Parents have long fretted about schools’ ability to circumvent them in critical health decisions regarding their children. Now, those loopholes are getting smaller after the legislature approved provisions requiring parents be notified before their child is sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam. It s part of a years-long effort by parents rights groups and mental health advocates to curb the use of the state s Baker Act on children.
Beth Carr’s son was sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam in 2016 after what she describes as making a bad joke: her then-15-year-old said he liked the smell of gasoline.
“You know how kids are. They just say things. And his teacher was like, ‘Oh, you know who else likes the smell of gasoline? Sociopaths, Carr said. She was featured in WFSU and Health News Florida’s report on the Baker Act a law that allows people to be involuntary sent for psychiatric examinations. Nearly 38,000 kids were Baker Acted in 2019 and a quarter of those re
Florida lawmakers have tried for years to curb youth Baker Acts. This year, with the passage of parental notification measures, they may have finally moved the needle.
Parents have long fretted about schools’ ability to circumvent them in critical health decisions regarding their children. Now, those loopholes are getting smaller after the Legislature approved provisions requiring parents be notified before their child is sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam.
It s part of a years-long effort by parents rights groups and mental health advocates to curb the use of the state s Baker Act on children.
Beth Carr’s son, then 13, was sent for an involuntary psychiatric exam in 2016 after what she describes as making a bad joke: the boy said he liked the smell of gasoline.
A MAN told his pregnant sister he would get her with a machete and he didn t care if she had a kid inside her. Blackburn magistrates heard the terrified sister had previously had to barricade her door after Connor Gorton tried to kick in because of a row over money. She was scared for her own safety and that of her unborn child, said Andy Robinson, prosecuting. She says she has seen him with a machete before. Gorton, 21, of Hapton Street, Burnley, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and using threatening behaviour. He was jailed for eight weeks after the magistrates heard he had been recalled on prison licence and would be behind bars until June 2022. He was made subject to a restraining order which prohibits any contact with his sister for 12 months.
The speeding drivers all caught in one Derby road
And this is how fast they were going
They were all caught in the same road (Image: Derby Telegraph)
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