Your Right to Refuse Medication in Prison
Learn about your right to refuse medication in prison and the procedures for emergency and non-emergency situations.
Your Right to Refuse Medication in Facilities
An explanation of your right to refuse treatment or medication if you live in an intermediate care facility for individuals with I/DD.
Stop Traumatizing Kids Who Need Mental Health Care
An op-ed by CEO Virginia Knowlton Marcus in which she lauds media attention on the dangers of PRTFs for children and suggests solutions.
Programa piloto de exención para lesión cerebral traumática de North Carolina
Condados de Wake, Johnston, Cumberland y Durham Pacientes que sufrieron lesión cerebral traumática (Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI) a los 22 años o posteriormente. ¿Qué es una lesión cerebral traumática? (TBI, […]
NC’s Hidden Children
We interview DRNC Attorney Joonu Coste about the state’s dangerous practice of sending children to PRTFs in other states. What she shares will shock you.
Psychotropic Medication and Youth
Information and resources for caregivers on psychotropic medication and children and youth, including those in foster care.
Let’s Break the Silence
Staff Post: Joonu Coste Equal Justice Works Fellow (sponsored by an anonymous donor) Confronting the stigma around children’s mental health disabilities After my first year of law school, I interned at […]
Trauma-Informed Approaches
A non-clinical overview of trauma-informed approaches presented by Cas Shearin. Learn how trauma impacts a person, what it means to be trauma-informed and why it matters. Sponsored by Money Follows the Person, NC. Originally recorded on Sept 14, 2020.
Seclusion and Restraint Sample Letter
Use these sample letters to request that a school investigate use of restraint or seclusion. You can customize the template for your use.