OCA in the News
"DCF Defends Actions in Pelletier Custody Fight" - The Hartford Courant - March 27, 2014
"Too Many Students Face Restraint, Seclusion" - An OpEd by Acting Child Sarah Eagan for The Hartford Courant - March 28, 2014
"CT Child Fatality Panel: Unsafe sleeping conditions leading cause of infant deaths" - CT Mirror - April 7, 2014
"Questions (And Answers) About CT's New Girls' Detention Unit" - CT Mirror - April 7, 2014
"State issues alert on infant deaths from unsafe sleeping condition" - The Day - April 8, 2014
"St. Francis Cutting Pediatric Staff" - The Hartford Courant - April 8, 2014
"Transgender Teen Sent to Connecticut Adult Prison" - WNPR News - April 9, 2014
"Lawyers Fight Placement of Juvenile in Male Correction Facility" - The Hartford Courant - April 10, 2014
"Transgender Youth's Lawyer Asked Judge To Move Her Out Of Prison" - The Hartford Courant - April 14, 2014
"Advocates seek investigation into DCF treatment of court-involved youth" - CT Mirror - April 14, 2014
"Talks Begin Privately to Move Transgender Youth Out of Prison" - The Hartford Courant - April 17, 2014
"As Talks Continue, Protesters Rally For Imprisoned Transgender Youth" - The Hartford Courant - April 25, 2014
"Transgender Teen Moved to Cottage on Prison Grounds" - The Hartford Courant - May 13, 2014
"Child Advocate Says Legislative Session Was Good For Connecticut's Children" - WNPR News - May 14, 2014
"Probe: Kids' deaths under DCF's watch" - CT Post - June 3, 2014
"Child Advocate Will Investigate Deaths of Nine Children Involved with DCF" - CT News Junkie - June 3, 2014
"Connecticut DCF vows changes after child deaths" - The State - June 21, 2014
"Children of domestic violence: 'Daddy shooted mommy'" - CT Mirror - June 24, 2014
"About Time Transgender Girl Was Moved From Prison" - The Hartford Courant - June 24, 2014
"With Child Abuse, Neglect Deaths Rising, Early-Detection Doctors Deployed" - The Hartford Courant - June 29, 2014
"Op-Ed: For Josh's sake and Jane's, can DCF listen to others?" [Martha Stone] - CT Mirror - July 28, 2014
"Child Advocate Says Infant Deaths Cause For More Monitoring" - The Hartford Courant - July 31, 2014
"DCF's Level Of Involvement A Factor In Child Deaths" - CHIT - October 7, 2014
"Sandy Hook, two years later: Steps we must take"[Dr. Andrea Spencer] - Congress Blog - December 17, 2014
"Op-Ed: Supports for Special Needs Children"[Sarah Eagan and Victoria Veltri] - The Hartford Courant, January 4, 2015
"Report Raises 'Significant Concern' With Use of Restraints, Seclusion in Connecticut Schools" - The Hartford Courant, February 4, 2014
"Watchdog troubled by restraint, seclusion of special ed students" - The CT Mirror - February 4, 2015
- February 4, 2015
"Connecticut Schools Pin Down and Restrain 'Staggering' Numbers of Kids" - ProPublica - February 12, 2015
Editorial: "State Must Curtail Rampant Use of Restraints on Kids" - The Hartford Courant - February 20, 2015