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IL Launches Compulsory Mental Health Screening For Children And Pregnant Women
The Illinois Leader ^ | July 19, 2004 | The Leader-Chicago Bureau

Posted on 07/23/2004 4:26:02 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest

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To: Don Joe
The answer to your complaint is simple: FR is a conservative site, not an anarcho-libertarian "Government is the root of all evil" one.
81 posted on 08/24/2004 9:52:08 AM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Wrong wrong wrong way of doing this.


82 posted on 08/24/2004 9:52:39 AM PDT by New Perspective (Proud father of a 8 month old son with Down Syndrome)
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To: JustPiper; All
GUEST OPINION: Homeschoolers Beware -
Children's Mental Health Screening Includes You

OPINION -- The Children's Mental Health Partnership Act was passed on August 8, 2003, with overwhelming support from the legislators of both Illinois houses.

The Illinois House passed this into law with a 107 to 5 vote. The Senate’s consensus vote was unanimous, with three not voting.

Many have questioned how and even whether this affects Illinois homeschoolers, since homeschoolers are exempt from the public school mandates.

But this Act does affect homeschoolers by the “partnership” of many government entities that homeschoolers use, with little or no accountability as to the right to educate their children as they see fit.

The Act disregards parental rights, just as it disregards those parents whose children attend public school or brick and mortar private schools.

The emphasis on coordination of provider services and interagency referral networks for children from birth through age 18 is pervasive.

The coordination begins with the use of the word "Partnership" in describing "oversight."

Section 5(a) 9b of the Act refers to the “Partnership” as composed of the Human Services Department, the Illinois State Board of Education, the departments of Children and Family Services, Public Aid, Public Health, and Corrections.

Also included in the legislation is a connection with the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority and the Attorney General’s office, appointed by the Governor.

As a matter of course, a priority recommendation as laid out in the ICMHP Preliminary Plan says the developing mental health system “treats families and caregivers as partners."

Do homeschoolers consider their parenting roles as partners to all of the agencies listed in Section 5(a) 9(b) of the Children’s Mental Health Act?

One of the Long-Term Strategies and Action Steps is to explore how non-state funded (private) early childhood programs would access and fund mental health consultation. Consider that if you were thinking of putting your child in a church or other private pre-school program.

Another Priority Recommendation in the ICMHP Preliminary Plan calls for screening all women for depression during pregnancy and following their child’s birth up to one-year post partum.

Under Section D ("establish social emotional and developmental screening and assessment"), the first Priority Recommendation is to “ensure that all children receive periodic social and emotional developmental screens."

Note the words "all children." This would start with increasing early childhood and primary health care providers’ ability to screen and refer to appropriate services.

Long term, the plan calls for developing a data reporting state system to track who is screened and when they are screened. Tie that in with all pregnant women being screened and that the Partnership’s priority is to ensure all children are screened for social and emotional developmental progress.

Add to all this the goal of identifying how programs not in the public school system receive training in and provide screening and referral services, as the plan states.

Governmental agencies and the public school system are all tied together in this Partnership. How could private schools/home schools possibly stay exempt from the mandates in this Children’s Mental Health Act?

The 1ast Priority Recommendation under section E is no less invasive. In one or two years, the plan is to find methods to build partnerships with key school and community stakeholders with information exchanges and follow-up. It states, “in accordance with relevant confidentiality policies,” but what would be relevant or rather, more importantly, what would not be relevant when they are partners with this mass of governmental agencies?

Section E (III), Action Step 5 says they will explore mechanisms and strategies for promoting and incorporating social and emotional development into the educational program as well as protocols for responding to children with social, emotional and mental health problems into private school systems.

I would think that brick and mortar private schools as well as homeschoolers would not want to be any part of that plan.

Still, another serious suggestion is that there be “coordinated policies and financing strategies that place mental health screening at the same level of importance as physical health screens and immunizations." Also, an outreach to children who participate in out-of-school programs such as the library-reading program or park district classes will be included - another route to home schooled children.

This is the time that homeschoolers should ally with our public school friends and let our legislators and the Partnership know that this is not acceptable.

83 posted on 08/24/2004 9:52:51 AM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: New Perspective
Wrong wrong wrong way of doing this.

Not only that it's unconstitutional.

84 posted on 08/24/2004 10:00:12 AM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

BTTT!!!


85 posted on 08/25/2004 5:07:11 AM PDT by JustPiper (I once had a pinglist a mile long....took me BumPING all day long)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest; JustPiper

totally outrageous and intrusive and unconstitutional!


86 posted on 08/25/2004 8:37:04 AM PDT by knak
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To: Badray

more of the same


87 posted on 09/08/2004 3:22:36 AM PDT by Boxsford
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To: agrace; bboop; blu; cgk; Conservativehomeschoolmama; cyborg; cyclotic; dawn53; Diva Betsy Ross; ...
Homeschool Ping - Alert!

And here's the second ping. An alert for Illinois...

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....

....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.

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Are you a homeschooler looking for advice from other homeschoolers? Visit our Free Republic Homeschoolers' Forum 2006-2007.

88 posted on 07/20/2006 10:46:33 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Thought you might be interested in this one, in case you haven't seen it yet...


89 posted on 07/20/2006 10:49:41 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: DaveLoneRanger

FYI - See post #83.


90 posted on 07/20/2006 10:53:20 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: booann777; Reaganwuzthebest
Reaganwuzthebest... thanks for posting this... gets 'em all riled up... texasflower.. here we go.... Regards to both... ba7

What is this about? If this article is a joke or the facts have been twisted, then I just wasted time sending a ping to it.

91 posted on 07/20/2006 11:03:26 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: TruthConquers


>>>How do they define "mental health"?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574836/posts
The UN Plan for Your Mental Health (UNESCO)


92 posted on 07/21/2006 4:12:50 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Tired of Taxes

The article is old--2004...I googled it and most of the articles were dated '04.

Someone is yanking our chains.


93 posted on 07/21/2006 4:18:37 AM PDT by madison10 (The Islamofacists have stolen childhood from the world.)
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To: Mears
Orwell was right. He was just off by 20 years.

Right on target. Not to change the subject, but this is exactly why the 2nd amendment is so important. It was not placed there to support the recreational hunter or gun collector. It was placed there to enable the people to resist and potentially overthrow an opressive government that is out of the control of the people.

94 posted on 07/21/2006 4:25:04 AM PDT by 70times7 (An open mind is a cesspool of thought)
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To: _Jim; Tired of Taxes

Underscore Jim has the actual PDF in post 20.

I looked it up from there and think it was sign. See the bottom of this page:

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/93/sb/09300sb1951enr.htm

Excerpt:

093_SB1951enr


SB1951 Enrolled LRB093 08901 RCE 09133 b

1 AN ACT in relation to children.



Bottom of page says:

SB1951 Enrolled -6- LRB093 08901 RCE 09133 b
1 becoming law.



Now look at this site to see what other states/places receive grant monies to enact this:

http://www.healthinschools.org/mentalresource.asp


95 posted on 07/21/2006 4:29:42 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: madison10

The article is old. The act is now becoming law.

AND other states and facitilies are launching the same act.


96 posted on 07/21/2006 4:30:53 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: 70times7

>>>Not to change the subject, but this is exactly why the 2nd amendment is so important.

That has been thought of my friend. Memories of Poland:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667884/posts
IL: Governor's Ally Calls for House to House Gun Searches


97 posted on 07/21/2006 4:32:50 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest; All

Why should I continue to live in Illinois?


98 posted on 07/21/2006 4:36:53 AM PDT by KevinDavis (http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
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To: KevinDavis

Every state I've looked up is signed on for this Healthy People 2010 act. It is just getting implemented in different phases.

We all have to realize the 28 focus areas are part of the same foundation funding and fight this. THAT is the problem. As much as I ping all those phases back to the same source:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563271/posts
Healthy People 2010

People aren't realizing this source as being the problem.


99 posted on 07/21/2006 4:48:01 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest; Tired of Taxes
It sure does. Diagnosing *mental illness* is way too subjective and ,IMO, should only be done by a trained professional at the parents request. No way some stranger should be declaring my kid mentally ill. And who knows what they are going to define as mental illness in the future? Anything to go after Christians and conservatives.

If you don't tow the publik skewl party line (agenda) on a whole host of liberal topics, I'll bet they'll declare you mentally ill. They're just trying to put teeth into their policies that they are already implimenting in those schools anyway ala 1984 or Brave New World.

ToT, thanks for the ping. Sure glad I don't live in IL but am surprised that they beat NY to the punch.

100 posted on 07/21/2006 5:41:37 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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