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Group says troubled teen returned to N.S.
Published: August 24, 2010 8:42 p.m.
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HALIFAX - A troubled Nova Scotia teen who was being treated for behavioural disorders at a facility in Ontario has been transferred to a facility in his home province, says an advocacy group that has been working with his family.
Roch Longueepee, who leads the group, said they were notified late Tuesday that the 15-year-old had been moved to Nova Scotia.
There was no immediate confirmation from the province.
"We are delighted that the boy is here," Longueepee said in an interview.
"He's back in our territory now and we are going to push harder for a program that we proposed to the province ... because we feel it's going to give him the best life outcome at this stage."
The family, who can't be named to protect the youth's identity, held a news conference earlier in the day and produced a letter from Nova Scotia's Department of Community Services that said their contact with the boy had been suspended on the recommendation of the Ontario facility where he was housed.
The department sent the letter to his grandmother last week arguing that family contact had become an obstacle to the youth's treatment.
The boy has alleged he was abused at an Ontario facility, a claim that is under police investigation.
He has been in the care of the government of Nova Scotia since November 2008, when it was determined he was a threat to himself and the community.
He suffers from various cognitive challenges, but his grandmother and the family's lawyer say there has never been a conclusive diagnosis.
The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia agreed last year that he could be sent away because all local treatment options had been exhausted.
His mother lost custody of him in British Columbia and his father was never in the picture.
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Troubled teen back in Nova Scotia
Grandparents must still fight for contact
By The Canadian Press
Wed, Aug 25 (2010) - 4:53 AM
The grandparents of a troubled Cole Harbour teenager who was being treated for behavioural disorders at a facility in Ontario say he is now in Truro.
"God answers prayers," the 15-year-old boy’s grandmother said Tuesday night.
"We’re overwhelmed that he’s back here in Nova Scotia."
The grandmother and her husband, who cannot be named to protect the teen’s identity, received a letter by courier Tuesday night from the provincial Community Services Department saying their grandson is at a facility in Truro.
The grandparents said they were previously told the boy was to be discharged from the Ontario centre today and they wouldn’t be told where he was going.
They also received another letter from Community Services earlier Tuesday stating that their contact with the boy had been suspended on the recommendation of the Ontario facility. The department argued in the letter, sent last week, that family contact had become an obstacle to the boy’s treatment.
The grandparents are set to go to court Friday to fight that ban, his grandmother said.
The boy has alleged he was abused at the Ontario facility, a claim that is under police investigation.
He has been in the care of the Nova Scotia government since November 2008, when it was determined he was a threat to himself and the community. He suffers from various cognitive challenges, but his grandmother and the family’s lawyer say there has never been a conclusive diagnosis.
Nova Scotia does not have a facility capable of addressing the boy’s needs and the province’s Supreme Court agreed last year that he could be sent away because all local treatment options had been exhausted.
According to an advocacy group working with the family, a team of health-care professionals has been assembled that is willing to help the boy if he were brought home and placed in some sort of foster care.
The boy has been in his grandparents’ care since he was a toddler. His mother lost custody of him in British Columbia and his father was never in the picture.
With Patricia Brooks Arenburg,
staff reporter
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A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD for the family of a fifteen year old African Canadian youth who was residing in a treatment facility for conduct disordered children in South Eastern Ontario.
The family retained Restoring Dignity to investigate the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services handling of their grandson'...s case. Thursday’s press conference will discuss the current developments on the case and the youth’s return to the province of Nova Scotia.
In attendance will be Mr. Roch Longueépée, Founder & CEO, Restoring Dignity, Dr. Charles Emmerys, with, Dawe, Bates, Parlee & Associates (NB), Mr. Richard Bureau with the firm Morris Bureau, and the Firm Walker Dunlop will also be working with Restoring Dignity in the family's fight to return him to the family home.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND
Conference location: Westin Nova Scotia, Luneburg Room, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDate: Thursday August 26, 2010 Time: 12:00 PM
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