It takes a lot ofperverence to get services. I do have an in home behavior analyst that community services pays. I had to ask over and over and over and over. I had to jump though a lot of hoops. We apid out of poscket for Residential Treatment Center (RTC) 3 monts. From Nami, I have leanrd it is called freqaunt flier. It is a revolving door, hopitals ,back home. I have set up great resources but difficult child does not go but our famiy does. Our insurance will pay for unlimited outpaitent. Currently, on our team is a behavior anlayst, pyschologist, family therapist and a psychiatrist. She has been out of hopital for 5 and a ahlf months. Some days I am not sure how we do it but we have. She is not very stable but is probly better than when she was in helpital in the spring.
There seems to be more for over age 18 but even that it iseems like you have to advocate, advocate,advoccate.
I spent coutless hours onInternet, had a casemanager. There are resosurces but often you have to really, really dig. So far, we have avoided the oen thing that seems to be the biggest resorse for troubled teens, juvenile justice system.
Compassion