When Oregon’s sweeping child welfare class action lawsuit was finally settled this fall, the judge presiding over the case lamented how “frankly over-lawyered beyond belief” the case had been. U.S.

Oregon child welfare officials have spent years struggling to find appropriate places to house the state’s most vulnerable children. When Oregon’s sweeping child welfare class-action lawsuit was ...

Hyperactive, non-compliant, disruptive, defiant, and aggressive child behaviors, or what psychologists call “externalizing behaviors,” are the most common reasons parents seek out mental health help ...