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Advocates for Children in Therapy (ACT) is a non-profit organization concerned about the methods used in the treatment of children s mental health. Specifically with respect to psychotherapy, parenting techniques, and other mental-health practices applied to children, ACT advocates humane, non-violent and scientifically validated treatments, and seeks to eliminate inhumane, abusive and unvalidated practices by: - aising general public awareness of the dangers and cruelty of such practices; - pposing governmental support and subsidy for such practices; - lerting professional organizations to inappropriate advocacy and promotion of such practices, such as in continuing education programs; - rging appropriate authorities to establish and then enforce standards of care and professional ethics to effectively ban the use of such practices; - ssisting, with information and advice, in the prosecution of those who criminally defraud parents and damage children by using such practices or by recommending their use; and, - btaining some measure of justice for the victims of such practices through restitution and compensation from the perpetrators.

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