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 ARTICLES DECEMBER 2006
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Features: Injustices of the Justice System (click here)
                          Mental Health Facility / Autism News (click here)

December 31, 2006 Former boot camp guard: We tried to help teen (click here)
December 28, 2006 WATCH 20/20 Friday, 12/29/06: Boot Camp Death -- Caught on Tape How Cameras Changed the Course of Justice
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December 27, 2006 Sentence delayed until March 2 (click here)
December 23, 2006 Butler County dismissed from suit over child’s death (click here)
December 22, 2006 Family of boy who died in Va. group home files suit (click here)
December 22, 2006 Parents in Caged Children Case Convicted (click here)
December 21, 2006 Distinguished friends offer holiday season insights (click here)
December 21, 2006 FEATURE ARTICLE: Depression And Your Teen (by Jackie Rosen / FISP) (click here)
December 20, 2006 Brooklyn Boy Bit By Rodent In 'Time-Out' At School (click here)
December 20, 2006 Estranged from parents : Take some time, judge tells teen seeking emancipation (click here)
December 20, 2006 No place for a child - documentary (click here)
December 20, 2006 POSITIVE PRESS: Kids embrace giving, not getting (click here)
December 19, 2006 City sued over restrained teen's coma (click here)
December 18, 2006 Camp censured for Seymour teen's torture (click here)
December 17, 2006 Autopsy: Teen's death suicide - Chad Huggins (click here)
December 17, 2006 Scientists identify gene mutation in autism (click here)
December 16, 2006 Boy in coma; cops' hogtie under probe (click here)
December 16, 2006 State's mental facilities duped into using drug (click here)
December 16, 2006 Sex offender gets life sentence for killing teen (click here)
December 16, 2006 Body Sox controversy continues (click here)
December 16, 2006 Emancipation request splits family : The girl's aunts say she should not remain at ranch for troubled youth
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December 15, 2006 Sex offender sentenced to life in strangling of teen (click here)
December 15, 2006 Letter explains schools' use of Body Sox on pre-kindergarteners (click here)
December 15, 2006 Counseling center, employee plea no contest in death of Angie Arndt (click here)
December 15, 2006 Clinic, staffer enter 'no contest' pleas in conjunction with child's death (click here)
December 14, 2006 Woman charged with assault after disciplining daughter (click here)
December 14, 2006 16-year old Shane Halligan commits suicide at high school using a sawed-off AK-47-type rifle; No one else was physically hurt (3 news articles)
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December 14, 2006 Mom Admits To Suffocating Son In Homeless Shelter (click here)
December 14, 2006 Parents Criticize Restraints In Schools : At Hearing, They Seek Changes In State Law
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December 14, 2006 Pinning down the puzzle of autism (click here)
December 13, 2006 Teaching tool or restraining device? (click here)
December 13, 2006 Gerard's Mason City center sold to Cedar Rapids treatment group (click here)
December 13, 2006 Multiple articles:
Judge struggles to find spot for troubled teen
Psych hospital closes teen unit during construction
Psych facility for teens shuts down
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December 13, 2006 JLARC: Licensing, oversight of centers for problem youth insufficient
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December 13, 2006 Troubled youths in dangerous places (click here)
December 13, 2006 Man convicted in toddler's death (click here)
December 13, 2006 Devices help give voice to students who are autistic (click here)
December 13, 2006 Very few answers in child's death and Clinic, staffer plead 'no contest' in child's death (2 articles)
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December 12, 2006 Psych facility for teens shuts down (click here)
December 11, 2006 ACLU, Texas Eagle Forum, Liberty Legal Institute and Others File Joint Brief Arguing CPS Must Comply with 4th Amendment
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December 11, 2006 IN OUR OPINION: Set clear rules on student restraint (click here)
     December 10, 2006 BANCROFT: Panel probes conditions at child facility: Includes a summary of the committee meeting and contact information for parents
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December 10, 2006 How to restrain unruly students : In wake of 2003 deaths, state poised to adopt rules
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December 9, 2006 Kids part with bears for a good cause (click here)
      December, 9, 2006 Resource and information packet:
"Bubbles in my milk": The short life of Angellika "Angie" Arndt
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December 8, 2006 Restraint ban sought (click here)
December 8, 2006 CMS: Rights rule on use of restraints and seclusion (click here)
December 8, 2006 Panel probes conditions at child facility
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December 8, 2006 A way to safely restrain students? Bereaved mom at odds with state
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December 7, 2006 Company, worker enter 'no contest' pleas in death
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December 7, 2006 Double Guilty Verdict In Rice Lake Girl's Death
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December 7, 2006

Staffer, clinic guilty in death of girl, 7 : Victim repeatedly restrained over behavior problems

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December 6, 2006 Girl Dies In Foster Home, Teenage Boy Accused
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December 6, 2006 Charges filed following investigation of death at treatment facility
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December 6, 2006 PRESS RELEASE: ATTORNEY GENERAL PEG LAUTENSCHLAGER ANNOUNCES: NORTHWEST GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING CLINIC, INC., FOUND GUILTY IN DEATH OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RICE LAKE RESIDENT
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December 6, 2006 Counseling center, staffer convicted in girl's death
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December 6, 2006 Attorney General says Rice Lake clinic found guilty in girl's death
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December 4, 2006 Juvenile justice efforts here funded
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December 3, 2006 Class helps parents of mentally ill children help themselves
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December 3, 2006 BOOT-CAMP DEATH : Trial has making of epic battle
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December 3, 2006 A tragedy's lessons
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December 3, 2006 In the Anderson case, the system failed
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December 3, 2006 Trial set for Florida boot camp case
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December 3, 2006 Mental Health Care : Portland, Oregon
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December 3, 2006 Young Utah molesters strain agency : DCFS sees big increase in caseload
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December 2, 2006
Execution proposed for foster deaths
Child-welfare chiefs want stiffer penalty for parents who kill
 
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December 2, 2006 Hope School program connects diverse student body
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December 1, 2006 Our view: Kids in court - More state reforms needed to prevent abuses of young offenders
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December 1, 2006 Counseling center, staffer charged in girl's death
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December 1, 2006 7-year-old's death brings charges of negligence : A counseling center and employee are charged; use of a choke hold is alleged
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December 1, 2006 Ivy Ridge Academy accreditation rejected
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December 1, 2006 Restraint death charges filed : Counseling center, staffer accused of negligence in death of girl, 7, in Rice Lake, Wis.
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December 1, 2006 Clinic, staffer charged in patient death
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December 1, 2006 Ivy Ridge request denied 'BLINDSIDED': State says 'behavior modification center' can't be run as private school
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