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<blockquote data-quote="mazdamama" data-source="post: 502707" data-attributes="member: 12227"><p>Crazy as it sounds it took 3 Baker Acts for my son to finally get the help he needs. It was after the 3rd one that it was said by someone other then me "this child needs help NOW". His first Baker Act was because he took a butcher knife (trying to get me to cave in on letting hm do something I had said no to) and held it point in to his stomach saying that he was going to push it in so he could die. I knew what he was doing and did not panic and just told him"well you won't die because the hospital is close to us and they will have you in surgery fast to fix you and will have to put needles in your arm for medicine and then they will put you someplace where you can't hurt yourself". He dropped that knife quickly as he is scared of needles. I did report it though and he was Baker Acted for 7 days. The next time it was because he pushed me down and tried to choke me with his autistic brother in the background screaming "don't kill Mommy". Another report and another Baker Act. Since I am 58 and have medical problems this caused an issue because he managed to tear the meniscus in my knee with that fall. I cannot get it repaired right now because the ortho wants to replace the whole knee and I don't have time for that stuff. The 3rd was the worst because he left in handcuffs and could have been charged with a felony. The dr he wsa seeing at the time had put him on Haldol and he was hearing voices. I made the mistake of trusting him for a few minutes. Both boys were watching Cars2 and and I needed to run to the corner store...BIG MISTAKE. While I was gone Daniel thought hanging his puppy by her collar on a doorknob for a few minutes would be fun. She survived for a few hours while I tried to find a vet in a small city on a Sun afternoon. I called crisis center and he told them he was afraid of himself that he might hurt me or David. They told me to call 911 and have him Baker Acted. DCF was called and they spoke with everyone , school, Children's Advocate, neighbors, etc and came back with glowing reports about my trying to get this child help without success. I signed a paper stating I would not leave them alone and case was closed on me but they stay through until Daniel was safely in a residential treatment center. David no longer screams in fear that his brother will hurt him and life is quieter for the most part.</p><p>Daniel was under Children's Medical Services for ins but they had put his psychiatric care under a program here called BNet. His first two months there are covered...30 days with BNet and 30 days with CMS. Now I am after the state of FL for medically needy medicaid.</p><p>I did not post all this to give you my story but to let you know you DO need to call the police when he hurts anyone in your home, himself or a pet. It is on record then and he may wind up in a Crisis Stabilization Unit to be evaluated. Yes, they may put him on medications that don't work and another issue may occur but then you call again and back to CSU he goes. It may take a few times of this happening but then the idjits who think parenting is the problem get it because sooner or later the real CC is going to show up at on of these visits. Let CPS get involved. If CC winds up in a therapuetic foster home at first fine.....sooner or later the show he puts on for others is going to end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mazdamama, post: 502707, member: 12227"] Crazy as it sounds it took 3 Baker Acts for my son to finally get the help he needs. It was after the 3rd one that it was said by someone other then me "this child needs help NOW". His first Baker Act was because he took a butcher knife (trying to get me to cave in on letting hm do something I had said no to) and held it point in to his stomach saying that he was going to push it in so he could die. I knew what he was doing and did not panic and just told him"well you won't die because the hospital is close to us and they will have you in surgery fast to fix you and will have to put needles in your arm for medicine and then they will put you someplace where you can't hurt yourself". He dropped that knife quickly as he is scared of needles. I did report it though and he was Baker Acted for 7 days. The next time it was because he pushed me down and tried to choke me with his autistic brother in the background screaming "don't kill Mommy". Another report and another Baker Act. Since I am 58 and have medical problems this caused an issue because he managed to tear the meniscus in my knee with that fall. I cannot get it repaired right now because the ortho wants to replace the whole knee and I don't have time for that stuff. The 3rd was the worst because he left in handcuffs and could have been charged with a felony. The dr he wsa seeing at the time had put him on Haldol and he was hearing voices. I made the mistake of trusting him for a few minutes. Both boys were watching Cars2 and and I needed to run to the corner store...BIG MISTAKE. While I was gone Daniel thought hanging his puppy by her collar on a doorknob for a few minutes would be fun. She survived for a few hours while I tried to find a vet in a small city on a Sun afternoon. I called crisis center and he told them he was afraid of himself that he might hurt me or David. They told me to call 911 and have him Baker Acted. DCF was called and they spoke with everyone , school, Children's Advocate, neighbors, etc and came back with glowing reports about my trying to get this child help without success. I signed a paper stating I would not leave them alone and case was closed on me but they stay through until Daniel was safely in a residential treatment center. David no longer screams in fear that his brother will hurt him and life is quieter for the most part. Daniel was under Children's Medical Services for ins but they had put his psychiatric care under a program here called BNet. His first two months there are covered...30 days with BNet and 30 days with CMS. Now I am after the state of FL for medically needy medicaid. I did not post all this to give you my story but to let you know you DO need to call the police when he hurts anyone in your home, himself or a pet. It is on record then and he may wind up in a Crisis Stabilization Unit to be evaluated. Yes, they may put him on medications that don't work and another issue may occur but then you call again and back to CSU he goes. It may take a few times of this happening but then the idjits who think parenting is the problem get it because sooner or later the real CC is going to show up at on of these visits. Let CPS get involved. If CC winds up in a therapuetic foster home at first fine.....sooner or later the show he puts on for others is going to end. [/QUOTE]
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