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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: China: Children living with their parents have more high IQ Levels - Baltimore Tech Time Albany Daily Star - August 06, 2016 Children who live far from their parents for long periods as they grow up are likely to have a lower IQ than those who live … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Antipsychotic Scrips for Children Slow, Other Treatments Lag, Study Says Chronicle of Social Change - August 06, 2016 New federal and state policies may have helped drive down the rate at which powerful psychiatric medications are prescribed to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts, #11: Identifying, and Tracking, Foster Youth Chronicle of Social Change - August 08, 2016 Ontiveros seeks amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act that sharpen federal and state … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: What's the right amount of time for a birth mother to change her mind about putting her baby up for adoption? New Pittsburgh Courier - August 08, 2016 The adoption process in Pennsylvania is being scrutinized for potential updates, but one bill … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Federal monitor: Progress being 'made and sustained' at DCF The CT Mirror - August 08, 2016 Despite continued funding cuts as state lawmakers look to curtail spending, the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) has "made and sustained … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: New kit to help kids up for award News Guardian - August 05, 2016 Linda Tallent and her team at the Learning and Training Consultancy (LTC) in North Shields have created an early intervention toolkit - known as itkit. The kit, to help … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Pakistan: Govt urged to enforce child protection laws Daily Times - August 05, 2016 The Children Advocacy Network (CAN) Pakistan along with ActionAid, a leading policy and advocacy group working for promotion and protection of children's rights, have … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Japan: Child abuse in Japan at worst level on record in FY 2015 Japan Today - August 05, 2016 Child abuse in Japan reached its worst level on record in fiscal 2015, with the number of cases handled by welfare officials surpassing 100,000 for the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: SA child protection system needs to change to give kids 'life they deserve', royal commissioner says ABC News Australia - August 04, 2016 South Australia's children deserve better and the state's child protection system needs to be changed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Child abuse trial hears former Bishop Australian Associated Press (AAP) - August 05, 2016 Bishop Richard Appleby, who served as auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Newcastle in the Hunter region of NSW from 1983 to 1992, said on Thursday he … [Read more...]