"Theo Sandfort, the IASR president and Scientific Program Committee chairman. Sandfort's qualifications include having been a well-known member of the editorial board of Paidika, the Journal of Paedophila.
Paidika pledged to advance "paedophile … consciousness" as "a legitimate and productive part of the totality of human experience.
" Paidika's regular graphic ads for NAMBLA clearly illustrate the sexual component of what they euphemistically call "man-boy-love.""

THAT IS JUST DOWNRIGHT DISGUSTING!

Thank you for posting this.

If you Google "DR. WILLIAM WRIGLEY :PSYCHOLOGIST,you will see an entry for a U-Tube video made in the UK,(which in turn,leads to other sites of interest),entitled something like : "Social Workers : Malpractice".

ChazP
RE: INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S LAWYERS. In answer to your query of 13 October, the answer is YES. A child (or his/her representative such as child welfare orgnaization or "any other person", may request this. (Source: Australian Family Law Act 1975, Reprint 7, 31 August 2006, 68L(4) on p 211).

See next posting.

INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S LAWYERS (CONTINUED)
In my case, as a grandmother seeking restoration of contact for child protection purposes, I asked for a privately-funded ICL for the children as I knew the parents would oppose it, and that Legal Aid
would probably need their agreement.

However the Court ordered the ICL to be appointed by Legal Aid, but the wording clearly left open the possiblity of a privately funded ICL.

Legal Aid did not have funding at that time (6 months before the hearing) so I instructed my solicitor (in writing) to arrange it privately. He didn't do this. As indicated earlier I was deceived into settling for almost meaningless contact.

When, too late, I complained about this to the solicitor, he/she replied that "the other side" could have complained that the ICL was not truly independent if not appointed by Legal Aid. This was although I asked that the ICL be appointed in the interstate place where the children now live, stressing that I do not know any lawyers there.

I think this means that ICLs are becoming rare and that the Family Court would prefer to use only the Family Consultants' reports.

My complaint to the Legal Services Commissioner is still pending although I have had an acknowledgment.

Valarie, you do seem to be right about the Courts only using their approved Family Consultants. The Legal Aid system can be expensive, therefore work SHOULD be minimal.

As so many are encouraged to report "abuse" (sexual or neglect) we are glad to know that the Health Services play an integral in helping this growing epidemic. Possibly ALL children require counseling after abuse, even if those available are inadequately trained (1 term minimum Tafe) - many will be eventually prescribed medication - or drugs.Quite often parents of those in care are not informed as to the nature of the drugs and as a lot of these are quite complicated (usually SSRI's for depression seems to be the norm of doctors now),it is far better for Court appointed consultants who can be relied on.Especially, as the information on these drugs is changed frequently as new research emerges.

Kids are being prescribed Prozac (Fluoxetine) and Zoloft(Sertraline) of the SSRI family. These are NOT recommended by the TGA for those under 24. Whatever one's age these are serious tablets or DRUGS.Leaving out a dose, or skipping one manifests in agressive, depressive episodes. If a child is having supervised meeting with a parent, and it was to miss its dose, why - its behaviour would alter! The carers (or caseworkers) not being qualified, can possibly attribute this to the proximity of the parent. Perhaps, parent is an Abuser - not simply OVER ANXIOUS.

Nicola Mulcahy's success against the Prozac prescriber became hidden by "the Australian" reporting the foster parents or carers as prescribing for the children. No - they are not qualified. When kids are in care Mental Health generally suggest what is to be prescribed.

For those of you brave enough to talk about PAS on radio please book mark TalkShoe.com join on facebook also check out Tawnya Maddox type in search and listen to parents talking about supporting mothers & fathers living apart.
SpLitnTwo

To actually hear people brave enough to speak out about the courts, also to find out you are not alone helped me. At the time it was very frightening to find a pack of professionals coming after me in 2004 -2006 .The end result is I lost my case and the abuser got custody of a very sick child who had leukaemia.
To hear time & again others say they do not care about the children , I have to agree they tried this on with us as they knew it is well set in cement and stone it works out well for the courts & professionals and the poor families are left to cope with this.
They did not give a damn about taking risks with a child so ill as they knew they would be able to get away with what they have done.
Our files have probably been destroyed by now Social services won't let me have copies I have some not all.
Caffcass has destroyed the file.

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