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Posted: 4:43 AM Jul 17, 2006
Calling for a Shut Down
A group wants the center where a girl was injured and later died after being restrained closed.
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A Wisconsin advocacy group is calling for the closure of a treatment center where a 7-year-old girl was fatally injured after being restrained in May.
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Disability Rights of Wisconsin called for the Northwest Counseling and Guidance Clinic to be shut down for the safety of other children in treatment.
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The Wisconsin Health and Family Services Department says it is considering several options and could revoke the facility's certification.
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But state officials are waiting to hear a plan on how the clinic will correct deficiencies found by investigators.
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Angellika Arndt had attended the clinic's day treatment center five days a week for a month for behavioral problems.
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According to investigators, she had been restrained on nine separate occasions and died May 26, the day after she was injured while being restrained at the center.
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