need help here--anybody have any experience with the boulder county CFI?

[niyad]

I am looking for anyone who has had experience with the Boulder County Child and Family Investigation unit, particularly anyone who has had experience with Jane Wells, Ph.D. If you have, or know of anyone who has, please email me. I am particularly interested in experiences women have had with her and her reports.

I would also like to ask that, if you post on boards other than DU, you post this request. other boards can reach me at [e-mail] )

Thank you in advance.

[Ian David]

1. She's on the speakers list at Compass House (Affiliated with The First Methodist Church)

Jane Wells, Ph.D., J.D.
Boulder, CO

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Jane is a licensed psychologist with a practice exclusively devoted to psychological evaluation and diagnosis of adults, adolescents and children, particularly in custody and criminal proceedings.

Topics:

* Psychological Evaluations of Adolescents
* Evaluating Adolescents in the Criminal Justice System
* Various Disorders in Adolescence (conduct disorders, oppositional defiant disorders, mood disorders.)

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http://www.compasshouseservices.org/CH_speakers.htm#wells


Originally developed as part of a community outreach program sponsored and funded by Attention Homes , Compass House was created to help youth and their families successfully cope with the many challenges they face . We began offering community support services to adolescents and their families in January 2002, located in a small basement office, and with help from the community our programs and support have grown tremendously. All of our counseling services are affordably priced and a sliding fee scale is available. No one is turned away based upon financial restrictions.

Compass House’s counseling and workshop facilitators are recruited from the local professional community. All of our clinical service providers are licensed and/or certified professionals with expertise in their respective areas of treatment, ensuring that we provide the highest level of intervention services to meet the needs of our clients.
More:

http://www.compasshouseservices.org/CH_about.htm



Attention Homes was founded in 1966 by a group of community leaders associated with the First United Methodist Church in Boulder, together with Judge Horace Holmes and former Chief Probation Officer, John Hargadine. Concerned about the problems facing youth in the community, they researched the models for youth sheltering and became distressed to learn that most facilities were very institutionalized. They realized that these shelters were simply locking kids up, rather than providing them with a caring environment. The group decided to create a shelter for homeless youth that was safe and caring, allowing them to feel valued and supported.

The name of the organization evolved from the desire to give youth the attention needed to work through their difficulties and meet their potential. "Attention, not Detention" became our moto.

Attention Homes operated under the umbrella of the First Methodist Church for the first 10 years. The organization grew, and our successes earned us a reputation locally and nationally as a premier youth sheltering agency. In 1976, Attention Homes was spun off to become a non-affiliated 501(c)(3) and remains so today.

In 2002, the Board of Attention Homes decided to expand our services in order to meet the growing needs of the community. In partnership with local private treatment providers, we created Compass House, a program that provides group counseling services for adolescents and families. By early 2005 Compass House was ready to stike out on its own and became an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit. To learn more about Compass House, go to www.compasshouseservices.org.

More:
http://www.attentionhomes.org/index.asp?id=10&p=4&c=0

[niyad]

2. I know that bit. I am looking for people who have had experience with her in her role as a boulder

county cfi.

but thank you again.

[Ian David]

3. If there are issues of Diversity involved in her report, the Methodist connection may be a factor.nt