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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 276860" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p>I would guess that "He has developed ODD, very defiant, ... not going to school, very disrespectful etc" <em>because of</em> the "experimenting" with drugs.</p><p> </p><p>At the moment, you should forget any medication, as the illegal drugs he is taking will complicate things. Besides, he stopped taking the prozac, so what would make him take anything new? You know he is using drugs, so any testing will only confirm which ones, thus no special benefit at the moment. Items 3 and 4 really depend on breaking the control drugs now have. That rather leaves item 5 -- "forcefully" putting him in a therapeutic boarding school or like program. (I'd not suggest a military school, for several reasons.)</p><p> </p><p>There are several issues that affect whether or not you can get third-party funding for some or all of the cost, and from where. Health insurance policies generally only cover a small amount, if even that. Local schools may, under some conditions, pay part or all of the residential school cost. (If your son is not already a "Special Education." student, the school gets 60 days to evaluate and <em><u>if</u></em> they find him eligible, to propose a placement, all a prerequisite to getting them to pay - if they will pay.) If you want to pursue local school funding, consult a local attorney who handles education law and represents parents/students (vs. schools).</p><p> </p><p>You can get people - I know some good ones - who will get your son to a therapeutic program whether he wants it or not. Figure that cost around $2 - 3,000. Choice of program or combination of programs will affect total cost, which could exceed $100,000. There are literally hundreds of possibilities, most (but not all) good for some, but none good for every student, so there is a lot to sift through. And, at the end of it all, there is no guarantee of success. If fact, often there may be slippage, although longer-term the better places have a pretty good result as the student reflects on what they are doing and what they learned.</p><p> </p><p>So, an early question is how much money you can commit to helping your son. (There are a few - very few - "scholarships" around, but demand far exceeds supply.) If you can't manage at least $50,000 over the course of a year, and an education attorney wasn't encouraging, you need to look at some public or government-funded programs. For that, you might start with your local social services agency and/or health department. If you are prepared for a big cash outlay, let me know and I can point you toward the kinds of places that have been effective in similar cases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 276860, member: 5707"] I would guess that "He has developed ODD, very defiant, ... not going to school, very disrespectful etc" [I]because of[/I] the "experimenting" with drugs. At the moment, you should forget any medication, as the illegal drugs he is taking will complicate things. Besides, he stopped taking the prozac, so what would make him take anything new? You know he is using drugs, so any testing will only confirm which ones, thus no special benefit at the moment. Items 3 and 4 really depend on breaking the control drugs now have. That rather leaves item 5 -- "forcefully" putting him in a therapeutic boarding school or like program. (I'd not suggest a military school, for several reasons.) There are several issues that affect whether or not you can get third-party funding for some or all of the cost, and from where. Health insurance policies generally only cover a small amount, if even that. Local schools may, under some conditions, pay part or all of the residential school cost. (If your son is not already a "Special Education." student, the school gets 60 days to evaluate and [I][U]if[/U][/I] they find him eligible, to propose a placement, all a prerequisite to getting them to pay - if they will pay.) If you want to pursue local school funding, consult a local attorney who handles education law and represents parents/students (vs. schools). You can get people - I know some good ones - who will get your son to a therapeutic program whether he wants it or not. Figure that cost around $2 - 3,000. Choice of program or combination of programs will affect total cost, which could exceed $100,000. There are literally hundreds of possibilities, most (but not all) good for some, but none good for every student, so there is a lot to sift through. And, at the end of it all, there is no guarantee of success. If fact, often there may be slippage, although longer-term the better places have a pretty good result as the student reflects on what they are doing and what they learned. So, an early question is how much money you can commit to helping your son. (There are a few - very few - "scholarships" around, but demand far exceeds supply.) If you can't manage at least $50,000 over the course of a year, and an education attorney wasn't encouraging, you need to look at some public or government-funded programs. For that, you might start with your local social services agency and/or health department. If you are prepared for a big cash outlay, let me know and I can point you toward the kinds of places that have been effective in similar cases. [/QUOTE]
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