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DFS JO meeting today (long post, sorry)
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 618644" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Tymica, my difficult child's grades were always good, too. Her teachers in high school never dreamed she was doing drugs. I know that because she went to the high school that I teach at and I know her teachers. They were shocked when I told them years later what we had been through with her in high school.</p><p></p><p>As a teacher, I was fixated on making sure that she finished high school with good grades and got into college. She even participated in a duel enrollment program where went to a local community college her senior year and graduated from high school with an entire year of college credits. I somehow thought that she would suddenly grow up and leave all of the problems with drug and alcohol behind her. So I totally understand how you feel about the impact of all of this on his education.</p><p></p><p>However, the problems only got worse as she got older. She started and stopped college several times dropping out due to substance abuse. Eventually, she moved onto more and more serious drugs until she overdosed a year ago on heroin. My husband found her in the nick of time and did chest compressions which kept her alive until the EMT's got there and administered Narcan.</p><p></p><p>I wish now that I had realized how serious the problem was in high school and sent her away from her drug using friends. In the big scheme of things, good grades in high school don't mean much if you overdose ten years later.</p><p></p><p>I would have given anything if my difficult child had asked for inpatient treatment. I think your difficult child knows that he needs more intensive help that he will get in the outpatient program.</p><p></p><p>Just some things to think about.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 618644, member: 1967"] Tymica, my difficult child's grades were always good, too. Her teachers in high school never dreamed she was doing drugs. I know that because she went to the high school that I teach at and I know her teachers. They were shocked when I told them years later what we had been through with her in high school. As a teacher, I was fixated on making sure that she finished high school with good grades and got into college. She even participated in a duel enrollment program where went to a local community college her senior year and graduated from high school with an entire year of college credits. I somehow thought that she would suddenly grow up and leave all of the problems with drug and alcohol behind her. So I totally understand how you feel about the impact of all of this on his education. However, the problems only got worse as she got older. She started and stopped college several times dropping out due to substance abuse. Eventually, she moved onto more and more serious drugs until she overdosed a year ago on heroin. My husband found her in the nick of time and did chest compressions which kept her alive until the EMT's got there and administered Narcan. I wish now that I had realized how serious the problem was in high school and sent her away from her drug using friends. In the big scheme of things, good grades in high school don't mean much if you overdose ten years later. I would have given anything if my difficult child had asked for inpatient treatment. I think your difficult child knows that he needs more intensive help that he will get in the outpatient program. Just some things to think about. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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