My Dear Friend

[LadyKay]

I have a dear, sweet friend whom I have know for a very long time. She has an 6 year old son. I am not sure of how it all came about but somone accused her of abuse and her son was taken from her by cps. Her son was examed by a doctor and no signs of abuse were found. The little boy was interviewed by cps and he said nothing that would point to abuse. He has always been this happy, friendly, child. Yet still with out any evidence at all, they placed my firend's little boy into a foster home. They forced my friend to take parenting classes. She was allowed supervised visits once a week with her son. She tells me that her son at every visit ask when can he come home.
Last week she got a call from the foster care worker telling her that her that she is no longer allowed visits with her son. The reason for this was that the foster family that her son is staying with is complainning that the little boy has behavioral probleams everytime he comes back from a vist. My friend is beside herself over this. So basicaly in a nutshell, they are blaming my friend for the behaviour her son is doing at the foster home. I would very must like to help my friend but like her I am at a lost as to what to do for her. She is very upset and I am too and she worries for her son. It is all very very sad considering she did nothing to deserve this. The behaviour probleams the little boy is having at his foster home was stuff he never did when he was living with his mom. Anyway I want to help but I just don't know what to do.

[TronRP]

Has anyone contacted lawyers regarding this issue? CPS would have to be held responsible for their decision to take the child and why.

[kat (1)]

Tell your friend to contact Association For Children's Mental Health (ACMH). They provide advocacy and support for parents of childrenIin the system or with behavioral issues. I don't know what county this happened in but this group pretty much serves anywhere in Michigan. The main office is in Lansing and the number is 5173724016 . They have a website as well if you Google ACMH you can check it out. I would post the link but I am logged in from my cell phone. They should either be able to help or point your friend to the people who can. Your friend DEFINITELY needs an advocate. Positive thoughts and energy to your friend and her family during this ordeal.

[TronRP]

The behavioral issues are because they took the child away from his comfort zone, his mother. Children act out because that is the only way they know how to express disagreement with regards to their surroundings and current situation. The child holding an intellectual discussion of medical terminology and psychological diagnosis of their actions generally elude them at this age, so they become labeled as having behavior problems which is actually not true, but always helps the case of the agency trying to take the child away.

I truly hope they resolve this before it causes major complications that will cause real issues to develop that will take major treatment to correct...been there, done that and don't wish that on anyone...