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difficult child comes home from hospital on Fri...nervous wreck
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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 181828" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong>Okay, discharge is planned. What is the discharge plan? Are there "safety nets" in her discharge plan in case she begins to falter?</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong>What are your expectations of difficult child when she gets home? I'd make that a therapy session before the day of discharge. When kt was discharged from Residential Treatment Center (RTC), husband & I had a list of expectations that we felt kt could & should handle. There were to be no excuses & she would accept an adult's decision as the end result. She would also accept the consequence. Our line in the sand was safety & medication compliance. We had our safety net for that as well in the form of our mental health case manager & an available group home. I won't use a "threat" of that nature unless I'm willing to back it up. Have had to use this with wm a couple of times; kt has seen the end result when wm made unsafe choices or refused medications.</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong>AND I don't say this lightly to you. This is a difficult line to draw with our children. We are supposed to parent & nurture them. Their very illness/disorder frequently doesn't allow that to happen. When that interferes there must be a plan in place.</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong>Just something for you to consider. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you this coming Friday.</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 181828, member: 393"] [COLOR=Navy][SIZE=4][FONT=Comic Sans MS][B]Okay, discharge is planned. What is the discharge plan? Are there "safety nets" in her discharge plan in case she begins to falter? What are your expectations of difficult child when she gets home? I'd make that a therapy session before the day of discharge. When kt was discharged from Residential Treatment Center (RTC), husband & I had a list of expectations that we felt kt could & should handle. There were to be no excuses & she would accept an adult's decision as the end result. She would also accept the consequence. Our line in the sand was safety & medication compliance. We had our safety net for that as well in the form of our mental health case manager & an available group home. I won't use a "threat" of that nature unless I'm willing to back it up. Have had to use this with wm a couple of times; kt has seen the end result when wm made unsafe choices or refused medications. AND I don't say this lightly to you. This is a difficult line to draw with our children. We are supposed to parent & nurture them. Their very illness/disorder frequently doesn't allow that to happen. When that interferes there must be a plan in place. Just something for you to consider. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you this coming Friday. [/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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