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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 570685" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Oh wow. Don't ever feel guilty! You have other kids to protect and the two jobs may not be compatible! Sending him to a planned placement is not throwing him away! It's a loving plan when we know we are in over our heads and when our kids need specialized treatment. I'd doubt he would ever be placed in a typical foster home. They are not equipped for this level of care. He needs a therapeutic placement. There are therapeutic foster homes..few and far between, for Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) kids. (Check out Nancy Thomas ) but usually they go to residential treatment centers. </p><p>Parents who ask for and arrange this kind of support (not always easy to do!) Are not giving up. They are parenting another way. There are disrupted adoptions and times when the original abusive parents can't participate if they continue in their ways....but you and husband can choose to advocate and participate as much as possible. As was said...it's not so easy to just say you want your child gone. There are hoops, sadly. </p><p>I don't personally see how any professional could not hear your list of issues, hear his history and not think Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) along with brain damage from drugs/alcohol. I'm sorry they have let you all down...(mho)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 570685, member: 12886"] Oh wow. Don't ever feel guilty! You have other kids to protect and the two jobs may not be compatible! Sending him to a planned placement is not throwing him away! It's a loving plan when we know we are in over our heads and when our kids need specialized treatment. I'd doubt he would ever be placed in a typical foster home. They are not equipped for this level of care. He needs a therapeutic placement. There are therapeutic foster homes..few and far between, for Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) kids. (Check out Nancy Thomas ) but usually they go to residential treatment centers. Parents who ask for and arrange this kind of support (not always easy to do!) Are not giving up. They are parenting another way. There are disrupted adoptions and times when the original abusive parents can't participate if they continue in their ways....but you and husband can choose to advocate and participate as much as possible. As was said...it's not so easy to just say you want your child gone. There are hoops, sadly. I don't personally see how any professional could not hear your list of issues, hear his history and not think Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) along with brain damage from drugs/alcohol. I'm sorry they have let you all down...(mho) [/QUOTE]
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