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• Wha? School Starts Sex Abuse Investigation Based on Psychic's Tip

  File this one under, "If it happened to me, my rage would know no bounds." Colleen Leduc has an eleven-year-old daughter, Victoria, who is autistic. Last month, shortly after she picked up her daughter from school, she got a call from the teacher saying she should come to the school immediately for an urgent matter. When she arrived for the meeting with the teacher, principal, and vice-principal, the teacher told her an educational aide in the classroom had been to see a psychic over the weekend, and that the psychic said a little girl with the initial "V" was being sexually abused by a man in his twenties. Ridiculous, no? Well, by the time the meeting took place, the school HAD ACTUALLY REPORTED IT to Children's Aid Services, opening an investigation... Read More... Posted Jun 21 2008, 12:02 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: mother, school, child, autism, sexual abuse, superstition, classroom, protection, report, investigation, autistic, psychic, idiots, aid

• Probe Uncovers Bad Behavior at Bootcamps for Kids

  A federal probe has evidence of shady marketing practices at "bootcamps" for kids, also known as residential treatment facilities or behavior modification centers. These places, in case you don't know, claim they can "rehabilitate" children and teens with serious behavior problems such as violence, defiance, and drug abuse. Since no kid in his or her right mind would willingly check into one of these joints, some centers "abduct" the kids with the parents' permission. Oh, and the federal investigation began with thousands of allegations of abuse, sometimes resulting in death.  What did the probe find?   Read More... Posted Apr 24 2008, 06:37 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, parents, teens, discipline, insurance, punishment, abduction, bootcamp, federal, behavior modification, residential treatment facility, investigation, probe