Government sanctioned Assault on Children and Pregnant Women

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> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:34:45 -0000

> [sSRI-Research] Government sanctioned

> Assault on Children and Pregnant Women

>

> [-- think we'll have a little terrorism, other than

> that in this

> article, before the election to disorient us even

> more???? These are

> dark times for humanity... ]

>

>

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>

> FYI

>

> President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental

> Health has set off

> aggressive " screening for mental illness "

> initiatives that are

> nothing short of an assault on personal dignity and

> legal rights. The

> target population of forced mental health

> " screening " are America's

> children and pregnant women.

>

> If allowed to go forth, these programs will create a

> totalitarian

> Orwellian nightmare.

>

> Illinois is on the fast-track of adopting

> legislation mandating

> mental health testing for children and pregnant

> women:

>

> " Sighting early intervention as key to academic

> success and crime

> prevention, this new law, if enacted according to

> current

> recommendations, would also require all pregnant

> women to be

> screened prior to delivery for depression and

> periodically for the

> first six months after she gives birth. "

>

> " Screenings, testing, and treatments are to be

> offered in homes, pre-

> schools, daycare, and throughout the public school

> system. A child

> over the age of 12 will be provided two mental

> health sessions

> without parental consent. "

>

> This is not science fiction!

>

> The Illinois Children's Mental Health Act of 2003

> was signed into

> law. The bill passed the Illinois General Assembly

> last spring,

> sponsored in the House by State Representatives

> Julie Hamos (D-

> Evanston) and Patricia Bellock (R-Westmont). State

> Senator Maggie

> Crotty (D-Oak Forest) and Susan Garrett (D-Highwood)

> shepherded the

> legislation through the Senate.

>

> The legislation passed the House with a 107 to 5

> vote, and the Senate

> unanimously.

>

> The $10 million plan for the implementation of the

> Act is being

> considered at this week's public forums.

>

>

> There is absolutely no redeeming feature to ANY

> mandatory mental

> health screening programs. There are no proven

> " treatments " for the

> prevention of mental illness.

>

> Screening for mental illness programs are intended

> to give government

> control in defiance of constitutional rights, while

> generating even

> greater profits for the psychotropic drug / mental

> health industry.

>

>

> Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav

> Tel: 212-595-8974

> e-mail: veracare

>

>

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>

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>

>

> http://illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=17852

>

> Chldren's Mental Health task force hearings continue

> through Friday

>

> Wednesday, July 21, 2004

>

> - by Rhonda Robinson, Central Illinois

> correspondent SPRINGFIELD --

>

> As public forums continue this week throughout the

> state, more

> concerns are emerging as parents learn of a new

> mental health

> screening plan for Illinois' children ages zero

> through 18 and

> pregnant women.

>

> " Children's Mental Health: An Urgent Priority for

> Illinois, " the 53

> page report in which The Children's Mental Health

> Act of 2003 is

> based upon details a vast new bureaucracy which

> stresses intervention

> and treatment for all Illinois children from the

> womb and continues

> throughout adolescence, at age 18.

>

> Sighting early intervention as key to academic

> success and crime

> prevention, this new law, if enacted according to

> current

> recommendations, would also require all pregnant

> women to be screened

> prior to delivery for depression and periodically

> for the first six

> months after she gives birth.

>

> " This is a major piece of legislation, " Mike Burke,

> Ounce of

> Prevention's director of communications told

> IllinoisLeader.com. " We

> know that behavior is shaped in the early years, and

> that emotional

> well being is affected by complications with birth.

> This act forces

> Illinois to recognize the importance of children's

> emotional well

> being. "

>

> The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 requires

> the development of

> a state Children's Mental Health Plan and creates a

> special

> Children's Mental Health Fund in the State Treasury.

>

> Screenings, testing, and treatments are to be

> offered in homes, pre-

> schools, daycare, and throughout the public school

> system. A child

> over the age of 12 will be provided two mental

> health sessions

> without parental consent.

>

> This Act creates a " Children's Mental Health

> Partnership " that

> reports directly to the Governor. It requires the

> Illinois State

> Board of Education to develop and implement a plan

> that incorporates

> social and emotional standards as part of the

> mandated Illinois

> Learning Standards, due on the Governors desk by

> December 31, 2004.

>

> All Illinois School districts are required to

> develop a policy

> incorporating emotional and social development into

> the district's

> educational program. This policy is to be submitted

> to the ISBE by

> August 31,2004.

>

> The report states the policy the schools adopt

> should

> address " teaching and assessing social and emotional

> skills and

> protocols for responding to children with mental

> health problems that

> impact learning ability. "

>

> It also says that the program will monitor school

> systems' collecting

> and reporting of information about student progress

> on social and

> emotional development and the social climate of a

> school, and

> increase the number of school-based health centers

> equipped to

> provide mental health services.

>

> Funding to implement these policies are not outlined

> fully in the

> report.

>

> The report acknowledges that mental health in

> Illinois is severely

> under funded, and children's mental health can

> " hardly be called a

> system " and yet, this massive creation of a new

> bureaucracy which

> expands it's reach to pregnant women, infants and

> eighteen year olds,

> in it's current form, is laden with unfunded

> mandates for the school

> system and a host of other agency currently offering

> services to

> Illinois children.

>

> The Department of Human Services estimates this act

> will expand the

> population within the system an increase of 5,000

> new clients costing

> an estimated $10 million.

>

> Public hearings will be in Rockford on Thursday and

> Chicago on Friday.

>

> C 2004 IllinoisLeader.com -- all rights reserved

>

> IL launches compulsory mental health screening for

> children and

> pregnant women

>

> Monday, July 19, 2004

>

> By The Leader-Chicago Bureau

>

> CHICAGO -- This week, a series of public forums on

> a program

> requiring all pregnant women and children through

> age 18 years to be

> tested for mental health needs is being held this

> week in five

> different locations statewide.

>

> One group of parents learned about the state's plans

> to proceed with

> this program and on Monday issued an alarm asking

> for parents and

> citizens concerned about the new program to voice

> their opinions at

> the forums.

>

> " We're moving toward social training over academic

> training with this

> program, " Larry Trainor, a Mt. Prospect parent of

> four children and a

> contact for Citizens Commission on Human Rights,

> based in Los

> Angeles, said today.

>

> " Since psychiatric involvement in education, SAT

> scores have gone

> down for the past few decades. Evaluating mental

> conditions is not

> based on scientific evidence, it's subjective, " he

> said.

>

> The $10 million plan for the setup of the Children's

> Mental Health

> Act of 2003 is being considered at this week's

> public forums starting

> Monday, July 18 in Champaign.

>

> Signed into law, the bill passed the Illinois

> General Assembly last

> spring, sponsored in the House by State

> Representatives Julie Hamos

> (D-Evanston) and Patricia Bellock (R-Westmont).

> State Senator Maggie

> Crotty (D-Oak Forest) and Susan Garrett (D-Highwood)

> shepherded the

> legislation through the Senate.

>

> The legislation passed the House with a 107 to 5

> vote, and the Senate

> unanimously.

>

> " What if they find a student has a math disorder, a

> reading disorder.

> Would that be a mental health disorder, one that

> would cause the

> parents to put their children with a drug for a

> condition they may or

> may not have? " Trainor asked.

>

> The mental health program will develop a mental

> health system

> for " all children ages 0-18 years, " provide for

> screening to " ensure

> appropriate and culturally relevant assessment of

> young children's

> social and emotional development with the use of

> standardized tools. "

>

> Also, all pregnant women will be screened for

> depression and

> thereafter following her baby's birth, up to one

> year. Follow-up

> treatment services will also be provided.

>

> Trainor said that he is trying to get parents and

> citizens out to

> voice their opinion about the new program.

>

> Apparently, children's mental health will be

> assessed along with

> their academic standards in the new proposed

> testing. The Illinois

> State Board of Education has been given the

> responsibility to develop

> the appropriate tests, according to last year's

> legislation.

>

> The Task Force hosting the public forums this week

> are to send a

> recommendation to Governor Blagojevich by the end of

> the summer,

> according to the Act (HB 2900).

>

>

> Developing story . . .

> ----------

> Monday, July 19 Champaign-Urbana/1:00 pm to 5:00

> pm/Illinois Terminal

> Building, 4th floor/45 E. University Ave., Champaign

>

> Tuesday, July 20 Mt. Vernon/ 9:00 am to 1:00 pm/

> Central Christian

> Church/ 301 N. 10th St.

>

> Wednesday, July 21 Edwardsville/9:00 am to 1:00 pm/

> Edwardsville High

> School/ 6161 Center Grove Rd.

>

> Thursday, July 22 Rockford/1:00 am to 5:00

> pm/Rockford Memorial

> Hospital, Funderburg Auditorium/2400 N. Rockton Ave.

>

> Friday, July 23 Chicago /9:00 am to 1:00 pm/Spertus

> Institute/ 618 S.

> Michigan Ave.

>

> C 2004 Illinois Leader.com -- all rights reserved

>