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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 507388" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Another year- he just turned 17 a few weeks ago- but he'll still be finishing high school then unless they coerce him into dropping out and getting a GED, That's oone of my major concerns- if they don't let hiim come home within a few mos, they will have him in a placement that is intended to get him to independent living, meaning he'll have to work and find an apt before getting out of that "placement". If he's required to work enough hours per week to try to earn his own living, it's unlikely he'll finish school because he'd have to go to school on top of having a full time job, or agree to stay in the placement and wait until next summer until "working his way" out of that placement. While this is a feasible option for kids who have no parent or family at all, I'm a bit confused on why they are jumping to such a long term placement idea from me stating I thought we need a gradual transition and a reunification plan when they originally planned to have him come straight home with no services at all. They went from one extreme to the other, don't have a placement now, but are refusing to even reconsider difficult child coming home under any terms. I just don't see the logic or justification. Getting mad at me is one thing but at some point, I'd think going to these lengths would have to be justified to someone, somewhere.</p><p></p><p>When I think back to how some of those in-home services were presented to me before, it makes me wonder if PO was intentionally presenting it in a way that would get an automatic "no" from me just so he could justify something like this. Since they aren't taking it to court, at least at this point, to try to get a judge to sign off on it, I have no idea what they are intending on doing if/when they can't find any out-of-home palcement. They could continue to lkeave difficult child in there based on him being a minor and claiming they have no place else for him but in reality, he could come home. That's where it forces me to take it to court. They aren't telling anyone- difficult child, me, staff at Department of Juvenile Justice facility, anyone that I know of what their "real" intention is. That's why I think it doesn't look good at all but that has been going on for mos- before I sent a complaint in and asking higher ups to review it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 507388, member: 3699"] Another year- he just turned 17 a few weeks ago- but he'll still be finishing high school then unless they coerce him into dropping out and getting a GED, That's oone of my major concerns- if they don't let hiim come home within a few mos, they will have him in a placement that is intended to get him to independent living, meaning he'll have to work and find an apt before getting out of that "placement". If he's required to work enough hours per week to try to earn his own living, it's unlikely he'll finish school because he'd have to go to school on top of having a full time job, or agree to stay in the placement and wait until next summer until "working his way" out of that placement. While this is a feasible option for kids who have no parent or family at all, I'm a bit confused on why they are jumping to such a long term placement idea from me stating I thought we need a gradual transition and a reunification plan when they originally planned to have him come straight home with no services at all. They went from one extreme to the other, don't have a placement now, but are refusing to even reconsider difficult child coming home under any terms. I just don't see the logic or justification. Getting mad at me is one thing but at some point, I'd think going to these lengths would have to be justified to someone, somewhere. When I think back to how some of those in-home services were presented to me before, it makes me wonder if PO was intentionally presenting it in a way that would get an automatic "no" from me just so he could justify something like this. Since they aren't taking it to court, at least at this point, to try to get a judge to sign off on it, I have no idea what they are intending on doing if/when they can't find any out-of-home palcement. They could continue to lkeave difficult child in there based on him being a minor and claiming they have no place else for him but in reality, he could come home. That's where it forces me to take it to court. They aren't telling anyone- difficult child, me, staff at Department of Juvenile Justice facility, anyone that I know of what their "real" intention is. That's why I think it doesn't look good at all but that has been going on for mos- before I sent a complaint in and asking higher ups to review it. [/QUOTE]
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