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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 111196" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>This is such a sad and difficult issue.</p><p>I have a easy child who I want to protect from being attacked by someone who is out of control or someone who commits suicide. It is an awful experience for anyone to be exposed to at any age. </p><p>You hope that when you send a child off to school that there are reasonable expectations of safety. </p><p>Also I hope that if my child is exhibiting dangerous and threatening behavior that someone steps in to put in motion safeguards for everyone involved. </p><p>I wish we could take "sue" out of the equation. It forces schools, hospitals and businesses into drastic anti sue mentality. It is also our only protection in a situation where nothing else works. Unfortunately people use that word like a club until the point that it becomes useless. </p><p></p><p>In situations where someone does something awful like Va Tech, the reaction always goes into overkill. Thousands of kids with mental illness go to school and manage to not kill anyone or themselves. We end up doing knee jerk reactions to one incident instead of looking at the big picture of how to prevent things from getting so bad with a student that danger is imminent. </p><p></p><p>easy child's school had to put up plexi glass walls on the open stair wells of the large library because of a few students jumped!!!! It's terrifying. I called the wellness center when I was concerned about easy child. Not of suicide but he felt out of place and alone. I didn't want him to make a decision to drop out or continue based on how he felt at that time but to resolve the issues. I must say I got a call within 10 min of my e mail and they contacted easy child within an hour. There was a lot of supports in place. It works great for a easy child. I wonder if it were a difficult child if it would have made any difference. If your thinking is distorted nothing reasonable works. </p><p>I hope that blame will be eliminated. It's not the school's fault. In a lot of situations a parent is limited also. My difficult child is an adult. I have no right to his medical information or psychiatric records. I can't even address his prescriptions because of HIPPA. They should call it HIPPIA. I have no authority to do anything in his behalf(except pay for what ever program he needs). </p><p></p><p>Let's hope that the issue of mental illness doesn't lead to depersonalizing the mentally ill. They are people like everyone else. They have limitations but they are still people who need to be part of the world. They need educations, jobs, love, and social connections. Ostracizing them is a cruel and barbaric thing. Ignoring their cries for help is equally cruel and barbaric.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 111196, member: 3"] This is such a sad and difficult issue. I have a easy child who I want to protect from being attacked by someone who is out of control or someone who commits suicide. It is an awful experience for anyone to be exposed to at any age. You hope that when you send a child off to school that there are reasonable expectations of safety. Also I hope that if my child is exhibiting dangerous and threatening behavior that someone steps in to put in motion safeguards for everyone involved. I wish we could take "sue" out of the equation. It forces schools, hospitals and businesses into drastic anti sue mentality. It is also our only protection in a situation where nothing else works. Unfortunately people use that word like a club until the point that it becomes useless. In situations where someone does something awful like Va Tech, the reaction always goes into overkill. Thousands of kids with mental illness go to school and manage to not kill anyone or themselves. We end up doing knee jerk reactions to one incident instead of looking at the big picture of how to prevent things from getting so bad with a student that danger is imminent. easy child's school had to put up plexi glass walls on the open stair wells of the large library because of a few students jumped!!!! It's terrifying. I called the wellness center when I was concerned about easy child. Not of suicide but he felt out of place and alone. I didn't want him to make a decision to drop out or continue based on how he felt at that time but to resolve the issues. I must say I got a call within 10 min of my e mail and they contacted easy child within an hour. There was a lot of supports in place. It works great for a easy child. I wonder if it were a difficult child if it would have made any difference. If your thinking is distorted nothing reasonable works. I hope that blame will be eliminated. It's not the school's fault. In a lot of situations a parent is limited also. My difficult child is an adult. I have no right to his medical information or psychiatric records. I can't even address his prescriptions because of HIPPA. They should call it HIPPIA. I have no authority to do anything in his behalf(except pay for what ever program he needs). Let's hope that the issue of mental illness doesn't lead to depersonalizing the mentally ill. They are people like everyone else. They have limitations but they are still people who need to be part of the world. They need educations, jobs, love, and social connections. Ostracizing them is a cruel and barbaric thing. Ignoring their cries for help is equally cruel and barbaric. [/QUOTE]
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