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Question by Katie: I was fired for bringing up major safety violations at a summer camp. Who can I contact about the violations?
I was recently hired to work at a local summer camp, which is a big fundraiser for a Humane Society. After I started working there, I was appalled at the number of really unsafe practices that went on in the camp. For example, the shelter refuses to buy bathroom supplies like paper towels, toilet paper, or soap, so the kids have to make do without. The “play area” is the dog training area, so the kids are sitting, laying, and playing on a floor that dogs urinate and defecate on daily (it is never mopped, just swept, and messes are sprayed with a non-bleach cleaner and wiped up with paper towels. Extremely unhygienic.) We also share our camp/shelter facilities with the general public, and it’s only a matter of time until a kid ends up in a hallway, bathroom, or unoccupied room with a pedophile-they have no idea who is in the shelter or where at any given time, and with 20 kids moving around the shelter all day, it’s easy to glance away at just the wrong second. Nor do any of the regular shelter staff have to go through background checks or screenings, and again, they’re with the kids all day every day.
Camp leaders don’t receive any training at all-we were told to make it up as we go, so there are no emergency plans, no training in child abuse or blood-borne pathogens, there isn’t even basic emergency numbers or supplies-we have one box of band-aids. The HS won’t pay for more than 2 staff (now down to one), even though the camp runs 8:30-5:30 M-F, so they recruited “junior counselors” who are 15-17yo to “help” with camp. These volunteers have no training, and because of the way camp is set up and scheduled, the kids are frequently alone or in small groups with just one or two junior counselors. As a teacher, that scares me for the kids and the JC’s. One false allegation by a kid, and that teenager’s life will be ruined.
Finally, the administrators decided to allow extremely high-need Special Ed kids into camp without any advance warning or planning time for camp leaders, so we were faced with violent children and no training or guidelines in how to deal with them. I have bruises from being kicked, shoved, and bitten. Our only directive was that we couldn’t send them home for any reason. I think camp is great for all kids, regardless of ability level, but to put high-needs kids into a camp with no planning, preparation, and ridiculously low staffing is a guarantee that a kid or camp leader is going to get really hurt.
When I started raising my (many) concerns about the kids’ safety, I was fired. I contacted the state child care licensing agency, but they said they are really backed up with reports, and have no idea if they’ll make it out there before the summer is over.
Personally, I’m just glad to be out of that hellhole, and that I escaped without getting in trouble for what was going on there…but I’m worried about the kids who will be there the rest of the summer. I feel like a jerk just walking away knowing that they’re in danger of being hurt, molested, or of getting really sick from the filthy environment.
Does anyone know of anyone else I could call or file a report with to try and get these issues addressed?!

Question by nuumuu: : BPD ppl , Drs , & self injurers ONLY ??
Plz help..do i suffer from BPD?? or wat??
#i seriously self injure maself… ( cut,burn ,pierce, break bones)
#i had 3 suicide gestures b4
# i *love n hate* easily but i dun show ma hatred towards ma friends.. i only act friendly coz um afraid 2 lose thm
#i have two very close frnds to me, but as i bcome more open, i bcome more afraid n i mistrust thm
# im a chameleon in ma moods :) :( :)) …
#always booooooored, think tht all ppl dun love me or try to avoid me….
# the prob is tht i have only one impulsive behaviour > overdosing … n all diagnosis said tht i shoud have @ least two???
also i rarely show inapropriate anger…. is it bcoz i act in ???

 

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Preschool Rape Case Plunges Family Into Indian Nightmare; the 'Uncle' in the …

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Anjali was interviewed by police officers, a magistrate, a therapist and a representative of the Child Welfare Committee. A doctor took …. They bore the days and nights, grief-stricken about Anjali and worried about the effect on her older sister …
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Memorial held for mothers of sons lost to violence

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“The importance is really to comfort those who are going through grief,” said grief therapist Rev. Sky Starr, who organized the fourth annual interfaith community memorial. “The pain really never goes away. It gets easier over time, but it's always …
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Body found at cement ship

 

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The 8 Best Apps For A Calm, Focused Mind

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Designed by meditation teacher and psychotherapist Stephan Bodian, Mental Workout's Mindfulness Meditation app ($ 1.99) provides guided meditations for both beginners and more experienced mindfulness practitioners. It also features an eight-week …
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Mind the apps

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DBT Self-Help assists users with developing mindfulness and overcoming negative emotions. The app is intended to be used alone or with psychotherapy. It provides users with skills needed to maintain a healthy outlook on life, and helps them use these …
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Work-related stress rises in NHS trust

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Figures issued by Combined Healthcare Trust showed numbers coming forward to the body's own counselling service fell from 79 to 65 in the past year. But the proportion needing help with issues to do with work rose from … The personal problems …
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Seasonal affective disorder: could you spot the signs?

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Many symptoms of SAD are similar to those associated with "ordinary" depression, such as anxiety, changes in mood and panic attacks. … The treatment involves exposure to artificial light from a light therapy box for an average of 2 hours each day …
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Question by Anthony: How can I help my girlfriend recover from finding out about my porn addiction?
I have already bought a firewall for my computer and my girlfriend is the only one with the password to change anything on it.
I never wanted to hurt her and she is the only one I want to see.
I was trying to stop this addiction on my own.

She is very angry and very hurt by this.
Is there anyway to fix this?

Best answer:

Answer by cobra_f_u
i saw something like this on MTV
the person went to some sort of porn treatment rehab type of thing

Answer by josezapata2005
you sick bastard!
go to a rehab place

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Comedian, recovering addict Mark Lundholm brings 'PG-35' show, 'restrained …

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