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  1. Schools’ Hiring Has Cracks (Orlando Sentinel)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Schools’ Hiring Has Cracks Susan Jacobson, Sentinel Staff WriterOriginally published in the Orlando Sentinel, May 25, 2001 KISSIMMEE — A series of missteps made it possible for a man who had been arrested twice on indecent exposure charges…

  2. Toddlers Prescribed Drugs For Behavior (The Age)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Toddlers Prescribed Drugs For Behavior By Kathryn ShineOriginally published in The Age, February 18, 2001 Doctors are prescribing stimulants and antidepressants to children as young as three, a survey has confirmed. The survey of Australian paediatricians and child…

  3. Cutbacks in Youth Mental Health Care (The Associated Press)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Cutbacks in Youth Mental Health Care By Martha IrvineOriginally published by The Associated Press, June 18, 2002 CHICAGO (AP) — Demand for mental health treatment for young people has reached unprecedented levels, yet cutbacks in several states are…

  4. Teen’s Case To Stay In Adult Court (The Hartford Courant)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Teen’s Case To Stay In Adult Court By Rachel GottliebOriginally published in The Hartford Courant, July 21, 2001 Hartford prosecutors decided Friday to try 14-year-old Gregory Wright Jr. as an adult in the killing of his father rather…

  5. PRIESTLY SINS (The San Francisco Chronicle)

     PRINTABLE PAGE PRIESTLY SINS Putting Pedophilia in Perspective;Scandal resurrects incorrect stereotype about gay men By Dave Ford, Chronicle Staff WriterOriginally published in The San Francisco Chronicle, April 28, 2002 There are multiple tragedies arising from the pedophile-priest scandal rocking the…

  6. Sex Scandal Breaks at Girls Prison (The Associated Press)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Sex Scandal Breaks at Girls Prison By Jay Reeves, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, June 17, 2001 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sixteen-year-old Alana Williams has been in trouble with the law for years, but nothing, she…

  7. Sleep Disorders Linked to Hyperactivity in Kids (HealthScoutNews)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Sleep Disorders Linked to Hyperactivity in Kids By Nancy A. Melville, HealthScoutNews ReporterOriginally published by HealthScoutNews, March 4, 2002 While hundreds of thousands of American children take medications to manage attention deficit and hyperactivity problems, new research shows…

  8. Baby Left In Ottawa Hospital (The Kansas City Channel)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Baby Left In Ottawa Hospital Law Allows Mothers To Release Custody Originally published by The Kansas City Channel, January 7, 2002 OTTAWA, Kan. — A newborn baby was abandoned and found Monday morning at a Kansas hospital, KMBC…