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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 356114" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>K--</p><p> </p><p>I have read your threads about what is happening and I cannot help but wonder how much funding (or lack of funding) is causing the problems you are experiencing.</p><p> </p><p>I have not been through juvenile court with my difficult child....so I cannot say from personal experience what may or may not happen.</p><p> </p><p>However, it seems to me that they are trying to propose outside counseling as an 'alternative sentence'....not as a diagnosis of mental illness. In fact, a relative just went through a similar experience. In his case, he is elderly. He was facing a suspended sentence after a domestic incident involving alcohol...yadda, yadda, yadda. After another domestic incident (in which everyone involved behaved badly and nobody was seriously hurt)--police were called and he was arrested. He <em>should</em> have been facing three years in jail....BUT the courts really did not want to commit a man in his seventies to jail as a first-time felon.</p><p> </p><p>Instead--the courts ordered <em>weekly counseling sessions for the entire family</em>. "Out-Patient Counseling" is the sentence in lieu of jail time. The courts did not officially determine that the man has a mental illness or even anger issues. Their rationale was that family counseling could potentially help the family avoid the kind of conflicts that lead to police intervention.</p><p> </p><p>K--</p><p> </p><p>It sounds to me like this is what the court is trying to set up for your son, too. Not as a "solution" or a "magic bullet"--but as an alternative to extended jail time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 356114, member: 6546"] K-- I have read your threads about what is happening and I cannot help but wonder how much funding (or lack of funding) is causing the problems you are experiencing. I have not been through juvenile court with my difficult child....so I cannot say from personal experience what may or may not happen. However, it seems to me that they are trying to propose outside counseling as an 'alternative sentence'....not as a diagnosis of mental illness. In fact, a relative just went through a similar experience. In his case, he is elderly. He was facing a suspended sentence after a domestic incident involving alcohol...yadda, yadda, yadda. After another domestic incident (in which everyone involved behaved badly and nobody was seriously hurt)--police were called and he was arrested. He [I]should[/I] have been facing three years in jail....BUT the courts really did not want to commit a man in his seventies to jail as a first-time felon. Instead--the courts ordered [I]weekly counseling sessions for the entire family[/I]. "Out-Patient Counseling" is the sentence in lieu of jail time. The courts did not officially determine that the man has a mental illness or even anger issues. Their rationale was that family counseling could potentially help the family avoid the kind of conflicts that lead to police intervention. K-- It sounds to me like this is what the court is trying to set up for your son, too. Not as a "solution" or a "magic bullet"--but as an alternative to extended jail time. [/QUOTE]
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