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Subj:
TeenScreen
Date:
2/22/2005 1:19:04 AM Pacific Standard Time
From:
Anniearmenlive
To:
dkhumes@phm.k12.in.us
Attention Penn-Harris Madison
School Corporation in Mishawaka, Indiana:
I write this letter in honor of Shaina Dunkle, Matthew
Smith, Stephanie Hall, and many
other children and youth who
lost their lives due to labeling and psychiatric drugs.
This letter
has been emailed to over
15,000 people in my network, and forwarded to thousands of
others
within my network.
In the words of my dear friend and loving parent Vicky
Dunkle:
"Our focus should be to
educate, not to medicate!" February 26 is the day
the Dunkle Family
lost their precious sunshine,
Shaina Dunkle due to their child being labeled with ADHD,
and
prescribed Ritalin. You can hear Vicky Dunkle speak
out by visiting
http://www.anniearmenlive.org/shaina_dunkle.htm
Attention caring board members - please don't let this
happen to other children, to your children. Your decision
to expunge TeenScreen and/or any form of mental health
screening can help save thousands of lives, which can
domino into millions. In honor of Shaina Dunkle, and
children who have lost their lives due to erroneous
labeling and prescribed medication, make February 28, 2005
a day of hope, a day of
miracles for families like the Dunkle family across
America.
Together, let's give meaning
to the deaths of Shaina Dunkle, Matthew Smith, Stephanie
Hall,
and many others. The Pinellas
County School Board in Florida nuked TeenScreen by an
overwhelming vote, and you can certainly do the same.
You are welcome to review my
letter
to the Pinellas County School Board.
As you can see, your urgent attention to this matter is of
utmost relevance and families like the Dunkle Family
depend on genuine, compassionate "educators" and child
advocates like yourselves!
Currently, there is a phenomenal teen, age 16, by the name
of Chelsea Rhoades out of Indiana who is now suffering
from being labeled "mentally ill" after filling out a
TeenScreen without parental
knowledge and/or consent. Such labels can stigmatize
bright teens like Chelsea for the rest of
their lives, and Chelsea has a
promising future ahead of her. You can hear Chelsea, her
mother Teresa Rhoades, high profile expert Dr. Karen
Effrem, Harvard-trained attorney Jim Gottstein, Esq.,
public records expert Ken Kramer, and reputable
chiropractor out of Indiana Dr. Ben Choiniere SPEAK OUT
and share their justifiable concerns regarding TeenScreen
on the Dangers of
Psychiatric Drugs Part 8
You are also welcome to hear
Nancy Bostock - Chairperson of School Board of Pinellas
County, Florida, along with renowned Neurologist Dr. Fred
Baughman Jr. voice their concerns on the
Dangers of Psychiatric Drugs
Part 6 http://www.anniearmenlive.org/psychiatric_drugs.htm
In the words of Congressman Ron Paul in his article titled
Forcing Kids Into a Mental Health Ghetto
dated September 13, 2004,
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2004/tst091304.htm
he states:
"When the government orders 'universal' mental health
screening in schools, it really means 'mandatory.'
Parents, children, and their private doctors should decide
whether a child has mental health problems, not government
bureaucrats. That this even needs to be stated is a sign
of just how obedient our society has become toward
government. What kind of free people would turn
their children's most intimate
health matters over to government strangers? How in the
world have we allowed government to become so powerful and
arrogant that it assumes it can force children to accept
psychiatric treatment whether parents object or not?
Forced mental health screening is
just the latest of many state
usurpations of parental authority: compulsory education
laws, politically-correct school curricula, mandatory
vaccines, and interference with discipline through phony
"social services" agencies all represent assaults on
families. The political right has now joined the
political left in seeking the de facto nationalization of
children, and only informed resistance by parents can stop
it. The federal government is slowly but surely
destroying
real families, but it is hardly a benevolent surrogate
parent."
With that said, before making your final decision, please
review Dr. Karen Effrem's Talking Points
on Mental Health
Initiatives - Problems with Screening and Drugging
at
http://www.edaction.org/2004/082704.htm I also
included this in my letter to Pinellas County School Board
on 01/25/05. Dr. Karen's very first important point is
the following:
"Screening does not prevent suicide - The U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force (USPSTF)
issued its findings and recommendation against screening
for suicide that corroborate those of the Canadian PSTF.
"USPSTF found no evidence that screening for suicide risk
reduces suicide attempts or mortality. There is limited
evidence on the accuracy of screening tools to identify
suicide risk in the primary
care setting, including tools to identify those at high
risk."
Valued Board Members: When you make your final decision
on the 28th of February, have in mind your own child.
Your decision can either help save lives or subject our
bright future leaders to harmful, erroneous labeling which
may very well destroy a child's future if not lead to
eventual
deaths as in the case of
Shaina Dunkle due to harmful medications prescribed post
labeling / diagnosis.
As a concerned human being / child advocate, I proudly
join the family masses against TeenScreen as we
collaborate our efforts in unity to expunge this
monstrosity and its like out of schools across the globe!
We must put a stop to this growing epidemic and the TIME
IS NOW!
Most Respectfully,
Annie Armen
Annie
Armen,
J.D.
Host, Producer (T.V. / Radio for AAL)
Dedicated Family / Child Advocate
ANNIE ARMEN LIVE
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