State Issues Alert On Infant Sleep-Related Risks
An 8-week-old baby boy slips out of his sleeping grandmother’s arms and suffocates in the folds of a couch. A 7-week-old girl is found dead lying on her stomach in her mother’s bed, where she had been...
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Child Advocates Want Independent Review of Girls’ Detention Unit
A preliminary review by the Office of the Child Advocate of conditions at the state’s controversial locked treatment program for troubled girls in Middletown raises concerns about the improper use of...
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DCF’s Level Of Involvement A Factor In Child Deaths, Review Says
Child deaths in families involved with the state Department of Children and Families are more likely in cases where agency workers have spent less time assessing and interacting with parents, a...
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Eighteen Tragic, Preventable Infant Deaths
In a town somewhere in Connecticut last year, a 6-month-oldboy was fed late one night. His mother fell asleep, and when she awoke, she assumed the baby had been put in his swing by his father, as was...
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Report Raises ‘Significant Concern’ With Use Of Restraints, Seclusion In Schools
A 4-year-old boy identified with a developmental delay was physically restrained by school staff after he “threw (puzzle) pieces on the floor and across the room” while playing with a puzzle on a...
View ArticleReforms Planned To Reduce Restraints, Seclusion In Schools
Legislative changes and increased training of school staff could help to reduce the incidence of children being restrained and secluded in schools, a panel of state officials said Friday at a forum...
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Indicators Of Teen Depression, Earlier Suicides, On The Rise
While the number of youths in Connecticut who die by suicide has declined since 2007, the average age of the children who kill themselves has decreased from 17 to just over 14, and the percentage of...
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In Connecticut, Suffocation Deaths “Distinctive Injury”
A new report that identifies the most distinctive cause of injury death for each state, compared to national rates, has some findings that might be expected: Seven states in Appalachia and the...
View ArticleDesperate Choices: Giving Up Custody For Care
Ten years have gone by, but Lisa Vincent and her son, Jose, flash back to their goodbye with fresh anguish and faltering voices. He is 21 now, but the 11-year-old boy he was back then easily...
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DCF’s New Strategy: Treating Children And Families In Their Own Homes
Last May, Samantha Collins’ drug use, legal problems and dealings with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families forced her to strike a bargain with the agency. Tony Bacewicz Photo.Samantha...
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