A 6-year-old girl was involuntarily committed to a mental health center for 48 hours without her mother’s consent after throwing a tantrum at school
Photo: The Cochran Firm Earlier this month, a 6-year-old girl was involuntarily committed to a mental health center for 48 hours without her mother’s consent after throwing a tantrum at her elementary school. The girl’s mother says she was informed upon arriving at the facility that she’d have to wait several hours to see her daughter, whom she later found sedated and alone.
Falk told the Times that after hours of waiting to see her daughter , she was beside herself with worry. “I was crying,” said Falk. “I was hysterical, I was angry.” According to the Times’ report, King was “sedated in a secluded room,” when her mother found her. Tracy Pierce, a spokesperson for Duval County Public Schools, told the Times that the decision to place King in the mental health facility was made by a crisis-response firm called Child Guidance. “When a student’s behavior presents a risk of self-harm or harm to others, the school district’s procedure is to call Child Guidance, our crisis-response provider,” said Pierce, adding that the 6-year-old girl “calmly walked to the police car.
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