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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 246763" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I agree- right now it is manipulation. I don't know exactly how they are handling it. difficult child says they aren't doing anything except searching his room, but I tend to think they are evaluation'ing it. This is something else that will be discussed tomorrow. I was impressed last week at the communication between ward staff, therapist, psychiatrist, and sw. They all were very aware of how difficult child was doing/saying/acting and they were in agreement on how to handle things. I doubt we were all wrong that difficult child was not manipulating before- I tend to think difficult child figured out that this "protected" him before, so now he will manipulate.</p><p></p><p>This might be why he feels like they don't care now- they might be aware that this is a little different so they are not going into "acute" mode. I was just trying to find the right line between playing into begging him not to hurt himself (which I didn't do) and letting him know that I love him and don't want him to hurt himself. I did tell him that he was right- he could find a way to kill himself if he was determined to. But that I hoped he didn't because I loved him and I thought we could work through this, but there was nothing I could do about him having to go to court.</p><p></p><p>I had asked psychiatrist there before about postponing this court date, but he said he thought it would be better for difficult child to go through it while he had there support and safety and he was worried about what would happen to difficult child if they postponed a few months, then difficult child had to be in detention for a while awaiting that date. After psychiatrist explained that, it made sense to me. Now, he might go to the court and go right back where he is later that day until they feel like he is stable enough to deal with something else, but that will depend on what psychiatrist says tomorrow and on what judge rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 246763, member: 3699"] I agree- right now it is manipulation. I don't know exactly how they are handling it. difficult child says they aren't doing anything except searching his room, but I tend to think they are evaluation'ing it. This is something else that will be discussed tomorrow. I was impressed last week at the communication between ward staff, therapist, psychiatrist, and sw. They all were very aware of how difficult child was doing/saying/acting and they were in agreement on how to handle things. I doubt we were all wrong that difficult child was not manipulating before- I tend to think difficult child figured out that this "protected" him before, so now he will manipulate. This might be why he feels like they don't care now- they might be aware that this is a little different so they are not going into "acute" mode. I was just trying to find the right line between playing into begging him not to hurt himself (which I didn't do) and letting him know that I love him and don't want him to hurt himself. I did tell him that he was right- he could find a way to kill himself if he was determined to. But that I hoped he didn't because I loved him and I thought we could work through this, but there was nothing I could do about him having to go to court. I had asked psychiatrist there before about postponing this court date, but he said he thought it would be better for difficult child to go through it while he had there support and safety and he was worried about what would happen to difficult child if they postponed a few months, then difficult child had to be in detention for a while awaiting that date. After psychiatrist explained that, it made sense to me. Now, he might go to the court and go right back where he is later that day until they feel like he is stable enough to deal with something else, but that will depend on what psychiatrist says tomorrow and on what judge rules. [/QUOTE]
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