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 Life Without Limits: It's Official- UCP Announces November 02, 2009 4:10 AM

Life Without Limits: It's Official- UCP Announces This Action, on Change.org, the url :) myChildWithoutLimits.org :) http://healthcare.change.org/actions/view/mychildwithoutlimitsorg http://www.change.org/profile/189788/actions http://www.MyChildWithoutLimits.org :) Forward to a Friend | Donate Online | Visit UCP.org October 2009 Inside this Issue» It's Official: UCP Announces MyChildWithoutLimits.org, An Online Resource for Parents of Young Children with Developmental Delays» My Child Without Limits Teams Up With Including Samuel: A Film Documentary About Inclusion For People With Disabilities» Disability Advocates Meet at the White House in Late August» Guest Post: A Life Without Limits Because of UCP of New York City» Ask Lara: Information on Swine Flu and Children with Disabilities It's Official: UCP http://www.ucp.org :) Announces MyChildWithoutLimits.org, An Online Resource for Parents of Young Children with Developmental Delays United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) today announced the launch of My Child Without Limits (MyChildWithoutLimits.org), UCP's pioneering initiative that provides parents of children with disabilities an online resource with critical information that also connects parents to a vital social network of parents of newly diagnosed children ages 0 to 5. The first realization that your child is going to face the many challenges and obstacles encountered by those who live with a developmental delay or disability can be a lonely, frightening and confusing time. Many parents who have been assisted by UCP have reported that finding the organization and receiving the information and advice our affiliates provide has been a very significant turning point for them. My Child Without Limits is a place for parents worried that their child is not developing like other children, to find answers to their questions. It is a place where parents know they are not alone after their child has been diagnosed with a developmental delay or disability. The authoritative site and online community are designed to be resources for families and their caregivers and professionals. The Web site provides access to accurate, user-friendly and relevant disability-related information, resource guides, and experts on early intervention and family support in three basic areas: Understand Help families answer the questions: What are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy and Down Syndrome?Plan Provide guidance about where to go for early intervention services, treatments and therapies, assistive technologies, and expert direction and advice.Act Direct parents and caregivers to where they can explore issues surrounding disability awareness, advocacy and lifespan planning. The community section of My Child Without Limits also offers a venue for parents to communicate with each other, ask questions of professionals and service providers and receive support through the critical period of initial diagnosis. "I can't think of a better way to reach parents of children with disabilities who are so desperately seeking credible information they can trust," said Stephen Bennett, President & CEO, United Cerebral Palsy, Inc."My Child Without Limits will be the one-stop shop for parents and professionals, and help children with disabilities start achieving a life without limits at an early age." For more information, please visit www.MyChildWithoutLimits.org. My Child Without Limits Teams Up With Including Samuel: A Film Documentary About Inclusion For People With Disabilities Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced over four years, Including Samuel centers on the efforts of Habib and his family to include seven year-old Samuel in all facets of school and community. The film also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with dozens of teachers, young people, parents and disability rights experts. Including Samuel is a highly personal, passionately photographed film that captures the cultural and systemic barriers to inclusion. Says Habib, "Four years ago, I sat at my son Samuel's hospital bedside at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center as he lay in a medically-induced coma. He was four years old and had developed pneumonia from complications following surgery. Samuel's neurologist, Dr. James Filiano, encouraged me to be a photojournalist in the midst of my fear." The result is this documentary that accounts for Habib's experiences with his son. Including Samuel comes to public television in September and October (Disability Awareness Month) with support from the National Inclusion Project and CVS Caremark All Kids Can. Disability Advocates Meet at the White House in Late August On August 27, as follow-up to the meeting that President Obama had with disability community representatives on July 24, a group of advocates for home- and community-based long-term services and support, met with Nancy-Ann DeParle and other senior staff at the White House to discuss the Community First Choice (CFC) Option. The disability representatives thanked the President's staff for his strong leadership on enacting comprehensive health reform that will help advance the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act by eliminating disability-based discrimination in health care coverage and barring pre-existing condition exclusions. Guest Post: A Life Without Limits Because of UCP of New York City By Christine Rudd, UCP supporter and past consumer of UCP of New York City services. I have never thought of myself as different. That's just not the way my family has ever treated me or how I see myself. So, when I was little and couldn't walk because of my Cerebral Palsy (CP) and wanted to play with one of my toys, I remember  [ send green star]
 
[PsychRights] Conference on Stopping Kids Psychiatric Abuse October 13, 2009 11:27 AM

[PsychRights] Conference on Stopping Kids Psychiatric Abuse This Action, on Change.org, the url :) Kids Psychiatric Abuse :) http://womensrights.change.org/actions/view/kids_psychiatric_abuse http://www.change.org/profile/189788/actions Conference on Stopping the Psychiatric Abuse of Children Huffington Post, September 27, 2009 Dr. Peter Breggin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/conference-on-stopping-th_b_301272.html Millions of our children are being labeled with false and stigmatizing psychiatric diagnoses. Then their brains are being blunted and disabled by psychiatric drugs. Want to find a way to do something about the plight of our children at the hands of drug companies and misguided mental health professionals? Want to learn more about what our children really need from us? In less than two weeks, you can attend the annual meeting of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (www.icspp.org) at the Renaissance Syracuse Hotel. The two-day conference takes place on Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, 2009 in Syracuse, New York. It features international experts on the adverse of effects of psychiatric drugs and better ways of helping children and families. The public is welcome. For the sake of our children, please attend. This year's conference comes at a tragic turning point in the psychiatric abuse of children. In the past, the main threat has come from the widespread use of stimulant drugs like Ritalin, Dexedrine, Adderall, Focalin, and Concerta for children labeled with ADHD. These drugs work by crushing spontaneous behavior. Frequently this leads to depression, as well as insomnia, anxiety and psychosis. The stimulants suppress the growth of children, cause abnormalities in their brains, induce sudden cardiac death, and predispose children to cocaine abuse in young adulthood. As bad as this is, the situation of our children has recently become even more desperate. In the past year, the FDA has unleashed a crisis of epidemic proportions by approving lobotomizing antipsychotic drugs for the control of behavior in children. Diabetes. Pancreatitis. Pathological obesity. The abnormal growth of breast tissue and even lactation in young boys and girls. Heart disease. Permanently disfiguring tics and other abnormal movements (tardive dyskinesia). Agonizing muscle spasms that also defy treatment and last indefinitely (tardive dystonia). These are a few of the drastic disorders caused by antipsychotic drugs such as Zyprexa, Risperdal, Abilify, Seroquel, Geodon, and Invega. The antipsychotic drugs work by flattening the emotions and causing docility, so that the children no longer make trouble, at least for a while. With their frontal lobe function suppressed, the kids become more robotic in their behavior, and their mental and emotional growth is stunted. Often these drugs will turn them into lifelong mental patients whose enslaved brains will continue to deteriorate under toxic assault. Great speakers and workshop presenters will cover these and many other subjects about psychiatry and about how to help children and families in distress with caring and effective psychological, education, and social approaches. Stephen A. Sheller is one of the lead attorneys in two of the largest billion-dollar settlements ever made as a result of civil and criminal actions brought by the federal government against drug companies Pfizer and Eli Lilly. Both legal actions involved psychiatric drugs. I will be honored to introduce attorney Sheller at the conference. As the Founder Emeritus of ICSPP (I've passed the mantle onto younger professionals), I will be making two presentations, one on how to inspire the psychiatric reform movement and another on better approaches to helping children and families. Attorney James Gottstein from Alaska is the world's most active civil rights attorney on behalf of psychiatrically abused children and adults. Graham Dukes, a physician and a lawyer, is a leading expert on international drug regulation. Critiques of ADHD and better approaches to children and families will be presented by many experts in psychiatry, pediatrics, psychology, and education. Registration can be made on-line (www.icspp.org) http://icspp.org/ or at the meeting at the Syracuse Renaissance Hotel, Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, 2009. Tickets are available for one or both days. For hotel reservations, call 315-479-7000. If you care about our children, this is the place for you to be. It's always a great and inspiring conference. Even if you don't know anyone else at the conference, you will feel at home. You will meet many new friends with similar concerns. Our children need our protection and support in these dire times. Peter R. Breggin, M.D. is a psychiatrist in private practice in Ithaca, New York. The observations made in this column are scientifically documented in his medical book, Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, Second Edition (2008) as well as his popular book, Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Crime and Suicide (2008). Dr. Breggin's website, loaded with scientific information and interesting radio and TV reports, is http://www.breggin.com. On Dr. Breggin's website you can purchase a bonus edition of ICSPP's new book, The Conscience of Psychiatry: The Reform Work of Peter R. Breggin, MD (2009). if you have any questions about this list, e-mail contact@psychrights.org.  [ send green star]
 
Education Policy Update - May 2009 :) June 08, 2009 12:36 PM

Actions on Change.org, the url :) Act + Educate :) http://education.change.org/actions/view/act_educate Read about, and advocate, Education and Budget, currently, nationally; as well as in the past :) National Women's Law Center: Education and Title IX Policy Update :) President Obama's Budget and Education :) Last week, President Obama released his detailed budget for Fiscal Year 2010. After years of budgets that proposed cutting vital services while expanding tax breaks for the wealthiest, this budget changes direction. The President's budget builds on his commitment to reducing the high school dropout rate by providing $50 million for a new High School Graduation Initiative. The budget also proposes large increases in available Pell grant funding, increasing the maximum awarded per student to $5,550, and indexing the annual maximum to outpace inflation. Funding for the Women's Educational Equity Act, which supports gender equity in education, remains low but represents a significant improvement over the Bush Administration's FY09 proposal to cut funding for the program entirely. For more information about President Obama's budget, including information on employment, training and civil right enforcement, check out NWLC's analysis: http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=gENFN4kXLqDjmfERi9_gbA.. Supreme Court Hears Strip-Search Case Recently, the Supreme Court heard a case in which it has been asked to decide the legality of strip-searches at public schools. In 2003, 13-year-old Savanah Redding was strip-searched at her Arizona middle school due to suspicions that she possessed ibuprofen tablets, a violation of school policy. School officials found no pills, and soon after, her mother filed suit against the school district. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that the student's rights were violated and that the assistant principal of the middle school "was not entitled to qualified immunity from liability in the lawsuit." In Safford Unified School District v. Redding, the Supreme Court will decide what steps schools are allowed to take to ensure student safety and whether these types of searches are a violation of students' right to privacy. New York Times: http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=mpsIJbaYTKVj0wlrfOsp2g.. Kansas School District Revises Policy Regarding Pregnant Students The Pittsburg, Kansas School District has agreed to revise its Title IX policy as well as its policy on pregnant students after an investigation by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). After receiving a complaint of pregnancy discrimination from a Pittsburgh High School student last year, OCR determined that "the preponderance of the evidence supports a conclusion that the District discriminated against [the student] on the basis of sex in violation of Title IX". The School District has agreed to revise its policy on student pregnancy to guarantee compliance with Title IX. It will also designate and train a Title IX coordinator and ensure that all students and parents are aware of the coordinator's name and contact information. The Morning Sun: http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=4c6HtEMj7LNpHPpqSIRPrQ.. NWLC's website on Education and Title IX: http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=Q5ZCfBnRCj15G4JlSs5JLA.. Alabama School District to End Sex Segregation After negotiations with the ACLU, the Mobile, Alabama school district, has agreed to immediately end its single-sex programs. The school district has said it will no longer "carry out any of its education programs or activities separately on the basis of sex, or require or refuse participation in any school, any course, or any education program or activity by any students on the basis of sex." In Fall 2008, the school district instituted a mandatory single-sex program at several middle schools which incorporated teaching styles based on antiquated gender stereotypes, prohibited girls and boys from speaking in the hallways, and provided no co-educational alternative. In a November 2008 letter to the school district, the ACLU warned that the single-sex program was illegal and appeared to be in violation of the Constitution, Title IX, and Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA). ACLU: http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=dZ7C-sprJiYo7AXvgjChmA.. Ms. Magazine: http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=xPTWkfYIjsuyJ_oy3ecyYg.. Quinnipiac University Sued for Title IX Violation In a recent suit in federal court, the members of the female volleyball team at Quinnipiac University, along with their coach, have charged the University with violating Title IX based on its decision to eliminate the sport. With support from the Connecticut chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the suit claims that the University has continually failed to provide equal athletic opportunity for its female students and that the recent decision to eliminate volleyball has further exacerbated the problem. Despite comprising 62% of the student body, women have historically received only around half of all athletic resources. ACLU: http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=13B1c362e9pcczanJFUtqQ.. NC Teens Receive Sex Education Via Text Messages In a time when the majority of school-based sex education programs are ineffective and incomplete, the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina a group with whom we have done work on dropout prevention for pregnant and parenting teens has created an innovative way for teens to receive accurate answers to their questions about sex. The Birds and Bees Text Line which launched on February 1, allows teens to anonymously text their questions to an adult staffer at the Campaign, who responds with medically accurate information. Not only does this new program give teens complete and honest answers to their questions, according to Deb Levine, executive director of ISIS, a nonprofit organization that began many te...  [ send green star]
 
PsychRights: Ak- "incapable of protecting kids in it's care" [PsychRights] Alaska Admits It Is Incap April 16, 2009 1:34 AM

PsychRights: Ak- "incapable of protecting kids in it's care" [PsychRights] Alaska Admits It Is Incapable of Protecting Children and Youth in It's Care from Harmful Psychiatric Drugging FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jim Gottstein 907-274-7686 jim.gottstein@psychrights.org Alaska Admits It Is Incapable of Protecting Children and Youth in Its Care from Harmful Psychiatric Drugging Today, responding to the State of Alaska's admission in PsychRights v. Alaska that it was incapable of protecting the children and youth in its care from improper and harmful psychiatric drugging, the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights®) told the court it must step in. PsychRights v. Alaska was filed last Fall to halt the State of Alaska's practice of administering and paying for psychiatric drugs being given children and youth without safeguards being in place to make sure proper decision making occurs. In trying to get PsychRights v. Alaska "thrown out of court" the State admitted it was incapable of protecting the children and youth in its care as follows: A reading of the Complaint makes obvious that the true subject of plaintiff's grievances is not the Department, but prescribers of psychotropic pharmaceuticals, the pharmaceutical companies which produce and market them, and the overall culture of pediatric psychiatry. The implication that the Department possesses meaningful authority and control over these matters-or is in any realistic position to administer the relief requested even if the court were to order it-is a fiction. "The point is the State has the responsibility to properly care for the children and youth in its care regardless of the 'culture of pediatric psychiatry,'" according Mr. Gottstein. Today's court filing tells the court, "It is shameful the State is abdicating its responsibility when it should be working to correct the problem." In the absence of the State being willing to address the problem without court intervention, the lawsuit seeks to solve it by obtaining a court order prohibiting the psychiatric drugging of children and youth by the State unless and until (i) evidence-based psychosocial interventions have been exhausted, (ii) rationally anticipated benefits of psychotropic drug treatment outweigh the risks, (iii) the person or entity authorizing administration of the drug(s) is fully informed of the risks and potential benefits, and (iv) close monitoring of, and appropriate means of responding to, treatment emergent effects are in place. Practically every day brings revelations that pediatric psychopharmacology is the result of illegal drug company actions to improperly influence psychiatrists to prescribe extremely harmful drugs to children and youth, in spite of there being no real evidence of their efficacy. "Rather than meeting its mandate to properly care for and protect these children and youth from harm, the actions of the State are reprehensible," Mr. Gottstein declared, adding "The State is also trying to hide its complicity by stopping the discovery process." The defendants in the lawsuit are the State of Alaska, its Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and responsible officials, Sarah Palin, Governor, William Hogan, Commissioner of DHSS, Tammy Sandoval, Director of the Office of Children's Services (OCS), Steve McComb, Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), Melissa Stone, Director of the Division of Behavioral Health (DBH), Ron Adler, CEO of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), and William Streur Deputy Commissioner and Director of Medicaid. All of the substantive filings in the lawsuit are available on the Internet at http://psychrights.org/States/Alaska/PsychRightsvAlaska.htm. The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights is a public interest law firm devoted to the defense of people facing the horrors of unwarranted forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock. PsychRights is further dedicated to exposing the truth about psychiatric interventions and the courts being misled into ordering people subjected to these brain and body damaging drugs against their will. Extensive information about these dangers, and about the tragic damage caused by electroshock, is available on the PsychRights web site: http://psychrights.org/. # # # -- James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq. President/CEO Law Project for Psychiatric Rights 406 G Street, Suite 206 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 USA Phone: (907) 274-7686) Fax: (907) 274-9493 jim.gottstein[[at]]psychrights.org http://psychrights.org/ PsychRights® Law Project for Psychiatric Rights The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights is a public interest law firm devoted to the defense of people facing the horrors of forced psychiatric drugging. We are further dedicated to exposing the truth about these drugs and the courts being misled into ordering people to be drugged and subjected to other brain and body damaging interventions against their will. Extensive information about this is available on our web site, http://psychrights.org/. Please donate generously. Our work is fueled with your IRS 501(c) tax deductible donations. Thank you for your ongoing help and support. You have been sent this e-mail because we think you are interested in PsychRights' mission to mount a strategic litigation campaign against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock. If this is incorrect or you otherwise want to be removed from this list, or if you have any questions about this list, e-mail contact@psychrights.org.  [ send green star]
 
NOW Acts: Hurry, kid's Health Plan Up / Vote in Senate January 24, 2009 6:36 AM

NOW Acts: Hurry, kid's Health Plan Up / Vote in Senate [NOW Actions] Hurry! Children's Health Plan Up for Vote in Senate Support NOW's Work | January 23, 2009 | Tell a Friend Action Needed http://www.capwiz.com/now/issues/alert/?alertid=12497951 Background All NOW Actions More about SCHIP Urge Senate to Vote for Children's Health Plan and Include Legal Resident Immigrant Children Action Needed: On the heels of the House's reauthorization (289-139) of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), the Senate will take up their version of the bill (S. 275, Baucus, D-Mont.) which expands coverage to include an additional four million low-income children who have no health insurance. We anticipate that the Senate will vote early next week and we are asking you to contact both of your senators right now and urge them to vote for SCHIP and especially to oppose any attempt to dilute or strip the coverage for immigrant children who are legal residents (known as ICHIA, the Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act). This legislation also includes coverage of pregnant immigrant women whose children will be born as U.S.citizens. ACT NOW! Background: As one of its first votes in the new 111th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on January 14 to expand the health insurance program for children in families who earn too much to be eligible for Medicaid and yet can't afford private health insurance. This expansion of SCHIP will prevent children in such circumstances from 'falling through the cracks' and having to rely on the emergency room for their health care. Part of the House-passed bill was the Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA), which rectifies the current injustice that legal immigrants are barred from accessing health care through SCHIP or Medicaid for five years after arrival. Five years is unacceptable to deny any child health care because of a lack of health insurance. As a result of this unjust restriction, states are forced to spend scarce non-federal dollars to provide safety net programs for low-income immigrants. ICHIA allows legal immigrant children and pregnant women to access health benefits under Medicaid or SCHIP. In the face of our current economic crisis, health care coverage for an additional four million children of struggling families is more important than ever. George W. Bush vetoed an expansion of SCHIP twice, but now with a supportive president, Barack Obama, advocates are hoping that this critical health care bill will be signed into law. TAKE ACTION Contact your Senators now and urge them to support SCHIP and oppose any attempts to undermine or eliminate the Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA) provisions. Or call the U.S. Capitol switchboard number, 202-224-3121, and ask to be connected to your senators' offices. Ask to speak to the staff person who handles health care issues. SUPPORT NOW: Support NOW's Work for Equal Rights | Join NOW | Monthly Giving | Catalog | Shop Amazon TAKE ACTION: Get Involved | Find Your Nearest Chapter | Tell a Friend | Learn More  [ send green star]
 
Childhood is not a disease January 11, 2009 10:22 PM

Childhood is not a disease Letters to the editor: editpage@ledger.com The Patriot Ledger How many more Rebecca Rileys? To diagnose a 2-year-old as bipolar by adult standards is crazy By Jacob Azerrad Jan 10, 2009 QUINCY — In a 2007 “60 Minutes” episode, Katie Couric focused on the short life of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley of Hull. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 3, she was dead one year later from an overdose of a psychotropic drug cocktail. At one point, Couric asks Rebecca’s mother, who has been charged with her daughter’s murder, if she thinks her child’s behavior might have been normal. That in fact, maybe little Rebecca was just exhibiting Terrible Two’s behavior. Couric might well ask mental health professionals: Whatever happened to the Terrible Two’s? We use a medical model developed by Freud, not a behavioral model, to measure behavior. Freud believed that if a behavior works, it’s healthy, and if it doesn’t, it’s sick. So if a 3-year-old is drawing inside the lines of the coloring book, parents don’t have a thing to worry about, but if he or she is drawing on the wallpaper, the stage is set for a clinical diagnosis. And there’s a pill to fix it. There are pills for yelling, biting, throwing, kicking, cursing, punching, name-calling and lying. There are pills for whispering in class, for when grandma dies and for bad habits. There are pills for daydreaming. There’s a big difference between using medicines to treat genuine mental illness and designing new drugs to medicate perfectly healthy children. Today, as the mental health industry systematically pathologizes more and more childhood behavior, we see a raft of drugs aimed at “curing” them. But the medical model of behavior overshot its target. Now it’s treating learned responses as though they were diseases, and almost all human behavior is based on learned responses. Studies in the 1970s and ’80s concluded bipolar disorder was rare in children, but between 1994 to 2003, there was an astounding 40-fold increase diagnosing bipolar disorder in children. Children as young as Rebecca are now given powerful drugs not approved for children. In Massachusetts alone, from 1988 to 2003, the prescription of stimulants, antidepressants and anti-psychotics given to children rose more than 300 percent, and the number of teenage users is even greater. From 1993 through the first three months of last year, 1,207 children who were given Risperdal suffered serious problems, including 31 who died. Among the deaths was a 9-year-old who suffered a fatal stroke 12 days after starting therapy with Risperdal. A key issue is the misuse of psychiatric diagnostic labels to explain bad behavior in children. This has resulted in the drugging of young children to a degree unprecedented in our history. To diagnose a 2-year-old as bipolar by adult standards is crazy. The behavior of a 2-year-old is filled with curiosity about everything and anything. The young child has extraordinary ability in terms of emotions and cognitions. They can be very upset very quickly, very angry, very depressed, because their emotions are so fluid, so available. When a guy in the Terrible 50s tries to diagnose the Terrible Two’s on an adult level, that is craziness and dangerous. By prescribing strong medicines instead of teaching children new choices using proven behavioral methods, we short-circuit a child’s learning process and, even worse, lay the tracks for a lifetime habit of responding to challenge and disappointment with avoidance, denial and chemical dependency. Growing up is not a condition. Childhood is not a disease. Children act up and defy authority and they need adults to teach them how to manage difficult feelings and handle disappointment appropriately. There are ways for parents to do this that are quite effective and don’t involve drugs, but they do involve parents being teachers. Our preschool children are far too young to defend themselves. It’s up to parents to “say no to drugs” and teach their children that life is meant to be learned and experienced – it’s not just a pill to be swallowed. Jacob Azerrad, a clinical psychologist in Lexington, is the author of “From Difficult to Delightful in Just 30 Days,” published by McGraw-Hill. Source: http://www.patriotledger.com/opinions/x946309370/JACOB-AZERRAD-How-many-more-Rebecca-Rileys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28,067 Signatures Against TeenScreen. Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfU9puZQKBY  [ send green star]
 
Foster Kids speak out against Psych Drugs November 21, 2008 2:01 PM

Below is a story from Alaska where foster kids are speaking out against psych drugs. And here http://tinyurl.com/6o747r are a few videos where Texas foster kids are speaking out too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Letters to the Editor: http://www.adn.com/help/letters/ Anchorage Daily NewsFoster kids say medication is overprescribedLEGISLATIVE MEETING: Youths and graduates of the system offer alternatives.By LISA DEMERNovember 15th, 2008Before a roomful of important adults, foster kids and graduates of the system talked about being put on powerful psychiatric drugs and undergoing "treatment" when what might have helped more was a chance for a regular life with sports and clubs and jobs. Friday's day-long legislative meeting drew a number of state officials, lawmakers and advocates, and focused on how to improve Alaska foster care. In May, a group of foster care youth and those who have aged out came up with eight ways to improve the system. Among the identified problems: Overprescribed psychiatric drugs. Too many foster children are prescribed psychiatric drugs, the kids said. They are labeled as disturbed, defiant or anxious when in reality they are just reacting to the trauma of their broken families and the difficulties of living in state custody. Candice Tucker remembered when she first went into foster care two years ago, at age 15, because her mother couldn't take care of her. "I was freaking out because I had just gotten into care. I was having a hard time so they thought I needed residential," Tucker, now 17, said. For her, the treatment center helped, but she questions all the drugs doctors put her on. "There are natural things in life that stress you out. You get depressed. You get sad or you get angry or anxious. They are natural emotions. I feel being in foster care and being on as many anti-psychotics and anti-depressants that I've been on -- they see me for a week and they assume that's the way I've always been," Tucker said, her voice soft but her manner open. Later she explained that she's shy, but wants to make life better for other foster children if she can. Now, as she's preparing to start at the University of Alaska Anchorage in January, Tucker wants to ease off the powerful medications. "I need to have my mind with me. I need to be alert," she said. Slade Martin is 20 now, but he spent 15 years in Alaska's foster care system and shuffled through, by his count, 21 different foster homes, emergency placements and treatment centers. He once was treated at a local psychiatric hospital and said every kid there is put on psychiatric drugs. The kids want the medications cut back and think that will help them focus better on school and function better in the world. "I don't think meds are always the best option," Martin said. A NEED TO BE NORMAL Counseling is traumatic to some kids -- telling your story to one stranger and then another, said Becca Shier, now 18 and a UAA student in social work who has been in foster care nearly six years. Some, like her, will never open up. Instead of making them feel like something is wrong with them, Shier told the legislators, why not get them involved in extra curricular activities so they can be part of a regular school experience? "So they could be normal." Teens in foster care too often end up in treatment centers because the state has no other home for them; they are the "foster homeless," Shier said. Martin said he spent 2 1/2 years at an Anchorage treatment center because no foster family would take him in. "Some crazy people up in there," he told legislators. He said he was "diagnosed with everything under the rainbow" but doesn't think anything was really wrong with him. Other kids stabbed people and punched holes in the walls and were scary, he said during a break. Tammy Sandoval, director of the state Office of Children's Services, said later that she was taken with what the youths had to say. The idea of kids spending months or years in residential treatment centers for lack of a family is troubling and she wants to look into the matter. But the fact is, the state doesn't have enough foster homes, especially for teenagers, she said. Sandoval said she planned to discuss the medication issues with the state's director of behavioral health. The foster kids and alumni at the meeting are especially articulate and successful, said state Rep. Les Gara, an Anchorage Democrat who grew up in foster care in New York state and was one of the main organizers of Friday's session. Foster kids too often struggle in school, end up homeless and are unemployed as young adults, according to studies presented at the meeting. The kids who spoke Friday have been finding their voice through an advocacy group called Facing Foster Care in Alaska that now numbers about 140 statewide, said its president, Amanda Metivier, who at 24 helped organize the conference and is weeks away from graduating from UAA with a social work degree. She'll be one of the first to graduate on a special tuition waiver specifically for foster kids. The foster care group wants all foster kids to be offered that benefit. Now just 10 foster kids a year get that at UAA. At their May meeting, they also agreed to push for Medicaid health benefits to age 21, Medicaid-paid braces, and money to help older foster kids live on their own. But state Sen. Johnny Ellis, an Anchorage Democrat at the meeting, said even sympathetic legislators may have trouble getting new programs into the state budget with the recent dramatic drop in the price of oil. Source: http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/589914.html Only 59 More Signatures Needed: 28,000 Against TeenScreen! Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfU9puZQKBY  [ send green star]
 
Video - Tampa TV - Child Drugging Smashed October 24, 2008 7:08 PM

Video - Tampa TV - Child Drugging Smashed Make a tax deductible donation to CCHR Florida today . Go here: http://www.cchrflorida.org/membership.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Child Drugging Smashed - Pass around to your contacts! #1 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73SRn1gdAdM 8-1/2 minutes #2 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcvCtxaiOGg 7-1/2 minutes #3 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58UZqr3fiZI 6 minutes Your Turn with Kathy Fountain - Weekdays on Tampa FOX 13 Thursday, October 9, 2008 Topic: Too many kids on meds? Guests: Peter Breggin, M.D. author Medication Madness Bruce Levine, Ph.D. Psychologist Dominick Riccio, Ph.D. Psychologist James B. Gottstein, attorney -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27,529 Signatures Against TeenScreen. Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html  [ send green star]
 
Another Antipsychotic Illegally Marketed / Kids: Seroquel August 09, 2008 4:08 AM

Another Antipsychotic Illegally Marketed for Children - Seroquel Letters to the editor here: http://tinyurl.com/5vkvbo The News Journal Lawsuits claim Seroquel marketed to doctors illegally By ANDREW EDER August 3, 2008 When AstraZeneca's schizophrenia drug Seroquel was introduced in 1997, it faced an uphill climb. Three other so-called atypical antipsychotics had launched ahead of Seroquel, and the market for antipsychotic drugs was thought to have limited prospects. The most optimistic analysts thought sales of Seroquel would top out at about $800 million a year. Today, Seroquel -- born in a Fairfax lab, manufactured in Newark and crucial to the near-term fortunes of one of Delaware's largest private employers -- is the No. 1 antipsychotic in the United States and the eighth best-selling drug in the world, with more than $4 billion in sales last year .. Image:Seroquel100mg.png But attorneys general in three states say Seroquel's rise was fueled by an illegal marketing campaign designed to promote the powerful drug for unapproved uses -- for children, for seniors with dementia and for sleeping disorders, to name a few. As AstraZeneca seeks federal approval for new uses of the drug, it faces thousands of lawsuits from patients who say they are suffering from Seroquel's potentially serious side effects. They're patients like Wanda Bernal of Claymont, who has taken Seroquel for two years for her sleeping disorder. Bernal said she was diagnosed six months ago with diabetes, a disease linked to antipsychotic drugs. Yet even as she bemoans the drug's side effects -- the weight gain, the vivid dreams, the groggy feeling -- Bernal reveals the reliance she has developed on Seroquel. "I can't stop taking it," she said, "because if I do, I won't be able to sleep at all." ... Steadily growing sales Sales of Seroquel have grown every year it has been on the market. From 2004 to 2007, sales nearly doubled to more than $4 billion. AstraZeneca said Thursday that second-quarter sales of Seroquel rose 15 percent. .. Today, atypicals account for about 19 of every 20 prescriptions written for antipsychotic drugs in the U.S., according to data from health care research firm IMS Health. Their popularity has helped make antipsychotics the third best-selling class of drugs in the country. Yet some psychiatrists question whether the cost of atypicals is balanced by the benefit they provide over the older class of antipsychotics. In 2005, the federally funded Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness, or CATIE, compared four atypicals with an older antipsychotic drug, perphenazine. The 18-month study, conducted on more than 1,400 participants with schizophrenia, found that the atypicals were no more effective than the older, cheaper drug. A 60-day supply of the recommended dosage of Seroquel costs $605.88 on Drugstore.com; a 60-day supply of perphenazine costs $24.99. The CATIE trials also found that nearly 75 percent of patients switched medications before the end of the trials, either because the drugs were ineffective or patients couldn't tolerate them. Only 18 percent of patients on Seroquel stayed on the drug for the full course of the trial, the worst rate among the five drugs. Zyprexa performed better than the other drugs, but caused the greatest amount of weight gain and metabolic changes. For AstraZeneca, the CATIE results showed the need for choice in antipsychotic therapies and "demonstrated very clearly that no one agent is perfect," said Mark Scott, executive director of development for Seroquel. Robert Rosenheck, a psychiatry professor at Yale and a co-investigator in the CATIE trials, said he's seen no attitude change among psychiatrists toward the atypicals, in spite of CATIE and other studies that show similar results. Doctors, he said, have been swayed by drug company marketing programs and industry-sponsored research. "You had 10 to 15 years of marketing in which the companies controlled the journal publications, controlled the speakers bureaus, controlled the dinners, controlled the patient advocacy groups, all of which communicated these drugs were a breakthrough," Rosenheck said. "But there was little independent research." As a result of the demographics of psychiatric patients, about 80 percent of antipsychotic prescriptions in the U.S. are paid for by government programs, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. It's against this backdrop that three states -- Pennsylvania, Montana and Arkansas -- have sued AstraZeneca over Seroquel. The Pennsylvania suit, which also targets Eli Lilly and Janssen, details the drug makers' alleged strategy of peddling their medications for unapproved uses while downplaying or concealing the risks of the drugs. The suit alleges, among other things, that the drug makers manipulated their clinical trials to avoid detection of diabetes and movement disorders; paid doctors to write or attach their names to ghostwritten journal articles about non-FDA approved uses; set up separate sales operations to target medical centers for children and the elderly; and defrauded Medicaid and a state-supported prescription program for seniors through their actions. "From the outset, Defendants recognized the need to promote nonmedically accepted indications and nonmedically necessary uses as the key to blockbuster success for their respective antipsychotic drugs," the lawsuit reads. The allegations are echoed in other lawsuits brought by third-party payers against AstraZeneca. "AstraZeneca strenuously denies the allegations in these lawsuits, most of which have been brought by private personal injury lawyers, and will defend itself in these lawsuits," the company said in a statement. Off-label marketing prohibited Although doctors may prescribe medicines as they see fit, drug companies are forbidden to promote their drugs for non-FDA approved uses -- so-ca  [ send green star]
 
TeenScreen Lawsuit and No Child Left Undrugged June 27, 2008 1:53 PM

TeenScreen Lawsuit and No Child Left Undrugged All of the documents filed in the TeenScreen lawsuit can be found here: www.psychsearch.net/teenscreen_lawsuit.html The last entry is from Teresa Rhoades' attorney (plaintiff) asking for a trial by jury "to be held as soon as is expeditiously available on the Court's calendar" The Rutherford Institute filed the lawsuit in federal court in Indiana on behalf of the Rhoades' family whose 15- year-old daughter, Chelsea Rhoades, was subjected to a mental health screening examination at her school without her parents' knowledge or consent and then was diagnosed with two mental "disorders". Institute attorneys charge that school officials violated Michael and Teresa Rhoades' constitutional right, as parents, to control the care, custody and upbringing of their daughter when Chelsea was subjected to TeenScreen withouth their knowledge or consent. Rutherford InstituteNo Child Left UndruggedBy John W. Whitehead 6/9/2008 According to autopsy reports, 4-year-old Rebecca Riley died from an overdose of psychiatric drugs. At age 2, Rebecca was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). At 3, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression. By the time she died on Dec. 13, 2006, little Rebecca was taking Clonidine, as well as the anti-convulsant Depakote and the anti-psychotic Seroquel. John WhiteheadWhat were some of the symptoms that prompted such treatment plans? As her mother described it, Rebecca was "constantly getting into things, running around, not being able to settle down." Rebecca's diagnosis was not a medical aberration. Her 10-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister were already being treated for manic depression. Indeed, nearly one million children are reportedly diagnosed as bipolar, making it more common than autism and diabetes combined. From 1994 to 2003, the number of children treated for bipolar disorder increased 40 percent, a jump that many experts attribute to more doctors aggressively applying the diagnosis. An increasing number of medical officials are voicing the concern that children are being misdiagnosed. Dr. John McClellan, who runs a children's psychiatric hospital in the state of Washington, suggested that the bipolar diagnosis has become a catch-all for aggressive and troubled children. Likewise, child psychiatrist John Holttum believes that the definition of bipolar disorder is expanding. Whereas children who were seen as troubled or irritable 10 or 15 years ago might have been treated with counseling, parental training for their caregivers or other social interventions, children with similar symptoms today are being diagnosed as bipolar and treated with medication. Unfortunately, for many families, therapy is not even an option. According to Dr. Michael Brody, a child psychiatrist at the University of Maryland, since insurance companies often do not support therapy, most parents opt for medication. Not surprisingly, the pharmaceutical companies are reaping the rewards, aided by the medical community and the media. Bipolar disorder medication is typically three to five times more expensive than medications prescribed for other disorders, such as depression or anxiety. As the News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash., points out, "Furthering the trend is extensive marketing of atypical anti- psychotics by the companies that make them, and media coverage of bipolar disorder as a childhood disease." Yet many of the anti-psychotic drugs being prescribed for children have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use on them. Of the two that have been approved for children, Risperdahl and Abilify, they've only been approved for short-term use. Nevertheless, as the News Tribune points out, because these drugs have been approved for adults, "doctors are free to prescribe drugs to anyone and in any way they see fit once they have been approved for some purpose." What this means is that in addition to being misdiagnosed, there is an increased likelihood that children are also being overdrugged. Concern about this scenario has prompted Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, chief medical officer for the Washington state Medicaid program, to provide more stringent guidelines to ensure that anti-psychotic drugs are prescribed to Medicaid children only when truly needed and at proper dosages. While Thompson's actions signal a move in the right direction, at least for minor-aged Medicaid recipients in his state, it will do little to help children in private care and in other states. When confronted with the numbers of children being diagnosed with bipolar disorder—about 800,000 in 2003, and likely much higher now— it is hard to know how to respond. Could that many young people truly be suffering from this disorder? It is tempting to lay the blame on an over-zealous medical community or a greedy pharmaceutical industry. There is no doubt that they have benefited financially from the sharp rise in bipolar cases among young people. Is it more a case of kids just being kids—noisy, rambunctious, hyperactive, disorderly? Or is there something else going on here? Curiously, one study released in 2007 indicated that among children diagnosed with bipolar disorder, two-thirds of them were boys. While there are undeniably cases where children are actually suffering and are helped by diagnosis and medication, I have to wonder about the majority. Little is said in the studies I have read about the impact that family life and the environment may have on the behavior of children diagnosed as bipolar, or even ADHD, yet they can't be ruled out. Society as a whole has become irresponsible in its duty to young people. Obsessed with materialism, we have handed over our young people to marketing mavens and corporations eager to make a quick buck. Distracted by entertainment, we have relinquished our children to t  [ send green star]
 
STOP MANDATORY MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING OF SCHOOL KIDS May 01, 2008 11:34 PM

RUSH!!! URGENT!!! Please sign and forward this petition Please sign and forward this petition: Click here: http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html STOP MANDATORY MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING OF AMERICAN SCHOOL CHILDREN More about TeenScreen: TEEN-SCREEN PROTESTS (PICTURES) http://www.teenscreen-locations.com/photos.htm Have you picketed the psychiatric facility that is pushing TeenScreen in your schools? Have you protested against child drugging? SCREENING CHILDREN http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061501984.html ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft- com:office:smarttags" />New York plans to start screening 400,000 children a year SCREENING THE ELDERLY http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR.2629 ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> SCREENING NEW MOTHERS - POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION http://menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=257314 SCREENING SOLDIERS http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/hc- mental0623.artjun23,0,4967227.story?coll=hc-headlines-nationworld  [ send green star]
 
Thanx :) Happy holidays December 30, 2007 8:43 AM

Bonjour. Cool, thanx :) Happy holidays. I've been an advocate/activist on all issues, et al, for 32 years of my 48; please, do what you can for humanity. Dylan Thomas' poem line comes to mind, "...and death (murder) shall have no dominion..."; as others might say, "we, the people...", can make it so! Some groups I moderate: Disabled Greens News and discussion, home page: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ , Abuse in Therapy: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy / , Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 Homepage: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action , reality's 360 page and blog :) http://360.yahoo.com/jamesmnordlund reality's My Space page, blog :) http://myspace.com/jamesmnordlund Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities: United to Demand Justice and Social Change :) http://rippdnycnetwork.ning.com/profile/realiteee Prison Abuse Social Network: Welcome to all Abolitionists :) http://sdicks4msnetwork.ning.com/profile/realiteee reality's Windows Live Space :) http://jamesmnordlundreality.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?owner=1&wa=wsignin1.0 reality's geocities website :) http://www.geocities.com/jamesmnordlund/index.html Poets For Human Rights :) http://groups.google.com/group/Poets-for-Human-Rights/web/realitys-twigs-of-poetree-pour-vous Enjoy a festive eve' as you can. Copy, share, as you will. Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese twin sister, freedom, will wither like a muscle, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized, before its exercised. Viva la evolution, viva Green Party! Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :)  [ send green star]
 
[cupeaction] CUPE 4823 - Kids and Company - needs your support! November 24, 2007 3:13 AM

le francais suit l'anglais About 120 early childhood educators and assistants at Kids and Company -- members of CUPE 4823 -- are fighting for a first collective agreement. They have a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m., Thursday, November 29. Kids and Company is one of Canada's largest private child care providers, catering to corporate clients who want to provide workplace child care. Kids and Company is expanding rapidly, while claiming not to have the financial means to pay their employees a fair wage and provide them with WSIB coverage. You can help the members of CUPE 4823 win a fair collective agreement by sending a message to their employer through http://www.4823.cupe.ca/action/quality Please take a moment to send an email today -- and then forward this message to your contacts. --- La section locale 4823 –Kids and Company – a besoin de votre appui! Environ 120 éducatrices et aides-éducatrices de la petite enfance chez Kids and Company – membres de la section locale 4823 du SCFP – luttent pour leur première convention collective. Leur délai de grève a été fixé à minuit et une, le jeudi 29 novembre. Kids and Company, l’un des plus importants fournisseurs privés de services de garde à l’enfance au Canada, propose ses services aux entreprises qui offrent des garderies sur place. Kids and Company grandit rapidement mais affirme ne pas avoir les moyens de verser à ses employées un salaire équitable et de leur fournir la protection de la CSPAAT. Vous pouvez aider les membres de la section locale 4823 du SCFP à obtenir une convention collective équitable en faisant parvenir un message à leur employeur à: http://www.4823.cupe.ca/action/quality Veuillez prendre un instant pour envoyer ce courriel dès aujourd’hui et faites-le parvenir à votre liste de contacts.  [ send green star]
 
[ADAPT] : SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES January 10, 2007 8:42 PM

MIUSA is currently accepting applications from young people with disabilities to take part in an international exchange program June 20 - July 5, 2007 to Costa Rica, entitled the US/Costa Rica: Youth Leadership and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Disability Rights Exchange Program. If you are a young person with a disability - or know someone who is - between the ages of 18-24, from a culturally diverse background and are an inexperienced international traveler we encourage you to apply! Travel with 12 other young people with disabilities, live with a host family, take part in a service learning project and practice Spanish through immersion! Since 1981, MIUSA has been pioneering short-term international exchange programs for people with and without disabilities from over 90 countries. As a non-profit organization, MIUSA is dedicated to promoting opportunities for people with disabilities in international exchange, leadership development and service learning. MIUSA exchange programs are inclusive of people with all types of disabilities, including people who are Deaf and hard of hearing, or have cognitive, visual, physical, psychiatric, systemic, non-apparent, or other types of disabilities. MIUSA will provide appropriate accommodations to each qualified participant with a disability, including ASL interpretation and alternative formats. Application materials can be found at www.miusa.org/ exchange, or requested by e-mail at: exchange@miusa. org, or by Tel/TTY at: 541-343-1284. Generous scholarships are available. Application deadline is March 2, 2007. Late applications will be accepted as space permits. Application materials are available in alternative formats upon request. APPLY NOW! TRAVEL TO COSTA RICA Contact Information: Jena Price, Program Specialist Mobility International USA 132 E. Broadway, Suite 343 Eugene, OR 97401 Tel/TTY: 541-343-1284 Fax: 541-343-6812 E-mail: exchange@miusa. org Website: http://www.miusa. org/ __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Calendar ADAPT [Able Disabled All People Together] http://www.nrcissi.org/adapt/adapt.html  [ send green star]
 
Rest :) Essai: Short, replies on education, kids, society, knowledge, etc.. November 15, 2006 11:54 AM

mentally ill, elderly, handicapped, diffabled, foreigners, poor (Gypsies, Roma, et al); homeless, like the republicans are doing now. Defend yourself by defending them, one for all, all for one! Remember the lessons of WWII, if you're not taking bullets, you're making them, etc.; I'm bleeding every moment, are you? What do you think? From the heart in the heart of the heartland. Some groups I moderate: Disabled Greens News and discussion, home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ , Abuse in Therapy, homepage: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/ Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 Homepage: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action reality's webpage, blog :) http://360.yahoo.com/jamesmnordlund "Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen." ~ Leonardo da Vinci Enjoy an autumnal eve' as you can. Copy, share, as you will. Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese twin sister, freedom, will wither like a muscle, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized, before its exercised. Viva la evolution! Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :) For those interested "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal), (Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of the dawn.)" Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring. I look forward to hearing from you. Ciao.  [ send green star]
 
Essai: Short, replies on education, kids, society, knowledge, etc.. November 15, 2006 11:51 AM

I hope you and yours are well and will continue to be. I've been an advocate/activist on all issues, et al, for 31 years of my 47; please, do what you can for humanity. Dylan Thomas' poem line comes to mind, "...and death (murder) shall have no dominion..."; as others might say, "we, the people...", can make it so! Nurwangi, Well said, I would just add some hues to the picture you painted. Yes, yet, knowledge starts from before birth, in trhe womb, as well, to a lesser degree, before; though, all evolutionary knowledge of life is contained in almost every cell of our beings, and is accessible by each of us. Why do I say..., because, in many cultures, especially in the West, kids are told and drilled with the false notion that they don't know, and what they do know isn't, and they must replace it with memorization by rote- or, in a word, ignorance. It is, therefore, natural for them to rebel against that, at least on an instinctual level, and not be successful in the game of memorization, they call education. As well, the delusional constructs based on the delusional construct of materialism, etc., can cause the extinction of humanity and large mammals by themselves; even though they don't, actually, exist. As well, this supposed duality, of material and theological, dichotmously attempts to replicate itself, and the more it's projected, the more it seems to succeed in manufacturing the schism, supposed separation between those two supposed sides- neither is this a question of dialectics, as some suggest. I.m.h.o.. neila, Well said, though, I'd tweak with, experiential knowledge is the key to success, knowledge can't be equated with technology, as technology has been developed into a panacea of autocratic, imperialist, patriarchal society, through the religion of supposed science, its centralization and dominance. I've said for decades, science used to be a tool in man's hand, now, science is the hand, and man the tool; while the technocracy grows in everyway, humanity devolves, day by day. The mechanization of life, devolving most, especially in the West, into biological automatons, is a root of that; and the Newtonian definition of time being hoisted on humanity, shackling it, is an example of a sociological process manufactured by technology, devolving humanity. The corporate structure, 'la machine', must be dismantled, yet, until we dispel humanity of the delusional constructs that manufactured its dominance, it won't even be possible, for, as Audre Lourdes said, "you can't dismantle the man's house with the man's tools". Also, even the shadow speaks of the light. shams110, Yes, "...knowledge is power.", yet, what does one define as knowledge, and power? Fascists dictate that there is no such thing as knowledge, just information and its control, who has access, who doesn't, who controls the flow of information, etc.. They determine that information and its use or misuse can readily kill people, and that knowledge, since it is more likely to be based on experience, reality, and, therefore, more likely truth, is just a matter of opinion; this lubricating their dominance and control, for, if you disagree with the status quo's ever increasing hegemony, etc., then, according to them, you're only 'using' opinion against them, and they, therefore, can 'use' information to destroy and/or murder you. Power has been defined in many ways, our Western societies, especially, define it as the delusional profits and delusional pleasures they supposedly garner from all inter locking and laced levels of: manipulation to the causing of extinction of humanity and large mammals (destruction to murder, predominantly), any and all thought and action that takes part in "la machine's", the corporate structure's convolution's direction of devolution, plans, and do play a part in the ever increasingly centralizing and cyclical patterns (scarcity based systems, like the economic one of "vacuum-up", etc., instead of realities' abundance based ones) they replicate. In a few words their direction of devolution, as opposed to life's of evolution, et al. kashifshaikh, Ah, yes, "Knowledge is everything...", yet, your emphasis on learning is more accurate, as the nurturing of natural curiosity, and the actuation of self actuation, et al, is the source of the elemental discernments, as relates to the embracing of learning as a lifelong study, desire, part of evolving life, et al. Still, "la machine", the corporate structure, and their ever increasing and increasingly interlocking systems of premeditated mass-destruction-murdering programs are all just linx in the chains on humanity, attempting to stop us from breaking free, we can break the chain of murder, the chain of death; by abolishing the over use of fossil fuels and being most alive! That's also why I think allowing evolution as a common language, as it's the thread that links every, in the fabric of life, is a good place to start. For, the corporate structure has made a trap of this world, yet, all life is in it, so "we..." can't underestimate our responsibility; that generations past have heaped on our heads and shoulders by not acting on theirs, then. Dylan Thomas' poem's line comes to mind :) "...and death (murder) shall have no dominion...", as others might say, "we, the people..." can make it so! Will you? By the by, "In Germany they [the Nazis] came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up. - Pastor Martin Niemoeller, 1946", so the story goes, though, you might know that they actually came first for the  [ send green star]
 
Next LD Talk: Recognition and Response October 13, 2006 11:49 PM

Next LD Talk Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET (12:00 - 1:00 PM PT, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT) Recognition & Response Recognition & Response is a systematic approach to addressing early learning difficulties before kindergarten. This approach includes assessing the overall quality of early learning experiences for all children as well as making program modifications, tailoring instruction, and providing appropriate supports for individual children who struggle to learn. Recognition refers to the methods used to recognize young children who exhibit early learning difficulties and who may be at risk for learning disabilities when they are older. Response refers both to the ways in which teachers and parents respond to young children with learning difficulties as well as to the ways in which young children react to specific interventions. How to Participate: Submit advance questions for the discussion now or join in at discussion time to http://www.ldtalk.org/ . No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in this text-based discussion. A transcript will be posted shortly after the discussion. About the experts: Dr. Mary Ruth Coleman is a Senior Scientist at the FPG Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Research Associate Professor in the School of Education. She is the Director of Project U-STARS~PLUS, (Using Science, Talents and Abilities to Recognize Students -- Promoting Learning in Under-served Students), a Javits Gifted and Talented Student Education Program and the Director of Project ACCESS (Achievement in Content and Curriculum for Every Student's Success) funded by the US Department of Education, Office for Special Education Programs, a project of national significance. She is Co-Principal Investigator for the Early Learning Disabilities Initiative sponsored by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. From 1994 to 1998, she Co-Directed North Carolina's Statewide Technical Assistance for Gifted Education Center. Prior to this, she was Associate Director of the Gifted Education Policy Studies Program at the Frank Porter Graham Center. Dr. Coleman's teaching experiences include five years in public and private elementary schools, with both regular classroom and special education assignments. She taught for three years as an adjunct faculty member at East Carolina University, has been a guest lecturer at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and the College of William and Mary, and currently teaches classes at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to teaching, she has presented numerous seminars, workshops, and staff development programs on a variety of topics. Dr. Coleman served three terms on the as Board of Directors for Association for Gifted (TAG) one of which she was President; recently completed her third term on the Board of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC); and service on the Board of Directors for the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). She was just elected President-elect for the CEC and is currently serving in this capacity. Dr. Virginia Buysse is a Senior Scientist at the FPG Child Development Institute and Research Associate Professor in the School of Education at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She serves as PI (with Mary Ruth Coleman, PI) on a grant funded by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation to examine the evidence base of Recognition and Response, an early intervening system for children in pre-k who may be at risk for learning disabilities. She also serves as PI on Nuestros Ninos: a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education (Institute of Education Sciences) to examine the effects of professional development on teaching practices and language and literacy outcomes of Latino children enrolled in public pre-k programs. She is the Chair of the Research Committee for the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Buysse also Chairs the FPG Disability Initiative and Co-Chairs the Diversity Committee for the FPG First School Initiative. Her research interests include early childhood inclusion, friendship and social-emotional development, language and literacy learning among Latino children, models of professional development, models of collaboration and change such as consultation and communities of practice, and program evaluation. She is the co-author (along with Patricia Wesley) of Consultation in Early Childhood Settings published by Paul H. Brookes and co-editor (along with Patricia Wesley) of a forthcoming volume, Evidence-Based Practice in the Early Childhood Field to be published by Zero To Three. She is a member of the editorial boards of Exceptional Children, Infants and Young Children, Journal of Early Intervention, Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, and Young Exceptional Children and serves as the co-editor (along with Pamela Winton, co-editor) of Early Developments, a national magazine published by FPG. Our discussion will be moderated by Dr. Sheldon Horowitz, Director, Professional Services at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. How to Participate Submit advance questions for the discussion now or join in at discussion time to http://www.ldtalk.org/ . No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in this text-based discussion. A transcript will be posted shortly after the discussion. Transcripts of previous discussions are available for your review at http://www.ncld.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=899 . The National Center for Learning Disabilities brings you LDTalk.org, the Internet's only Web site featuring discussions on issues critically important to people with learning disabilities. you can sign up for NCLD: http://ga3.org/ldnews/join.html?r=87qEZZ61-zrbE  [ send green star]
 
[mosaicteachers] Digest Number 1531 September 04, 2006 2:56 AM

There are 3 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1a. Good news from my corner of the world (long) From: BilsCntsa@aol.com 1b. Re: Good news from my corner of the world (long) From: Lisa Voelkel 1c. Re: Good news from my corner of the world (long) From: BilsCntsa@aol.com Messages _____________________________________________________________________ 1a. Good news from my corner of the world (long) Posted by: "BilsCntsa@aol.com" BilsCntsa@aol.com lpsterry Date: Sun Aug 6, 2006 9:39 am (PDT) Dear Mosaic Groups: It is really amazing to me as I look back and realize how long it has been since I first dove in with the strategy work...6 years ago. I remember the big question in my mind was how do you teach a child to comprehend? I had heard of the book Mosaic of Thought several times...and finally 6 years ago this summer I read it. My eyes were opened, and I was excited to find the answer to my haunting question...and scared because I knew I was diving in alone. I did not know of anyone at my school, or my district for that matter, who was teaching in a reader's workshop format and/or focusing on the strategies in the way I was going to try. But I knew I had to try it. I am very thankful that I found an outstanding group of people on the yahoo mosaic group and later Ginger's group. They walked me through that year and still do each year, since it is a constant learning process. I could not have done it without their help, guidance, understanding and motivation. As my teaching and my student's thinking evolved, I continued to share in my school. I brought my charts, my notes and yes my test scores. I began book studies and used the videos available. At times it was very frustrating thinking it would never catch on. I would hear great feedback from admin. and other leaders, but it stayed there. It was never "blessed" in front of staff. Well, last week it finally occurred. My principal did "bless" it in front of staff and said she believed if we wanted to bring our kids to the next level this was the way to go. As I posted before, we are bringing in Heinemann to do a seminar in October. After she spoke, the list filled quickly, almost all of our staff signed up to attend voluntarily. I cannot tell you how excited I am, even though I know there is still a road ahead to travel, I feel like this is such a breakthrough. I also now have a great team of teachers on staff who are teaching the strategies, and it has made such a difference to have someone to talk to and learn with right there with you. I posted this for two reasons, one to thank all of you who helped me with my journey and continue to help me. Two to encourage others to keep going, keep sharing, and come back to these groups for support. It will pay off over time. Now I am hoping that the seminar is as good as I am believing...I have never found anyone who had the seminar come to their school. I will keep you posted. Forever grateful, Terry/Fl/looping to 3 Messages in this topic (3) ________________________________________________________________________ 1b. Re: Good news from my corner of the world (long) Posted by: "Lisa Voelkel" lvoelkel@houston.rr.com teachersecondgrade2000 Date: Sun Aug 6, 2006 9:54 am (PDT) Watch for a revison of Mosaic of Thought being published by the author in the spring. Watch for Comprehension Toolkit for the lower primary to be published. lisa Who is coming to your school? I have seen Ellen Keene, Ellen Beers, Carl Anderson, Debbie Miller, and Fountanas and Pinnnell. I was only disappointed with the last three speakers. Debbie presented new books and Fountanas and Pinnell were very dry speakers. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:38 AM Subject: [mosaicteachers] Good news from my corner of the world (long) > Dear Mosaic Groups: > It is really amazing to me as I look back and realize how long it has been > since I first dove in with the strategy work...6 years ago. I remember the > big > question in my mind was how do you teach a child to comprehend? I had > heard > of the book Mosaic of Thought several times...and finally 6 years ago > this > summer I read it. My eyes were opened, and I was excited to find the > answer to > my haunting question...and scared because I knew I was diving in alone. I > did > not know of anyone at my school, or my district for that matter, who was > teaching in a reader's workshop format and/or focusing on the strategies > in the > way I was going to try. But I knew I had to try it. > I am very thankful that I found an outstanding group of people on the > yahoo > mosaic group and later Ginger's group. They walked me through that year > and > still do each year, since it is a constant learning process. I could not > have > done it without their help, guidance, understanding and motivation. As my > teaching and my student's thinking evolved, I continued to share in my > school. I > brought my charts, my notes and yes my test scores. I began book studies > and > used the videos available. At times it was very frustrating thinking it > would > never catch on. I would hear great feedback from admin. and other leaders, > but it stayed there. It was never "blessed" in front of staff. > Well, last week it finally occurred. My principal did "bless" it in front > of > staff and said she believed if we wanted to bring our kids to the next > level > this was the way to go. As I posted before, we are bringing in Heinemann > to > do a seminar in October. After she spoke, the list filled quickly, almost > all > of our staff signed up to attend voluntarily. I cannot tell you how > excited I > am... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mosaicteachers/ To:  [ send green star]
 
LD Talk: Going to College: Successful Transitions for Students with LD April 13, 2006 12:54 AM

Tomorrow's LD Talk: Going to College: Successful Transitions for Students with LD Reminder! Going to College: Successful Transitions for Students with LD Going to college is an opportunity that is open to virtually all of today's youth, and making good decisions throughout this process is filled with optimism and anxiety for students and parents alike. This is especially true for students with learning disabilities. Our guests will answer questions and share resources about how students with LD can best prepare for and make successful transitions from high school to college. Submit your questions in advance at http://www.ldtalk.org/question.php3 then join in the online discussion on March 23. About the Experts: Elizabeth Evans Getzel is a faculty member in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education. She is affiliated with the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention, a grant funded center focusing on education and employment needs of individuals with disabilities. She serves as the Director of Postsecondary Education Initiatives and has extensive experience conducting research, evaluation, and training in the areas of transition planning for secondary students with disabilities, postsecondary education for students with disabilities, and career planning/employment for individuals with disabilities. She currently directs grant funded projects focusing on supported education in postsecondary education, career development for college students with disabilities, faculty professional development focusing on universal design principles, and secondary education transition services. Ms. Getzel is on the editorial boards for the Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education. She has authored or co-authored journal articles and book chapters on transition, career development, postsecondary education, and employment and is the co-editor of the book Going to College: Expanding Opportunities for People with Disabilities. Shannon McManus is a faculty member with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education. She is affiliated with the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention which is a grant funded center focusing on educational and employment needs of individuals with disabilities. While at the VCU-RRTC, she has worked to promote self-determination, academic success in postsecondary education and effective transition services for students with disabilities. Her research areas of interest include students with disabilities transitioning from high school to postsecondary education, identifying educational interventions that support students with learning disabilities in postsecondary education, and exploring assistive technology options for students with disabilities. Our discussion will be moderated by Dr. Sheldon Horowitz, Director of Professional Services at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. How to Participate Submit advance questions for the discussion now or join in at discussion time to http://www.ldtalk.org/ . No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in this text-based discussion. A transcript will be posted shortly after the discussion. Read prior LD Talk Chat transcripts Transcripts of previous discussions are available for your review. The National Center for Learning Disabilities brings you LDTalk.org, the Internet's only Web site featuring discussions on issues critically important to people with learning disabilities. Funding for LD Talk is provided by the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, a nonprofit which also supports SchwabLearning.org and SparkTop.org, resources that provide parents of kids with learning difficulties, and kids themselves, with practical information, empathic support, and trustworthy guidance. -------------------------------------------------- Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this. http://ga3.org/join-forward.html?domain=ldnews&r=e7qEZZ61gXrl If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for NCLD at: http://ga3.org/ldnews/join.html?r=e7qEZZ61gXrlE --------------------------------------------------  [ send green star]
 
PSR Action Alert! Keep Pressuring EPA to Strengthen Particle Pollution April 13, 2006 12:48 AM

Dear PSR Activists- Keep Up the Pressure on EPA to Strenghten National Particle Pollution Standards To TAKE ACTION go to: http://envirohealthaction.org/action/ index.asp?step=2&item=2965 Over the past two weeks, PSR has called on you to help protect public health by voicing your opposition to the EPA's flawed particle air pollution standards. The response thus far has been outstanding and thousands of PSR members and activists have already submitted comments calling on the EPA to strengthen the standards. In addition to your efforts, last week the EPA received a letter from the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) faulting the agency for ignoring the recommendations of the committee's 30 scientific experts and calling on EPA to adopt more health protective standards.(The CASAC letter is available at http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/casac-ltr-06-002.pdf.) Particle pollution is one of the nation's most dangerous air pollutants, contributing to tens of thousands of premature deaths each year and causing a range of adverse health effects including heart attacks, strokes, asthma attacks, and lung cancer. (Go to http://www.psr.org/documents/psr_doc_0/program_3/ Particle_Pollution.pdf to learn more about the health effect of particulate matter). Unless the proposed particle pollution standards are significantly strengthened, EPA will miss a historic opportunity to improve our nation's air quality and protect our children's health. To learn more about EPA's weak new standards go to: http://envirohealthaction.org/action/index.asp? step=2&item=2965. EPA will be accepting public comment on its proposed revisions to the national particle pollution standards until April 17th. We should continue to speak out for public health--EPA's proposed standards are unacceptable and the American public deserves cleaner air. Tell EPA you want stronger air quality standards by going to http://envirohealthaction.org/action/index.asp? step=2&item=2965. The support so far has been tremendous, and PSR appreciates the effort of those who have already taken action. We ask that you please pass this message along to family, friends, and co-workers because we can still make our voices louder! Thank you for your action on this important issue, The Environment and Health Team Physicians for Social Responsibility Tell EPA to protect our children's health by going to http:// envirohealthaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2965 Please help support PSR's campaign to reduce toxic mercury emissions. Click on the MercuryAction banner below to find out how to make a donation to PSR < IMG alt="" src="http://www.psr.org//images/environment/HgKidLogo.jpg" border=0>  [ send green star]
 
Blooming Kids Software Releases 29 New Educational Programs for Children with Special Needs March 28, 2006 2:52 PM

Blooming Kids Software Releases 29 New Educational Programs for Children with Special Needs New software helps children with Autism, PDD and others who require early intervention. Scarsdale, NY (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) March 27, 2006 -- Blooming Kids Software (BloomingKids), a company that creates computer programs designed to teach children who have special needs, has created 29 new educational programs. Educational experts and parents of children with special needs have combined their knowledge to develop Blooming Kids Software. BloomingKids is releasing the home edition of its interactive computer software to therapists, parents and caregivers for online purchase today. The company hopes to release its multi-user program in September 2006. "BloomingKids may specialize in creating software for children with special needs, but any child can benefit from learning the skills our new programs teach," said Pat Pathmakumar, spokesman for Blooming Kids Software. "The programs demonstrate many different skills, including memory enhancement and generalization of objects. Many of them also offer testing and reporting capabilities so parents can monitor the children's success." The programs target developmentally challenged children with Autism, PDD (Pervasive Developmental Delay) and others who require early intervention. The programs include instructions for children who need help with listening, identifying, matching and auditory processing skills. Additionally, the software provides innovative techniques in the instruction of skills, such as memory enhancement, computer usage (mouse and keyboard training), fine motor development and increasing attention span. BloomingKids' programmers can incorporate any personal pictures, voices or music into all 29 programs. BloomingKids will use them to construct a learning tool customized to meet any child or student's needs. Many of the programs offer internal testing and reporting capabilities. All of the programs use colorful animations, pictures and music to help children to learn with enthusiasm and attention. Each exercise in the program rewards and encourages and every correct answer earns positive reinforcement. "Compared to similar products, the software at BloomingKids is more effective and costs less," Pathmakumar said. "Parents and teachers who purchase our software can expect that these children will develop many different types of lifelong skills." For more information, visit www.bloomingkids.com to view online demos of each program. About Blooming Kids Software, LLC. BloomingKids is a software company based in Scarsdale, New York. The company, founded in 2004, is specifically designed to facilitate learning for children diagnosed with learning disabilities, Autism and PDD. BloomingKids will customize any product in order to meet the learner's individual needs as identified by therapists, teachers and parents. The company's mission is to deliver the highest quality, most effective and affordable educational software. For more information, please visit www.bloomingkids.com. Contact Information: Blooming Kids Software, LLC. 36 Lincoln Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 914-713-4440  [ send green star]
 
You're quite welcome :) January 19, 2006 6:07 PM

Dear Stacey, Hello. Good Day. Very cool responses, thanx! I hope you and yours are well and will continue to be. You're quite welcome :) and I hope you and your daughter have a great new year. From the heart in the heart of the heartland. Some of the groups I moderate :) Disabled Greens News and discussion, Group :) """"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/"""" , Abuse in Therapy, Group :) """"http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/"""" Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: """"http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880"""" Homepage: """"http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action"""" "Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen." ~ Leonardo da Vinci Enjoy a festive eve' as you can. Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese twin sister, freedom, will wither like a muscle, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized before its exercised. Viva la evolution! Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :) Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring. For those interested :) "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal), (Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of the dawn.)". I look forward to hearing from you. Copy, share, as you will. Goodbye.  [ send green star]
 
Thanks January 19, 2006 1:30 PM

Thank you for all the great info and links here. They are much appreciated. My 14 year old daughter is bipolar and I'm always looking for all the info I can get. Stacey  [ send green star]  [ accepted]
 
National Center for Learning Disabilities: News- Jan. 2006 (poetree + art) January 18, 2006 5:01 PM

Dear James M Nordlund, LD News: News You Can Use An e-publication of the National Center for Learning Disabilities January 2006 Edition IN THIS ISSUE: Letter from NCLD NCLD's Executive Director, James Wendorf, discusses how our annual Art & Poetry competition is a unique way for NCLD to recognize the accomplishments of students with LD. http://ga3.org/ct/kdqEZZ61QXrZ/ Calling All LD Poets & Artists NCLD is proud to announce the 2006 Art & Poetry Competition. If you are an artist or poet with LD (ages 4-18), you are encouraged to submit entries for this year's competition. NCLD asks all our participants to express artistically this year's theme: "Welcome to the Land of LD." Tell us your hopes, dreams, challenges and aspirations. What's it like to live with a learning disability? Help others to see and experience LD through your eyes and your words. For questions, email tcraig@ncld.org. The deadline for receipt of all submissions is March 3, 2006. http://ga3.org/ct/idqEZZ61QXr-/ Research Roundup NCLD's Director of Professional Services, Dr. Sheldon Horowitz, offers suggestions for helping students overcome reading barriers and provides effective techniques for building vocabulary and comprehension skills in this month's Research Roundup. http://ga3.org/ct/91qEZZ61QXf1/ News Desk Find out what a 10-year report says about math and the achievement gap, read the new Disability and Aging report and more. Discover what's new in the world of LD. http://ga3.org/ct/k7qEZZ61QXrV/ Policy Update Find out about the proposed changes to the assessment of IDEA-eligible students under NCLB, learn about the latest Supreme Court IDEA case, read the National Disability progress report and more. Find out about the latest LD policy news! http://ga3.org/ct/kpqEZZ61QXrC/ LD Links Learn about important online resources dealing with literacy, family involvement, student progress monitoring and more. http://ga3.org/ct/k1qEZZ61QXrK/ --------------------------------------------------------- LD News is a monthly e-publication from the National Center for Learning Disabilities. National Center for Learning Disabilities 381 Park Avenue South Suite 1401 New York, NY 10016 To subscribe a friend or send us a letter, go to our home page at http://ga3.org/ct/8dqEZZ61QXrT/ -------------------------------------------------- Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this. http://ga3.org/join-forward.html?domain=ldnews&r=jpqEZZ61dmvj If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for NCLD at: http://ga3.org/ldnews/join.html?r=jpqEZZ61dmvjE  [ send green star]
 
Fwd: Please network far & wide! PSYCHIATRIC DRUG for our kids! March 07, 2005 7:08 AM

"Please network far & wide! PSYCHIATRIC DRUG for our kids!This is a very important issue for us all. This is only the first oflegislationwanting to force pharmaceuticals on our children. I have a son thatwasprescribed ritalin in elementary school and he was sent home fromschoolif they found he had not taken it. We had to go to court to stop it ! This was sent to me by a lobbyist I know. Indiana TeenScreen - NINE DAYS TO GO! A briefing on the Indiana situation and the e-mail address forthe superintendent and school board can be found at the endof this webpage: http://www.psychsearch.net/TEENSCREEN.HTML Please write to them! Get everybody to write to them! Here's the audio from last night's Annie Armen radio show on theIndiana TeenScreen situation: Dangers of Psychiatric Drugs Part 8 - aired 2/17/2005http://www.anniearmenlive.org/psychiatric_drugs.htm In loving service and gratitude, Paddy McAlisterDirector, Energy Medicine Association281-463-1026 "  [ send green star]
 
Have as great a holiday season as you can :) December 05, 2004 4:29 PM

Dear Sandra, et al,Hi.  Have as great a holiday season as you can       :)james m n  [ send green star]
 
 October 10, 2004 6:45 AM

These are some of the links from my site:Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation http://www.bpkids.org/Children's Brittle Bone Foundation http://www.cbbf.org/http://www.childrensdisabilities.info/Children's Disabilities List of Lists http://www.comeunity.com/disability/speclists.htmlChildren's Hope for Understanding Multiple Sclerosis http://www.chumsweb.org/Children with Disabilities: Understanding Sibling Issues http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/disabsibling.html  [ send green star]  [ accepted]
 
Thanx again for posting :) October 10, 2004 6:29 AM

Dear Sondra, et al,Good Day all.  Thanx for posting and responding, they are great!  As always I did the advocacy.  Yet, this post could have easily went under one of the general threads like: kids, etc..  The reason why I mention this is because, if we post posts with similar content under those general threads we won't have a thousand separate threads, which is so much harder to peruse.  I hope you and yours are well and will continue to be.  You're making this group what it can be.  My groups    VotingforNader · Voting for Nader       Homepage http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VotingforNader/Subscribe VotingforNader-subscribe@yahoogroups.comDisabled Greens News and discussion, Group home page http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ ,Abuse in Therapy, Group homepage http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals:Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880      Homepage:http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action"Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a paintingwhich is heard but not seen." ~ Leonardo da Vinci Goodbye. Enjoy an estivaleve' as you can. Copy, share, as you will.  Lest "we" forget, if you don'texercise responsibility, its Siamese sister, freedom, will wither, as well.Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized be fore its exercised. Viva laevolution! Matutinally Yours,         james m nordlund    reality (aja)  For those interested "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating toor happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal),(Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of thedawn.)"  Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring. Ilook forward to hearing from you.  [ send green star]
 
Resources for Children w/ Disabilities October 09, 2004 7:42 PM

The Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org/ Public Policy & Advocacy Legislative Action Center http://capwiz.com/cek/home/  [ send green star]  [ accepted]
 
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