Georgiamomma
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This is my first post. So please forgive me if I am not doing things right. I am so glad that I have found this web site. I have no idea where to begin to find help for my difficult child. Nobody seems to want to help me and I am usually very resourceful but am stuck. We are not Americans so I am still trying to figure out the systems. My difficult child's psychiatrist says that difficult child should no longer be in our home but I don't know where to put him. Hospitals say they won't take him. Any residential facility I can find costs too much and is not covered by insurance. I can't go through the courts because we still have visas (legal mumbo jumbo. Foster care won't take him because he is not being abused. But the rest of the family is being abused. Last night it got so bad that I had to restrain him for 2 hours because he was so out of control. I have had bruises, his siblings have been attacked, he throws things, etc. My other difficult child is not usually aggressive until the first one starts hurting me then it is like world war 3 in my house. I feel like my kids are living in an abusive home but the abuser is their brother. I need to get him out but don't know where to put him. I feel so bad for wanting him out but I need to do what is best for him and my other 3 kids. He is on medications, seeing a therapist weekly and a psychiatrist monthly. I can be a great advocate and very pushy but I don't know where to push. Anyone have any advice as to tests/treatments I should insist on? Where I can take him and force them to help. Is this how most people feel?
Debbie
Debbie