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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 111661" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks, David!</p><p>Here are my questions- 1) did Medicaid help get the case manager? If not, how did you get him/her? 2) What steps did/would you get to have an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) lined up without difficult child being on Medicaid first? </p><p></p><p>When social services was looking into a placement for difficult child my brother started calling every place in town saying he wanted custody (he's always wanted this- can't have kid of his own). Anyway, I wonder sometimes if GAL and social services didn't exagerate the "we can't place him anywhere in this state" position because they didn't think the door should be left open for my brother to get custody either. Anyway, the lady from social services told me directly that the county, nor state, could do more to help difficult child than I was doing myself and they saw no reason at this point to remove him from home.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, there have been no sex related problems. Even the fire incident sounds like another "indirect suicide" attempt when the details are known. Of course, the prosecuting attorney doesn't care about that.</p><p></p><p>Still, I can't hold my breathe while looking for the therapist who can actually help difficult child to see that ruining his own life will never justify or make up for what his father chose. And, if it turns out that even the initial erratic behavior was the first onset of bipolar mania instead of a reaction to major depression, he (we) need help dealing with that, too.</p><p></p><p>I REALLY understand your previous comment about being the one who's taking care of your son and puuting ones self in the shoes of the kid who's had to deal with a parent who wasn't there and being determined to always be there to help them, until they don't really need that help. Then, I guess we can be on the sidelines, huh? Taking a simple hug whenever we can get it-</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 111661, member: 3699"] Thanks, David! Here are my questions- 1) did Medicaid help get the case manager? If not, how did you get him/her? 2) What steps did/would you get to have an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) lined up without difficult child being on Medicaid first? When social services was looking into a placement for difficult child my brother started calling every place in town saying he wanted custody (he's always wanted this- can't have kid of his own). Anyway, I wonder sometimes if GAL and social services didn't exagerate the "we can't place him anywhere in this state" position because they didn't think the door should be left open for my brother to get custody either. Anyway, the lady from social services told me directly that the county, nor state, could do more to help difficult child than I was doing myself and they saw no reason at this point to remove him from home. Fortunately, there have been no sex related problems. Even the fire incident sounds like another "indirect suicide" attempt when the details are known. Of course, the prosecuting attorney doesn't care about that. Still, I can't hold my breathe while looking for the therapist who can actually help difficult child to see that ruining his own life will never justify or make up for what his father chose. And, if it turns out that even the initial erratic behavior was the first onset of bipolar mania instead of a reaction to major depression, he (we) need help dealing with that, too. I REALLY understand your previous comment about being the one who's taking care of your son and puuting ones self in the shoes of the kid who's had to deal with a parent who wasn't there and being determined to always be there to help them, until they don't really need that help. Then, I guess we can be on the sidelines, huh? Taking a simple hug whenever we can get it- [/QUOTE]
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