Second Time Foster Child How One Family Adopted a Fight Against the State for Their Son's Mental Healthcare While Preserving Their Family

Name: Second Time Foster Child How One Family Adopted a Fight Against the State for Their Son's Mental Healthcare While Preserving Their Family
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ISBN: 9781614481607

ISBN-10: 1614481601

ISBN-13: 9781614481607

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Authors: Toni Hoy

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In a juvenile courtroom, the judge reprimanded the caseworkers, the attorneys, and CASA for responding to a no-fault dependency case as an abuse case, “There is nobody bad here!”There were no criminals. There was no crime.Then why were we sitting in the accused chairs?As an infant, Daniel entered the foster care system as a result of severe neglect, which manifested in violence and aggression later in his childhood.Desperate to get their adoptive son, Daniel, into a residential treatment center and keep their other children safe, the state of Illinois left Jim and Toni Hoy with two options. If they brought their son home from the psychiatric hospital for the 11th time in 2 years, the…

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List price: $17.95
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


Foreword


Foreword



An Autobiographical Perspective



Two Boys and the Importance of Permanency



Diagnosing Trauma and Mental Illness in Chip



Diagnosing Trauma and Mental Illness in Daniel



The Psychiatric Revolving Door



The Relinquishment: The Devils Dea



Juvenile Court: The Child Abuse Lens



Fighting Back



Lack of Synergy



The Juvenile Court Response



The CASA Debacle



Emotional Damage to the Child



Emotional Damage to the Family Unit



Secondary Stress: Thrice Traumatized



The Adoptive and Safe Families Act



Solutions



Changing Systematic Response



Immoral, Unethical, Acceptable



Journey to Advocacy



Conclusion


Afterword


References


Glossary


About the Author