Treatment Planning and Medication Monitoring Were Lacking for Children in Foster Care Receiving Psychotropic Medication

Treatment Planning and Medication Monitoring Were Lacking for Children in Foster Care Receiving Psychotropic Medication – In five States, one in three children in foster care who were treated with psychotropic medications did not receive treatment planning or medication monitoring as required by States.  Additionally, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has suggested […]

Institutions vs. Foster Homes

Institutions vs. Foster Homes – The debate about the role of institutional care vs. family-centered care is well into its second century. Institutional (or group) care has many forms and purposes, including serving as a component of the child welfare services system of care and as a treatment component of the children’s mental health […]

Institutional Victimization

Institutional Victimization – The home is the most dangerous place for children everywhere for it is in the home that most of the harm inflicted upon them takes place. However, no less dangerous are the schools, orphanages, correctional institutions, or club rooms in which almost all of the world’s children find themselves each day, […]

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