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new aspergers diagnosis, I'm not ready to deal
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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 265663" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>Hi Halana75 - Welcome!</p><p></p><p>My son is also Aspergers. In answer to your question about finding services, see if your state has DCF Voluntary Services. We were told about them but shyed away because of the DCF portion, but eventually we needed more help and they are wonderful. They will be helping us to continue with in home behavior services when our current program wraps up. They also offered us respite (we have yet to use it though). They can help to pay all or a portion of camp in the summer. Check and see in your area if you have a Children Youth and Family Services. We were recommended them when our difficult child came out of psychiatric hospital. Through them we get intensive in home behavior therapy for our son at no cost to us. We are also using the psychiatrist (as our other was out of pocket and wouldn't listen to our thery that difficult child was on the spectrum) and theirs takes our private insurance and we pay a co-pay. Our difficult child is also in a therapeutic school and receives Occupational Therapist (OT) services for his Sensory Processing Disorder. All of these combined with the right medication combo (finally) have helped so much. My difficult child is only 6, but we have been at this for years. He was also violent. Most of that has completely gone away with the interventions and the medication combo has opened the educational doors for him too, he's learning so much at a very fast pace where before he wouldn't even try. </p><p></p><p>We had a follow up meeting with-our CM from voluntary services this morning who said to my husband and I that we looked so much less stressed than when we all first met 6 months ago. She was right - so much has gotten better. Good luck to you - but please check for these types of services, they do make a difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 265663, member: 3477"] Hi Halana75 - Welcome! My son is also Aspergers. In answer to your question about finding services, see if your state has DCF Voluntary Services. We were told about them but shyed away because of the DCF portion, but eventually we needed more help and they are wonderful. They will be helping us to continue with in home behavior services when our current program wraps up. They also offered us respite (we have yet to use it though). They can help to pay all or a portion of camp in the summer. Check and see in your area if you have a Children Youth and Family Services. We were recommended them when our difficult child came out of psychiatric hospital. Through them we get intensive in home behavior therapy for our son at no cost to us. We are also using the psychiatrist (as our other was out of pocket and wouldn't listen to our thery that difficult child was on the spectrum) and theirs takes our private insurance and we pay a co-pay. Our difficult child is also in a therapeutic school and receives Occupational Therapist (OT) services for his Sensory Processing Disorder. All of these combined with the right medication combo (finally) have helped so much. My difficult child is only 6, but we have been at this for years. He was also violent. Most of that has completely gone away with the interventions and the medication combo has opened the educational doors for him too, he's learning so much at a very fast pace where before he wouldn't even try. We had a follow up meeting with-our CM from voluntary services this morning who said to my husband and I that we looked so much less stressed than when we all first met 6 months ago. She was right - so much has gotten better. Good luck to you - but please check for these types of services, they do make a difference. [/QUOTE]
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