Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Connecticut Wants "Behavioral Health Assessment" of Public School Children and Homeschoolers

Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post

Fresh on the heels of the introduction of a bill in the South Carolina State House of Representatives that would effectively eliminate homeschooling in South Carolina, the state of Connecticut is introducing its own attack on parental rights in the form of Senate Bill 374, currently being referred to the State Congressional Committee on Public Health for the purposes of further introduction to the General Assembly.

S.B. 374, co-sponsored by State Senator Toni Nathaniel Harp and State Representative Toni E. Walker, would require all homeschooled children at the ages of 12, 14, and 17 to undergo a “behavioral health assessment.”

The assessment is to be completed by a “health care provider,” which will allegedly be confidential, with the results only being provided to the “child’s parent or guardian.” Each “health care provider” would be required to complete a “form supplied by the State Board of Education verifying that the child has received the assessment.”

Yet, S.B. 374 does not only attack the parental rights of homeschooled children. It also mandates that all children, even those “enrolled in public school at grades 6, 8, 10 and 12,” be given the same type of “behavioral health evaluation.”

Of course, while the bill claims that the “behavioral health evaluations” will be confidential, such a statement is hard to believe considering the track record of State and Federal governments when it comes to private information.

Not only that but, considering the attitude of many “health care providers” and “mental health experts,” the diagnosis of mental illness in homeschooled and even publicly schooled children has a very high probability of occurring. With so many normal behaviors now being considered mental illness, it is indeed very likely that any “expert” conducting the “behavioral health assessment” will find plenty of “concerning” aspects of the child’s behavior.

.....and ya can read more here.....http://www.activistpost.com/2013/02/connecticut-wants-behavioral-health.html

But the privately schooled children of Connecticut's uber-wealthy would not fall under state control. This appears to be an effort at pre-crime law enforcement.
Even if it were okay to invade children's privacy and abrogate parental rights, it would not accomplish any purpose that would do anyone any good. Anyone with any experience with the seriously mentally ill (schizophrenics and manic-depressives) knows that those conditions manifest themselves in early  adulthood most often. You can't pre-treat insanity. Most of the mentally ill are not violent criminals, and most violent criminals are not mentally ill. If this Dorner guy had shown signs of being dangerous in his school days he wouldn't have made it into law enforcement and the military like he did.
I get so sick of government idiots 'solving' the wrong problem.

Quoted from Madam X

But the privately schooled children of Connecticut's uber-wealthy would not fall under state control. This appears to be an effort at pre-crime law enforcement.
Even if it were okay to invade children's privacy and abrogate parental rights, it would not accomplish any purpose that would do anyone any good. Anyone with any experience with the seriously mentally ill (schizophrenics and manic-depressives) knows that those conditions manifest themselves in early  adulthood most often. You can't pre-treat insanity. Most of the mentally ill are not violent criminals, and most violent criminals are not mentally ill. If this Dorner guy had shown signs of being dangerous in his school days he wouldn't have made it into law enforcement and the military like he did.
I get so sick of government idiots 'solving' the wrong problem.

making scapegoats and divide and conquer and the almighty saying 'THEY need to do something about my neighbor'
always seems to seep it's way to the political podiums.....