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I single these stories out not because they are exceptionally awful - there’s far worse out there - but precisely because they are so typical of the journalism of childwelfare. The stories blithely attribute West Virginia’s high rate of removal to the fact that “More than half entered the system because of a parent’s substanceabuse.”
FAVOR has developed a language that social workers and others can use to talk with the public and policymakers about recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. EP13: Facing the Opioid Crisis [Podcast]: Opioid addiction has become a public health crisis in the United States.
Betty Ford was addicted to booze and pills, and had mental health problems. I wasn’t abusing them. They couldn’t keep him alive for two weeks, two weeks ,” the father told the Associated Press … The story reminded me of another parent with a similar history of addiction. Unlike Blodgett, this addict got hooked on booze, too. "I
Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “childwelfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine!
FAVOR has developed a language that social workers and others can use to talk with the public and policymakers about recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. He recommends that we look at the opioid addiction pandemic through a harm-reduction lens, rather than a punitive one.
It covers topics such as helping elderly individuals access benefits, understanding age-related illnesses, addressing elder abuse and developing end-of-life plans. It also discusses strategies for setting boundaries when working with clients in active addiction. Addressing substanceabuse and addiction issues.
Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. This includes defending individuals’ rights and addressing issues such as poverty, mental health, domestic violence, disability rights and substanceabuse.
OVERVIEWS OF FAMILY POLICING FAILURE You hear it from family police agencies (a more accurate term than childwelfare agencies) all the time: We never take children because of poverty alone. In this video , one of Britains foremost childwelfare scholars, Prof. Its not just the United States.
But treating the decline in foster care (the direct result of government actions) as a desirable outcome in itself can contribute to a disregard of actual childwelfare outcomes like safety and permanency. How did DCYF reduce foster care by nearly 50 percent? Sometimes the providers refused to cooperate.
The mother had an addiction to pills that turned into a heroin habit (A condition somewhat similar to that certain other Ford who, instead of being turned in, was treated by media as a hero – but I digress.) Ford when her first child was born. Sixty-three percent did not include any allegation of substanceabuse.
Americas massive childwelfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. Thats why weve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the childwelfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove anything. A system that attempts to make policy-by-horror-story makes all children less safe.
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