tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post8487396117749702983..comments2024-02-24T16:30:33.798-08:00Comments on GPS: REASONS TO BELIEVE CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES ARE OUT OF CONTROL / 560Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353695791008715393noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post-70767139154179086982011-07-05T09:59:42.525-07:002011-07-05T09:59:42.525-07:00Cathy,
You sound like an amazing person, it's...Cathy,<br /><br />You sound like an amazing person, it's really unfortunate that you had to experience this abusive system when you were trying hard to help families. Please keep letting people know the reality of child protection, and if possible write an article or better yet a book (self publish if you have to, because this is a story that must be told, and you have much more credibility - right or wrong - than parents do).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post-39390937219091687142011-07-04T13:45:00.672-07:002011-07-04T13:45:00.672-07:00I am an ex foster parent from Alberta and the trai...I am an ex foster parent from Alberta and the training I received was about family reunification, respect for the bio parents, healthy connections with the children in my care and all working as a team with Alberta Children and Youth services for the betterment of the families. There is a workable plan….but Alberta Children and Youth services follow a DIFFERENT plan of destruction!!!! That came clear to me with the first meeting with the caseworker. Their plan was about keeping the children “SAFE” away from their parents – setting the parent visits up without proper supports – so the visits would “FAIL” – then take that information to court in a file "AGAINST” the parents. It became very clear that the bio parents or I were NEVER on the same team with Alberta Children and Youth services. I was told by the caseworker at the first meeting that these children will NEVER go home and are of adoptable age. <br />I have the upmost admiration for all bio parents and families that continue to “FIGHT” for their rights and get their children back. I was just the foster parent and it broke me emotionally in just eighteen months - to watch the emotional abuse this family had to endure and for me to continually go unheard and be belittled by the “SYSTEM”. <br />The time for the foster care system to change is now! No longer can we afford to sit by while our children drop out of school, get involved with drugs, engage in sexual activity, continue the cycle of sexual abuse, become homeless, become depressed, or commit suicide. For their sake, our sake, and the sake of our future generations, we must make a change--a lasting change. Our kids are literally dying for it!Cathy Evartsnoreply@blogger.com