recurrence. Either of the two can occur after an initial report of child abuse or neglect called an index report. Although the definition of rereport and recurrence is not consistent, the general difference is that a rereport is a subsequent report of child abuse or neglect after an initial report (also known as an index report) whereas recurrence refers to a confirmed (also known as substantiated) rereport after an initial report of child abuse and neglect. Borrowing from the definition used by Pecora et al. (2000),[14] recidivism is defined as, “Recurring child abuse and neglect, the subsequent or repeated maltreatment of a child after identification to public authorities.” It is important to highlight that this definition is not all-inclusive because it does not include abused children who are not reported to authorities.[14]
Recidivism Statistics
There are three main sources of recidivism data in the U.S.—the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), and the National Incidence Study (NIS)—and they all have their own respective strengths and weaknesses. NCANDS was established in 1974, and it consists of administrative data of all reports of suspected child abuse and neglect investigated by CPS. NSCAW was established in 1996 and is similar to NCANDS in that it only includes reports of child abuse and neglect investigated by CPS, but it adds clinical measures related to child and family well-being that NCANDS is lacking. NIS was established in 1974, and it consists of data collected from CPS as well. However, it attempts to gather a more comprehensive picture of the incidence of child abuse and neglect by collecting data from other reporting sources called community sentinels.[15]
Criticism
Brenda Scott, in her 1994 book Out of Control: Who's Watching Our Child Protection Agencies, criticizes CPS, stating, "Child Protective Services is out of control. The system, as it operates today, should be scrapped. If children are to be protected in their homes and in the system, radical new guidelines must be adopted. At the core of the problem is the antifamily mindset of CPS. Removal is the first resort, not the last. With insufficient checks and balances, the system that was designed to protect children has become the greatest perpetrator of harm."[16]
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services had itself been an object of reports of unusual numbers of poisonings, death, rapes and pregnancies of children under its care since 2004. The Texas Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team was created by executive order after the critical report Forgotten Children of 2004.
Texas Child Protective Services was hit with a rare if not unprecedented legal sanction for a "groundless cause of action" and ordered to pay $32,000 of the Spring family's attorney fees. Judge Schneider wrote in a 13-page order, "The offensive conduct by (CPS) has significantly interfered with the legitimate exercise of the traditional core functions of this court."[17]
Georgia State Senator Nancy Schaefer published a report "The Corrupt Business of Child Protective Services" making many claims against CPS including:[18]
- Unfair judgement of families, especially those most unable to defend themselves. Without compassion, unreasonable and impossible demands that separate families and cause stress are made of parents.
- Local governments accustomed to resulting flow of taxpayer dollars to balance growing budgets routinely ignore charges against Child Protective Services. Funding continues as long as children are out of their home, adoption bonuses are also available, but no incentive remains to return children home.
- On top of $4000–$6000 per child is a multiplying factor based on the percentage that a state exceeds its baseline adoption goal.
- Bonuses and incentives cause employees to work diligently to exploit children for government money while parents are charged for the cost of their care. Fraud, fabrication, withholding, and destroying of evidence, unnecessary termination of parental rights, and double dipping are common while confidentiality clause is used to protect the beneficiaries.
- Beneficiaries include state employees, lawyers, court investigators, guardian ad litems, court personnel, judges, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, caseworkers, therapists, foster parents, adoptive parents, and others. Incentives to put children on more drugs per day involve additional funds and Medicaid.
- Parents are sometimes pressured by CPS agents to divorce their spouse in order to see their children again. Parental cooperation is often interpreted as guilt, and parents separated from their children are treated as criminals often without access to visit or even see their children.
- Child protective services is a wasteful bureaucracy with no clear leader and unclear policies. State legislators are generally powerless to correct the federally mandated system.
- Tragedies happen where children die in CPS custody due to neglect or abuse while parents are trying hard to regain custody of their children. Such tragedies should never happen.
- While CPS claims relatives are contacted, there are very many cases that proves false, where grandparents and other relatives attempt to get custody and are denied. Parents and grandparents lose all connections to their heirs while children lose their heritage.
- The California Little Hoover Commission Report in 2003 reported that 30% to 70% of the children in California group homes neither belong there nor should have been removed from their own homes.
- Children are in far greater danger in CPS custody today than in imperfect homes. The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect reported in 1998 that six times as many children died in foster care than in the general public. Children removed to official “safety” are far more likely to suffer sexual molestation and other abuse than in the general population.
Constitutional issues
In May 2007, the United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found in Rogers v. County of San Joaquin, No. 05-16071[19] that a CPS social worker who removed children from their natural parents into foster care without obtaining judicial authorization was acting without due process and without exigency (emergency conditions) violated the 14th Amendment and Title 42 United State Code Section 1983. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution says that a state may not make a law that abridges "... the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States" and no state may "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Title 42 United States Code Section 1983[20] states that citizens can sue in federal courts any person who acting under a color of law to deprive the citizens of their civil rights under the pretext of a regulation of a state, See.[21]
In case of Santosky v. Kramer, 455 US 745, Supreme Court reviewed a case when Department of Social Services removed two younger children from their natural parents only because the parents had been previously found negligent toward their oldest daughter.[22] When the third child was only three days old, DSS transferred him to a foster home on the ground that immediate removal was necessary to avoid imminent danger to his life or health. The Supreme Court vacated previous judgment and stated: "Before a State may sever completely and irrevocably the rights of parents in their natural child, due process requires that the State support its allegations by at least clear and convincing evidence. But until the State proves parental unfitness, the child and his parents share a vital interest in preventing erroneous termination of their natural relationship".[22]
A District of Columbia Court of Appeals concluded that the lower trial court erred in rejecting the relative custodial arrangement selected by the natural mother who tried to preserve her relationship with the child.[23] The previous judgment granting the foster mother's adoption petition was reversed, the case remanded to the trial court to vacate the orders granting adoption and denying custody, and to enter an order granting custody to the child's relative.[23]
Notable lawsuits
In 2010 an ex-foster child was awarded $30 million by jury trial in California (Santa Clara County) for sexual abuse damages that happened to him in foster home from 1995 to 1999.[24][25] The foster parent, John Jackson, was licensed by state despite the fact that he abused his own wife and son, overdosed on drugs and was arrested for drunken driving. In 2006, Jackson was convicted in Santa Clara County of nine counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a child by force, violence, duress, menace and fear and seven counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a child under 14, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.[24] The sex acts he forced the children in his foster care to perform sent him to prison for 220 years. Later in 2010, Giarretto Institute, the private foster family agency responsible for licensing and monitoring Jackson's foster home and others, also was found to be negligent and liable for 75 percent of the abuse that was inflicted on the victim, and Jackson was liable for the rest.[24]
In 2009 Oregon Department of Human Services has agreed to pay $2 million into a fund for the future care of twins who were allegedly abused by their foster parents; it was the largest such settlement in the agency's history.[26] According to the civil rights suit filed on request of twins' adoptive mother in December 2007 in U.S. Federal Court, kids were kept in makeshift cages—cribs covered with chicken wire secured by duct tape—in a darkened bedroom known as "the dungeon." The brother and sister often went without food, water or human touch. The boy, who had a shunt put into his head at birth to drain fluid, didn't receive medical attention, so when police rescued the twins he was nearly comatose. The same foster family previously took in their care hundreds of other children over nearly four decades.[27] DHS said the foster parents deceived child welfare workers during the checkup visits.[26]
Several lawsuits were brought in 2008 against the Florida Department of Children & Families (DCF), accusing it of mishandling reports that Thomas Ferrara, 79, a foster parent, was molesting girls.[28][29] The suits claimed that though there were records of sexual misconduct allegations against Ferrara in 1992, 1996, and 1999, the DCF continued to place foster children with Ferrara and his then-wife until 2000.[28] Ferrara was arrested in 2001 after a 9-year-old girl told detectives he regularly molested her over two years and threatened to hurt her mother if she told anyone. Records show that Ferrara had as many as 400 children go through his home during his 16 years as a licensed foster parent from 1984 to 2000.[28] Officials stated that the lawsuits over Ferrara end up costing the DCF almost $2.26 million.[29] Similarly, in 2007 Florida's DCF paid $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged DCF ignored complaints that another mentally challenged Immokalee girl was being raped by her foster father, Bonifacio Velazquez, until the 15-year-old gave birth to a child.[30][31][32]
In a class action lawsuit Charlie and Nadine H. v. McGreevey[33] was filed in federal court by "Children’s Rights" New York organization on behalf of children in the custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS).[34][35] The complaint alleged violations of the children's constitutional rights and their rights under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment, 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA).[36] In July 2002, the federal court granted plaintiffs’ experts access to 500 children’s case files, allowing plaintiffs to collect information concerning harm to children in foster care through a case record review.[34] These files revealed numerous cases in which foster children were abused, and DYFS failed to take proper action. On June 9, 2004, the child welfare panel appointed by the parties approved the NJ State’s Reform Plan. The court accepted the plan on June 17, 2004.[35] The same organization filed similar lawsuits against other states in recent years that caused some of the states to start child welfare reforms.[37]
In 2007 Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick obtained a jury verdict against Orange County (California) and two of its social workers for violating her Fourteenth Amendment rights to familial association.[38] The $4.9 million verdict grew to a $9.5 million judgment as the County lost each of its successive appeals.[38] The case finally ended in 2011 when the United States Supreme Court denied Orange County's request to overturn the verdict.[3
CPS Policy Information- Their actually procedures and guidelines
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Bath Salts Danger
Sheriff Warns of Bath Salts Danger
Sheriff Wendell Hall and local health officials would like the public to be aware of a growing danger in the area. The danger comes from chemicals being marketed as innocent sounding bath salts that are being used as a dangerous new drug. These bath salts are a legal product sold on the internet, on the street, and even in local gas stations. They are also being marketed as "plant food" and "insect" repellent and often labeled as "bath salt." (Please note that the Florida Legislatures have outlawed the drug for ninety days) The problem arises when people snort or even inject the chemical to get a high. This problem is hard hitting in Louisiana where the poison center is now getting four or five calls a day about the drug. Law enforcement has reported that they've already had a number of violent encounters with people who were high on the drug. Louisiana has more reported cases than any other state to date. Eighty-four people across the region have been treated in hospitals. According to "In the Know", Education Specialty Publishing, LLC (2010) of Metairie, LA this "synthetic cocaine is a growing problem throughout the western world. First identified in the U.K., retail marketed cocaine substitutes are creating problems for people looking to get high and escape detection. Sold as bath salts in psychedelic packets through online and real-world head shops, fake cocaine is a combination of chemicals that are, according to some researchers and many recreational drug abusers, actually more dangerous than the real thing. The active chemical in most of the American synthetic cocaine is MDPV, short for 1-(4-Methylphenyl)-2-pyrrolidin-1-yl-pentan-1-one. MDPV is illegal in a number of states, and that number is growing. Even in the states where it is not yet illegal, buying and selling a fake version of a real drug is against the law and carries the same penalties as buying and selling the real thing. As with many widely available substitute highs, MDPV is a research chemical. That means that scientists are still testing its effects. Because of the risks, these test are usually performed on pig or rats and other rodents. These animals often die. MDPV is a powerful stimulant, in slang an upper. It makes everything in your body work faster than it is supposed to. MDPV is just one of the ingredients in these so-called bath salts and it is considered many times more powerful than cocaine. The negative symptoms of MDPV use can be brief or long-lasting but they are always severe. Because they're sold as bath salts and labeled not for human consumption, cocaine substitutes aren't required to list their ingredients. An independent study discovered that 18 different brands were using a host of illegal substances and research chemicals as their active ingredients, some of which were known to cause heart attacks, severe paranoia and other dangerous effects. One brand in particular claimed to have switched its active chemical from one that had become illegal to a different, still uncontrolled substance, but had actually not done so. They had only changed the packaging. Anyone tested for the illegal substance would have failed and been facing jail time. The chemicals they use are so potently addictive that users have compared it to crack. When a user is coming down from a bath salt high, all they can think of is getting another packet. Fake coke vendors bet on your addiction and bank on your self-destruction. This will continue until the feelings become unbearable or the user can no longer maintain the use. This can take days, even weeks, during which the real world becomes a blur. The user is hurting their body, damaging their heart and often not sleeping at all. No one really knows the long-term effects If you get hooked on fake cocaine, expect terrible results. Severe weight loss will leave the body ravaged and looking like a skeleton. Long-term lack of sleep can lead to psychosis, fear or a feeling of unreality that never goes away. Some users even report serious paranoia and audio hallucinations. Social isolation becomes a concern as well. The real problem is that no one really knows the long-term effects of chronic MDPV use because it has not been reliably studied. Stories by users, however, are horrific. They mention feeling insane, unable to trust themselves, not sleeping for days, spending massive amounts of money and being unable to control their use of the drug until it becomes so unpleasant they have to force themselves to stop. This mimics the well known long-term effects of other powerful stimulants such as diet pills, cocaine, methamphetamine and Benzedrine. Just like with methamphetamine, the MDPV user encounters a terrible cycle of use. It begins with experimentation. They get a little stimulated and curiosity causes them to take more. It feels exciting, interesting, and gives them a lot of energy. Coming down makes them feel just the opposite, so they take more. It takes a bigger dose to maintain the high, and they want to get even higher, so doses continue to increase. Curious about the effects of fake coke or how it feels? If you try fake cocaine, here's what you encounter right away: Intense sweating, higher blood pressure, tightening blood-vessels, hyperawareness, an inability to stop paying attention, becoming easily startled, serious agitation and annoyance, anxiety and fear, loss of appetite, loss of ability to sleep, and possible long intensive panic attacks. After those go away you'll be hyper energetic and unable to sit still for 6-8 hours. Coming down from the effects is even worse. There's an intense craving for more. A feeling of dirtiness that seems to come from inside. The comedown is characterized as similar to methamphetamine: depression, absolute loss of energy, headache, more anxiety, severely bloodshot eyes, stomach or kidney pain, irregular heartbeat. These continue for another 4-8 hours." Readers may click here to review an article from the Florida Sun-Sentinental.
Illegal Bath Salts Mimic Cocaine in the brain: Study says
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HealthDay – Fri, Jul 27, 2012
THURSDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) -- Street drugs called "bath salts" have a similar effect in the brain as cocaine and carry the same risk for abuse and addiction, a new study in mice has found.
Bath salts are synthetic stimulants that have become increasingly popular among recreational drug users in recent years. (The substances have nothing to do with the crystals you might sprinkle in a bathtub.)
In the new study of adult mice, University of North Carolina researchers found evidence that the effects of the bath salt mephedrone on the brain's reward circuits are comparable to similar doses of cocaine.
The mice were implanted with brain-stimulating electrodes and trained to run on a wheel in order to give themselves a reward, which was direct stimulation of the brain pathways involved in reward perception.
The technique, called "intracranial self-stimulation" has been used in experiments since the 1950s, according to researchers. Prior intracranial self-stimulation studies have shown that one of the characteristics of addictive drugs is to make self-stimulation more pleasurable.
The researchers measured the rodents' wheel spinning efforts before, during and after they were given various doses of cocaine or mephedrone. Like cocaine, mephedrone made intracranial self-stimulation more rewarding for the mice.
The study was released online in advance of publication in an upcoming print issue of the journal Behavioural Brain Research.
The findings support the idea that mephedrone and other bath salts may have a significant addiction risk, said study leader Dr. C.J. Malanga, an associate professor of neurology, pediatrics and psychology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
"The effects of mephedrone on the brain's reward circuits are comparable to similar doses of cocaine," Malanga said in a university news release. "As expected our research shows that mephedrone likely has significant abuse liability."
On July 9, President Barack Obama signed a law banning bath salts containing mephedrone or another stimulant, MDPV, in the United States.
Experts caution that while animal studies may be useful, they often don't reproduce the same results in humans.
Bath Salts- A New Cocaine Substitute?
Prepare For Horror Stories in 5...4...3...2...
White Bull is the latest new superdrug being cooked up in small labs around the world, and which will probably be outlawed like Spice, K2, "herbal incense," and bath salts formulations as soon as a single sad story comes out. Here's the formula: parents notice that their young adult child is acting strangely, starts hearing voices and seeing things that are not there, and steals to pay for his relatively cheap "White Bull" habit. Politicians get into action and ban the drug, which fuels more publicity and gets the seller to buy a slightly different form of the drug for 3 more months until that formulation is banned. Someone starts running around in public without clothes, chewing on strangers, and exhibits superhuman strength until the police have to intervene, and then more attention is given to the drug problem.
People who may have had other drug addiction and treatment issues chime in on how White Bull (or whatever you call it) is "even worse" than the heroin, cocaine, nitrus oxide, and chai tea that they also casually use. Dateline NBC mentions White Bull and tells you where it is legal, and how to get it, and then has a new horror story about a teenage girl that used it and did one of the many things that teenagers do when they use any substance including alcohol. Drug treatment center counselors are quoted as saying that the drug addiction requires special treatment, beyond their usual $40,000 a month stay, but luckily they have just added beds at their Malibu Drug Addiction clinic. At this point, another drug comes along and all the ravers start using it instead. In the meantime, the FBI reports a decline in "illegal" drug use without mentioning that people have switched to far more dangerous and cheaper substitutes. At the end of the day, society is a little worse off and we have too many laws, with more people in prison for possessing a powder that was perfectly legal the day before.
Notes and Special Information
Special note: So basically, people are willing to snort just about any white powder sold in small jars at smoke shops.
Is White Bull the next drug addiction problem?
Missing Girl May Be In California
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/20232319/police-missing-girl-may-be-in-california
Posted: Nov 30, 2012 4:20 PM PST Updated: Nov 30, 2012 5:16 PM PST
PHOENIX (CBS) -
Phoenix police are hoping that new surveillance video will help find an 11-year-old leukemia patient.
The young girl, Emily, was last seen Wednesday night being escorted out of Phoenix Children's Hospital by her mother.
Sgt. Steve Martos told CBS5 that investigators have contacted family members in Arizona and California, but there's still no sign of Emily.
The big concern now is the child's health, Martos said.
The surveillance video shows the 11-year-old leukemia patient walking down the hall on the seventh floor of the hospital with her mother and younger brother.
They get into an elevator around 10:30 p.m., then come out on the first floor and walk through the lobby.
You can see in the video that Emily still has her IV attached.
A few minutes later, the family reappears on camera, only this time Emily's IV is gone and she's wearing different clothes.
The family walks through the lobby and out the front door.
There are two different camera angles of a van sitting outside waiting for them.
Emily, mother and brother walk to the van, get in, and someone drives them away.
"We're talking about 11-year old girl who can't take care of herself," said Martos.
Martos said Emily recently had her arm amputated because of infection.
Doctors also put a chest catheter in Emily's heart, which could be life-threatening if not taken out soon, said Martos.
"This catheter, if in fact she receives an infection, she could, potentially die," said Martos. "So there is some criminal aspect to this and we're looking into that."
It is still unclear why Emily's mother suddenly took the child out of the hospital or where they may be headed.
Authorities said that while it's not a crime for a parent to walk their daughter or son out of a hospital, it is against the law to not provide medical aid to a child facing a life-threatening situation.
"We are running out of time," said Martos. "We want to find Emily as soon as possible to get her the help she needs."
The full names of the family members have not been released.
The van Emily and her family were last seen in is a 1998 Ford mini-Van with an Arizona license plate AVY3157.
If you have any information about Emily or her parents, Norma and Luis, contact the Phoenix Police Department or 480-WITNESS.
[Related: PD: Mom flees AZ hospital with leukemia patient]
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Not just 4 texting: 1 in 3 middle-schoolers uses smart phones for homework
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo
Move over, Angry Birds. It's time to tackle a math problem.
A new survey finds that about a third of middle-schoolers now use smart phones or tablets not just for entertainment and communication, but also for homework.
Paired with young people's interest in science, math, and technology, it's another sign of the potential for digital learning that educators are slowly beginning to tap.
"Most people talk about STEM subjects and technology at the high school level, [but] the critical intervention really should be happening in the middle school, because that's the age when kids either can get excited about science and technology and math … or they can get turned off," says Rose Stuckey Kirk, president of the Verizon Foundation, which commissioned the new survey.
The national survey of 1,000 students in Grades 6 through 8 found that:
39 percent use smartphones for homework.
26 percent use smartphones at least weekly for homework.
31 percent use tablets for homework.
29 percent of those with household incomes under $25,000 use smartphones for homework.
Hispanics and African-Americans are more likely than whites to use smartphones for homework, at 49 percent, 42 percent, and 36 percent, respectively.
Beyond accessing information over the Internet on such devices, students often turn to free apps to play games to help them master math concepts, to virtually "dissect" an animal or analyze clouds and condensation, and to collaborate with peers on projects, Ms. Kirk says.
Yet schools and teachers struggle to keep up with students' interest in the ever-changing technology landscape.
Some educators are hesitant to embrace more digital devices for fear it will open up a Pandora's box beyond their control, education experts say. For some, concerns may be based on reports of teens being distracted by games in class or using technology to bully other students, while others may simply not have the confidence that they can master the new technology and harvest it for productive purposes, especially given time and budget constraints.
But some schools and whole districts are jumping into digital technologies to try to engage both students and teachers in a new way, one they see as better adapted to the demands of 21st-century jobs.
Among the middle-schoolers surveyed, 88 percent said they are not allowed to use smartphones for learning purposes in school, and 68 percent said the same about tablets.
Such restrictions on technology use are even more common among low-income students, the survey found. Yet half of African-American and Hispanic middle-schoolers, who are more often concentrated in low-income schools, report an interest in science and computer science.
"We have an opportunity inside of those environments to be very deliberate in how we engage students," Kirk says. "Digital devices can have an impact. But we can also make it about the STEM subjects, and move these kids onto a pathway that could result in higher incomes."
The Verizon Foundation already offers training to educators on integrating mobile technology into lesson plans.
Now it is partnering with the Technology Student Association and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to sponsor the Innovative App Challenge. Hundreds of teams of students are conceptualizing mobile applications that incorporate STEM activities and contribute to solving a problem in their schools or communities.
Five teams from middle schools and five from high schools will be chosen as winners. In addition to winning Samsung Galaxy Tabs for themselves and $10,000 grants for their schools, they'll be given assistance to create their apps and bring them to the public.
How to help kids cope with PTSD
The sound of crashing limbs is still seared into Laura Whisenhunt's memory.
"I was actually asleep on the couch, and the tree that used to be there fell on this window," she recalls. "We didn't have time to even go in the basement."
On the morning of April 27, 2011, three trees toppled down onto her family's house near Birmingham, Alabama.
"I just thought, ‘This is it. One's going to fall in on top of us.' And there was a lot of pressure -- it was very, very scary," Laura says.
When it was over, the Whisenhunt family decided to seek shelter at a relative's home nearby.
Then came round two.
"We could hear everything coming down, and I know that they were scared," says Laura.
The home was spared, but what they saw around them the next morning left psychological scars -- scars that resurface with every new storm warning.
"It makes me nervous to sleep sometimes when there are severe thunderstorms," says Laura's young son.
Counselor Tiffany Alexander explains that post-traumatic stress symptoms like this usually start showing up three to six months after a traumatic event has occurred.
"They [start] feeling a little bit more nervous when they start talking about a storm coming. They'd want to get their children out of school; they just noticed some heightened anxiety, even if they hadn't sustained a direct hit," she describes, referring to many of those she has counseled.
"The sooner you can get back to some sense of normalcy, safety, and then some preparedness is the key to moving forward," she adds.
To do that, Laura and her family made a safety plan that starts with meeting in the hallway, grabbing their storm kits and heading to the cellar to wait for the storm to pass.
Their plan was put to the test during another tornado.
"I finally said, ‘Guys, it's ok. Here's what we're going to do,' and after that they went outside and rode their bikes and played with the kids in the neighborhood," says Laura. "Definitely a plan of safety helps tremendously."
Her daughter says she still gets scared, but that having a plan has helped her cope.
That kind of fear or trauma can also produce positives, however.
"They actually see a lot of what they call post-traumatic growth, where people actually come out on the other side of something better than before," explains Alexander.
And even Laura agrees.
"I think it's made everybody's relationships better, because we've all had to stick together," she says.
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Student charged with raping another student in high school bathroom
MEMPHIS, TN - (WMC-TV) – The Action News 5 Investigators have uncovered new details about a student charged with raping another student in a Memphis high school bathroom.
"It's just sick to be in a school stuff like that they should be learning," said student Trey Lanfar.
Police charged 18-year-old Craigmont High student Antonio Gillis with rape. Investigators say it happened in the boys' bathroom at the school during school hours. Gillis is accused of forcing a 15-year-old student to perform a sex act on him. Another student was also in the bathroom.
But the circumstances are not as they appear according to Gillis' mother and according to a teacher at the school with whom we talked.
"He is very low functioning. He's moderately intellectually disabled. Antonio is not responsible for himself. Neither is the other boy," she said.
The teacher who did not want to be identified said both boys are in a class at Craigmont for mentally disabled students. She says the two boys are not supposed to go anywhere without a teacher or an assistant.
"They both are moderate retarded," she said. "It's not the fault of either one of them because they are too low functioning."
The mother of the 15-year-old victim said she hired an attorney.
Memphis City Schools released a statement saying, "Administration immediately notified MPD when they became aware of the allegations. While MCS does not comment on the specifics of any pending litigation, it is clear that the school administration followed proper procedure in notifying the MPD of the alleged assault. We will continue to cooperate with MPD in this process."
Antonio Gillis's mother said he is behind bars. But she said he is on a special floor for people with mental disabilities.
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Bid to move Arizona civil rights case under review
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/20237256/bid-to-move-arizona-civil-rights-case-under-review
Posted: Dec 01, 2012 7:02 PM PST Updated: Dec 01, 2012 7:02 PM PST
Posted by Paige Hansen - email
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge has taken under advisement a request to move a civil rights lawsuit against two polygamous towns out of Arizona.
U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland heard arguments telephonically Friday from lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice and the twin towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City.
The government has alleged in the lawsuit that the towns have supported a campaign of intimidation against former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and denied them services.
The defendants want the case moved to Utah, saying that would cut down on trave time and expenses for the parties and witnesses.
Government lawyers say the defense has failed to make a strong showing of inconvenience.
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U.S. marshals arrest woman, man in May death of teenager
Posted: Dec 01, 2012 12:19 PM PST Updated: Dec 01, 2012 12:19 PM PST
By James Bennett - email
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
A 20-year-old Tucson woman and man were arrested Friday and charged with the murder of a teenager.
Ashley Marie Antone and Emannuel Rivera were charged with second-degree murder for the May 29 death of Kaitlin Chico.
Antone was arrested June 1 in the case, but charges were dropped by the Pima County Attorney's office, pending further investigation.
On Friday, the county attorney issued arrest warrants.
The U.S. Marshal's Office Arizona Wanted Task Force apprehended Antone in Pinal County and booked her into the Pinal County Jail.
Task Force Members located and arrested Rivera at an apartment complex in Tucson and booked him into Pima County Jail.
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
SOME OF MY RESOURCE INFORMATION LINKS
Family Bill Of Rights
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37v-WQcjS2zRG00QkYxVmhIRUk/edit
Kinship Report
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37v-WQcjS2zaEJSN29fVXhSam8/edit
CPS Pdf
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37v-WQcjS2zOGF1OWZFR1NmYWc/edit
CPS Dependency Actions
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37v-WQcjS2zSVU0NEVaay1sMjg/edit
CPS Hotline Interview Questions
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37v-WQcjS2zY2l3Nl9LanBQdTQ/edit
Foster Care Rates
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37v-WQcjS2zSVFBN2dQTVgxb0U/edit
Policy
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37v-WQcjS2za2FtR3RTdUV3ck0/edit
Psychological Evaluations
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37v-WQcjS2zbFZoZFY1MmhMTXc/edit
Foster Care for more information.
Exhibit 13 – Attachment II
See Children’s Services Manual, Chapter 6, Section 21 Facilitating Payment to Resource Families Providing
Foster Care for more information.
Revision effective March 1, 2009
State of Arizona
Administration for Children, Youth & Families
Family Foster Home Care Rates and Fees Schedule
Rates effective March 1, 2009
Licensed Foster Home Rates (Non-Relative and Kinship Foster Care) Service Group: Foster Care
Service Type
Category
Service Type
Description
Age Range Daily Rate Daily Clothing
Allowance
Daily Personal
Allowance
Daily Total
FAM FHM
DAY/Basic
Foster Care 0-12 mos. $19.68 $0.53 $2.10* $22.31
FAM FHM
DAY/Basic
Foster Care 1-2 years $19.68 $0.53 $0.95** $21.16
FAM FHM
DAY/Basic
Foster Care 3-5 years $19.68 $0.53 $0.10 $20.31
FAM FHM
DAY/Basic
Foster Care 6-11 years $19.68 $0.79 $0.33 $20.80
FAM FHM
DAY/Basic
Foster Care 12-18+ years $21.72 $1.02 $0.72 $23.46
Rates for children approved at higher levels of care.
SP2 Level Foster Care
Special 2
0-12 mos. $23.52 $0.53 $2.10* $26.15
SP2 Level Foster Care
Special 2
1-2 years $23.52 $0.53 $0.95** $25.00
SP2 Level Foster Care
Special 2
3-5 years $23.52 $0.53 $0.10 $24.15
SP2 Level Foster Care
Special 2
6-11 years $23.52 $0.79 $0.33 $24.64
SP2 Level Foster Care
Special 2
12-18+ years $23.52 $1.02 $0.72 $25.26
SP3 Level Foster Care
Special 3
0-12 mos. $29.94 $0.53 $2.10* $32.57
SP3 Level Foster Care
Special 3
1-2 years $29.94 $0.53 $0.95** $31.42
SP3 Level Foster Care
Special 3
3-5 years $29.94 $0.53 $0.10 $30.57
SP3 Level Foster Care
Special 3
6-11 years $29.94 $0.79 $0.33 $31.06
SP3 Level Foster Care
Special 3
12-18+ years $29.94 $1.02 $0.72 $31.68
FAM FHM
MED FRG
FFMF
Foster Care
Medically
Fragile
0-12 mos. $35.75 $0.53 $2.10* $38.38
FAM FHM
MED FRG
FFMF
Foster Care
Medically
Fragile
1-2 years $35.75 $0.53 $0.95** $37.23
FAM FHM
MED FRG
FFMF
Foster Care
Medically
Fragile
3-5 years $35.75 $0.53 $0.10 $36.38
FAM FHM
MED FRG
FFMF
Foster Care
Medically
Fragile
6-11 years $35.75 $0.79 $0.33 $36.87
FAM FHM
MED FRG
FFMF
Foster Care
Medically
Fragile
12-18+ years $35.75 $1.02 $0.72 $37.49
*For diapers and formula **For diapers
Daily rates are determined by the age of the child on the first day of the month.
Exhibit 13- Attachment II
See Children’s Services Manual, Chapter 21, Section 21 Facilitating Payment to Resource Families Providing
Foster Care for more information.
Revision effective March 1, 2009
Unlicensed Kinship Foster Care (Relative Providers) Service Group: Foster Care
Service Type Service Type
Description
Age Range Daily Clothing
Allowance
Daily Personal
Allowance
Daily Total
Kinship Foster Care URED 0-12 mos. $0.53 $2.10* $2.63
(Unlicensed Relative) 1-2 years $0.53 $0.95** $1.48
Or 3-5 years $0.53 $0.10 $0.63
Kinship Foster Care URAD 6-11 years $0.79 $0.33 $1.12
Licensed applied for 12-18+ years $1.02 $0.72 $1.74
*For diapers and formula **For diapers
Unlicensed Non-Relative Providers Service Group: Foster Care
Service Type Service Type
Description
Age Range Daily Clothing
Allowance
Daily Personal
Allowance
Daily Total
Unlicensed URN 0-12 mos. $0.53 $2.10* $2.63
Non-Relatives 1-2 years $0.53 $0.95** $1.48
3-5 years $0.53 $0.10 $0.63
6-11 years $0.79 $0.33 $1.12
12-18+ years $1.02 $0.72 $1.74
*For diapers and formula **For diapers
Auxiliary Payments and Special Allowances/Supplemental Financial Supports
Service Group: Allowances
Service Type Service Type
Description
Uses, Maximum Amounts and Qualifiers
Approval levels are designated in CHILDS.
EMRG CLTH ALLOW Emergency Clothing $150 maximum per state fiscal year. Independent Living Subsidy
program youth are not eligible for this allowance.
EMRG CLTH EXTRA Emergency Clothing -
Extra
$100 maximum per state fiscal year. (examples: Fire, Flood, Theft)
Independent Living Subsidy program youth are not eligible for this
allowance.
BOOKS/EDUCATION Books Education
Expenses
$82.50 maximum per school year for all dependent children. For
books, supplies, course fees, student services and physical education
fees/equipment. May be approved for special pre-school and college
level, technical and vocational classes.
SUPP SCH TUIT Supplemental Extra
School Tuition and Fees
$165 maximum per session. For use during summer sessions or
interim sessions at year round schools.
GRADUATION Graduation Expenses $220 maximum. Available for High School only for cap, gown, ring,
yearbook, and other graduation related fees.
SPECIAL NEEDS Special Needs
Allowance
$22.50 maximum per state fiscal year. Available to assist foster
parents with expenses such as holidays, birthdays, and special
occasions. Independent Living Subsidy program youth are not eligible
for this allowance.
CAMP AND
VACATION
Camp and Vacation
Allowance
Suspended.
PASSPORT Passport Allowance Reimbursement for the actual cost of obtaining a passport book or
card. Receipts are required. Effective 1/1/09 and is a one time
reimbursement per child.
DIAPERS-SPECIAL Diapers - Special $62.50 maximum per month. This allowance must be authorized
monthly. Available with medical documentation for children who
require additional funds for diapers.
Auxiliary Payments and Special Allowances/Supplemental Financial Supports are available to licensed
family foster care providers and unlicensed kinship and non-relative providers.
Friday, November 30, 2012
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Woman And Dad Arrested In Phoenix Kidnapping Case
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 12:01 PM PST Updated: Nov 23, 2012 12:01 PM PST
PHOENIX (AP) - A woman has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a young boy from a Phoenix motel room and the child's father is being accused of abuse and neglect.
Phoenix police say 31-year-old Candace Clark is being held on suspicion of kidnapping and theft of a means of transportation.
They say 23-year-old Dominique San Miguel was arrested on suspicion of child neglect and abuse.
Police say San Miguel was at a motel Wednesday night with his 3-year-old and 5-year-old sons.
At some point, police say San Miguel hooked up with two women and the 3 of them began drinking in his room.
San Miguel says he fell asleep and when he awoke, his wallet and youngest son were missing.
The boy was later found at a Phoenix home and Clark was arrested.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/20171588/woman-and-dad-arrested-in-phoenix-kidnapping-case
Chandler Mom and Her 2 Sons Burned In Fire
Posted: Nov 22, 2012 10:48 AM PST Updated: Nov 22, 2012 10:48 AM PST
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) - A Chandler mother and her two sons are hospitalized at a burn center after a fire in their home.
Chandler Fire Department officials say their crews arrived at the scene about 5 a.m. Thursday to find nobody inside the house.
They say the woman drove her two sons - ages 5 and 9 - to the Chandler Regional Hospital. They all were later airlifted to the Arizona Burn Center at Maricopa Medical Center.
Chandler police and fire investigators say they're still searching for the cause of the fire.
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Baby Found In Bathroom At Tucson Medical Center
Posted: Nov 27, 2012 2:53 PM PST Updated: Nov 27, 2012 2:53 PM PST
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Pima County sheriff's deputies say a baby has been found in the bathroom of a Tucson medical center.
Television station KVOA reports (http://bit.ly/VbXyGC) that the baby is being evaluated but appears to be in good health.
The discovery was made Tuesday afternoon at the Northwest Medical Center, which serves as a safe haven center for newborns.
Arizona's "Baby Safe Haven" law allows newborns 72 hours old or younger to be anonymously dropped off at a staffed fire station, a hospital, an adoption agency or some churches with no questions asked.
Information from: KVOA-TV, http://www.kvoa.com/
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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