The infamous Benjamin Smith exemplifies the type of social worker that Dr. Richard Gardner describes in the following article. The point cannot be stressed enough that the social workers for Loudoun County are poorly trained. Dr. Gardner is correct in using the tern abuse validators instead of investigators, from the article.
There is financial gain for a therapist in testifying for Loudoun Child Protective Services. The going rate is approximately $150 per hour for an extended period of time. It is difficult for a therapist to do the right thing if their business models depends on a constant flow of referrals from Loudoun CPS and Sandra Glenney. Why Dr. Mary Lindahl withheld a child’s retractions from the Court and CPS is an interesting question. She more than likely knew that Sandra Glenney did not want to be distracted by facts.
[From The Village Voice, January 12, 1990. Reprinted in Women and Other Aliens: Essays from the U.S.-Mexico Border, El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 1991. Copyright 1990 by Debbie Nathan. Reposted here with explicit permission of Debbie Nathan. Direct reposting requests to mc@ncrj.org.]
The eight kids sitting in Geraldo Rivera’s New York studio after the first McMartin trial ended could have stepped out of a candy bar commercial on Saturday morning TV. They gleamed with the healthy tans, shopping-mall clothes, and moussed sun-bleached hair of the southern California suburbs; their parents looked equally affluent. But these families were far from cheerful. “We were molested,” a strapping blond teenager told the audience solemnly, “and that’s an honest-to-God fact.” When some of the children – most of them by now adolescents – described suffering flashbacks and night terrors, their mothers quietly dabbed at tears. Other parents seemed angry and driven. “The parents and children standing up here will not stop,” said Marymae Cioffi, who since the beginning of the case had been organizing to convince the public and the courts that bizarre sex abuse claims at places like the McMartin preschool should be believed
It is important to subpoena all notes from Child Protective Services and the psychologist who testifies for CPS. Dr. Lindahl provides and excellent example of why all notes should be subpoenaed and the very distorted thinking of CPS psychologists.
As stated before, as it is a very true statement. The mechanism that enables the Loudoun County Child Protective Services machine to grind away at families are the psychologists that will testify for CPS and Sandra Glenney. In addition , the therapists that perform reunification therapy for CPS or treat a child has one goal, that is to terminate the relationship between the child and the parent. Dr. Lindahl in recent case performed the role of a CPS psychologists to a tee. She followed the wished and instructions of Sandra Glenney perfectly.
A parent who plants the seed of false allegations of abuse is also planting the seeds of the Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). The term Parental Alienation Syndrome was developed by Dr. Richard Gardner to describe the circumstances that he observed in high conflict divorce cases. PAS is completely and totally rejected by Loudoun County Child Protective Services, their training completely and totally dismisses it. It is generally accepted by mental health professionals.
Loudoun CPS is the pro-abuse crowd, they are going to believe any claims of sexual abuse. It is worth noting that the hierarchy within Loudoun CPS is essentially all females. This includes Sandra Glenney of the Loudoun County Attorney’s office, Ellen Grunewald (Director of Loudoun CPS ) and Laurie Warhol of Loudoun CPS.
The attached document , illustrates the mentality of Loudoun County Child Protective Services. The document provides guidance on how to conduct an interview with the “alleged offender”. As you can read, the purpose of the interview is to obtain a confession. The assumption is that abuse has already occurred. It is vitally important that you notify your attorney of all threats made to you by the detective and the social worker. It also critical that you get all tapes of your interview. Your interview will be taped whether it be audio or visual, it will be taped.
Sandra Glenney and her willingness to use therapists from the ISSTD is even more disturbing when you fully grasp the beliefs of that organization. A current member and former president , Dr. Colin Ross is a controversial figure to say the least. Dr. Colin testified in the case of Billy Joe Harris for the defense, Dr. Ross attempted to testify that Mr. Harris committed a rape while under a different personality as he allegedly suffered from Multiple Personality Disorder. The cross examination of Dr. Ross begins n page 57 of the following transcript.
It is a good transcript to study to gt a feel of how to question a hired gun mental health professional.
From the excellent documentary Innocence Lost , the below article discusses the issue with repeated questioning of a child. I recommend paying close attention to the mother’s questioning of the child prior to the child speaking with a therapist. It illustrates how children change their mind after repeated questioning. A child will attempt to satisfy the adults when questioned repeatedly.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/innocence/readings/repeated.html
In the Little Rascals case, there are no electronic recordings of the initial interviews with the children. On the basis of the available evidence, it seems that many children denied during initial interviews that anything sexual had happened. Some of the children talked about hitting or spanking in the day-care center, but they mainly made these claims about other children (in the next chapter, on stereotype induction, we will address these reports of hitting in more detail). The only child who made any statements that may have been indicative of abuse was Carl P. But this was not the first time that Carl had been questioned. His mother had been questioning him since at least the beginning of December; initially, he had denied any wrongdoing at the center, although he later said that Mr. Bob had played “doctor” with some of his friends, but not with him
