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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 498828" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Finding a local reporter .. Sometimes knowing someone who knows a good one works. Is there a parents group who wants your story. I was asked by NAMI to share our story with a reporter-newspaper however. We decided against it as we are not sure if we will end up in the sytem again. If we do, there is no way we will get help or respect after sharing the Koi we've been through. The local MH agency should have a parent advocate. In our case the parent advocate was also the NAMI group leader (this really isn't good). Sometimes these advocates know what parents like you have been through in the system and truelly want to change things, even if they are part of the sytem. Find out who has the county or state MH contract for services and get to their advocate. Can you get face time with a state officer-senator? I have done this before, on school issues. Sometimes these people have press connections. Just ideas.</p><p></p><p>I think playing up parents' rights in this process and trained professionals is huge. The very needest children in the system need the most trained professional. Who is more needy and at risk than a kid with mental health issues who is being "served" in the juvenile justice system??? And by the way, why is that the solution?? To me it is like giving the most reading disabled kid to an instructional assistant instead of the trained teacher. Incarcerating a kid and exposing them to more troubled kids and not giving appropriate MH services is not going to turn the system around and stop kids from reaffending.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 498828, member: 11001"] Finding a local reporter .. Sometimes knowing someone who knows a good one works. Is there a parents group who wants your story. I was asked by NAMI to share our story with a reporter-newspaper however. We decided against it as we are not sure if we will end up in the sytem again. If we do, there is no way we will get help or respect after sharing the Koi we've been through. The local MH agency should have a parent advocate. In our case the parent advocate was also the NAMI group leader (this really isn't good). Sometimes these advocates know what parents like you have been through in the system and truelly want to change things, even if they are part of the sytem. Find out who has the county or state MH contract for services and get to their advocate. Can you get face time with a state officer-senator? I have done this before, on school issues. Sometimes these people have press connections. Just ideas. I think playing up parents' rights in this process and trained professionals is huge. The very needest children in the system need the most trained professional. Who is more needy and at risk than a kid with mental health issues who is being "served" in the juvenile justice system??? And by the way, why is that the solution?? To me it is like giving the most reading disabled kid to an instructional assistant instead of the trained teacher. Incarcerating a kid and exposing them to more troubled kids and not giving appropriate MH services is not going to turn the system around and stop kids from reaffending. [/QUOTE]
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