Category Archives: Daytona Beach News Journal

Daytona Beach News Journal By DEBORAH CIRCELLI DAYTONA BEACH — Little bodies sink into adult-sized conference chairs. With crayons between their fingers, they color on a sheet of paper after writing promises to their parents — “to control my anger,” … Continue reading →

Daytona Beach News Journal Editorial Florida failed 7-year-old Gabriel Myers. It wasn’t for lack of attention. In the last few months of Gabriel’s short, unhappy life, he saw multiple caseworkers, therapists and psychiatrists. He was taking an ever-changing cocktail of … Continue reading →

Daytona Beach News Journal By DEBORAH CIRCELLI Staff writer More local foster children are on psychotropic medications than the state average, according to a state review done following the suicide of a 7-year-old foster child in South Florida. The state … Continue reading →