PorcupineWhisperer
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For those who remember the original post, in late January I offered a " Pop Quiz" regarding a mother who had to choose whether to bring her 'pre-sociopathic' son home after his untimely discharge from a residential program.
Well, the end of January came and went and 'Junior' was discharged from the program. It was decided by the state that since he had threatened to kill mom and sister, going home was not an option (even though mom said she would take him if no foster home could be found). Well no foster home could be found and Junior went to an emergency shelter, where he remains today.
Overall it sound like he's doing OK - the biggest issue I am working on is honesty in therapy: Example when he first arrived at the shelter he attempted to runaway (crawling out of a window, bag packed). His version to me "staff said I could go for a walk and that's what I was doing." Uh huh, sure.
The interesting thing is that he likes being at the shelter. He can curse (staff doesn't like the kids to, but there are no consequences), not have to do chores if he doesn't want to and there are lots of cool outings to go on. Not sure how he will transition to a foster home or eventually back to mom's home, since neither are going to allow him as much freedom or entertaining activities. Mom visits once a week and I see him for weekly for therapy.
We'll see how it goes....
Well, the end of January came and went and 'Junior' was discharged from the program. It was decided by the state that since he had threatened to kill mom and sister, going home was not an option (even though mom said she would take him if no foster home could be found). Well no foster home could be found and Junior went to an emergency shelter, where he remains today.
Overall it sound like he's doing OK - the biggest issue I am working on is honesty in therapy: Example when he first arrived at the shelter he attempted to runaway (crawling out of a window, bag packed). His version to me "staff said I could go for a walk and that's what I was doing." Uh huh, sure.
The interesting thing is that he likes being at the shelter. He can curse (staff doesn't like the kids to, but there are no consequences), not have to do chores if he doesn't want to and there are lots of cool outings to go on. Not sure how he will transition to a foster home or eventually back to mom's home, since neither are going to allow him as much freedom or entertaining activities. Mom visits once a week and I see him for weekly for therapy.
We'll see how it goes....