How WFT Helped a Family Succeed
Kathy and her son are back together in their own home. When we first met Kathy (not her real name) two years ago, that outcome didn’t seem likely. She was living in a women’s shelter and...
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We Need to Do Better on Seclusion and Restraint in Our Schools: Why I Support SB 527
Everyone in Wisconsin wants our children to be happy, healthy, and successful. To get there, we need to do better when it comes to seclusion and restraint in our schools. SB 527, a new bill introduced at the Capitol in Madison on October 25, will help us reach that goal. (See the text of the bill here, and more information from Wisconsin Family Ties here.) It’s so crucial for parents to share...
Borsuk: Strict discipline or building social skills? Two approaches for safer schools
Joanne Juhnke, policy director of Wisconsin Family Ties, a nonprofit organization, said at a news conference before the hearing, “If Wisconsin could arrest and suspend its way to school safety,...
Proposed Bill Would Open Juvenile Criminal Records To Wisconsin School Officials
Joanne Juhnke is the policy director of Wisconsin Family Ties. The organization held a news conference before the hearing to criticize the bill. “Make no mistake. [This] is a stunning example...
Wisconsin schools will get more therapists, social workers, aid for kids in crisis
Through the final budget, lawmakers approved $39 million to eliminate a waiting list that Walker’s administration said in May included nearly 2,500 children. Mental health advocates have said...
The elderly and the disabled wait desperately, helplessly for care that isn’t coming
Debra Ramacher and her husband have been unable to find paid caregivers since June 2015 for their daughter Maya, 20, and their son Michael, 19, both of whom have cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other...
Mental health trauma didn’t set Reyna’s destiny
“That list, while it’s based on important research … ends up with an unfortunate emphasis because there’s already such a tendency to point the finger at the parents and say...
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