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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 212588" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The whole tone of the legislators is infuriating to me. OF COURSE parents are rushing to drop kids off, it is the logical thing to expect when the system is so broken that there simply are NO RESOURCES for our kids. </p><p> </p><p>In the fox article the head of Alegent Healthcare said that parents just don't know what resources are out there.</p><p> </p><p>In a Pig's EYE!! Parents know there AREN'T resources out there!! There just are NOT. We have a family friend who moved from Nebraska a few years back. Her stepson (who the court gave custody of to her - AGAINST her wishes, and she NEVER adopted him and is NOT his mother, married his dad when he was 7 or 8!) had to stipulate that the boy MUST be kept in a lock down facility which costs MAJOR $$$ because there are no resources and the boy is just scary dangerous. He almost killed her husband when he (the boy) was 10! And came close to killing her and hte rest of the family within the next year at different times. They looked for a hospital for him IN nebraska where they lived and they were always sent away with him. Cops wouldn't help, school couldn't control him and expelled him because he tried to kill a teacher, and now?</p><p> </p><p>My friend is the terrified guardian of this boy. The boy will be 18 and legally out of placement within 2 years and she is planning to move and CHANGE HER NAME because he WILL come after her. There is little doubt. Right now the child is in Utah, but it costs so dang much to keep him there. And even the state legislators just turn away from the issues.</p><p> </p><p>Arggghhh! I know I am preaching Occupational Therapist (OT) the choir here. With what so many of us have or are going through, the attitude that parents just don't know what is available is BS. In MY state you can only get into most placements through the court system and inn MY county the judges REFUSE to take kids who are violent with parents. In the court appearances I made the judge REFUSED to let me press charges for domestic violence and assault. Maybe, given my parents' eventual decision to take Wiz in, it was best in the long run. But what if my parents were not able to do that? Or were unwilling? What would I have done? I really do NOT want to think about it.</p><p> </p><p>I know so many are on that brink, and looking into the vast abyss that is created by the lack of understanding of social services adn the justice system and mental healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>Sigh. I wish it were not so. maybe, just maybe the Nebraksa fiasco will open someone's eyes to the real NEED that exists. I think they are pretty lucky the number isn't double or triple what it is. Probably low because so few people can afford the gas to drive to Nebraska these days.</p><p> </p><p>I am not worried about laws making homeschooling illegal. Not in the near future. There are some pretty powerful groups of homeschooling people, and they are pretty vocal. Esp the more fundamental religious groups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 212588, member: 1233"] The whole tone of the legislators is infuriating to me. OF COURSE parents are rushing to drop kids off, it is the logical thing to expect when the system is so broken that there simply are NO RESOURCES for our kids. In the fox article the head of Alegent Healthcare said that parents just don't know what resources are out there. In a Pig's EYE!! Parents know there AREN'T resources out there!! There just are NOT. We have a family friend who moved from Nebraska a few years back. Her stepson (who the court gave custody of to her - AGAINST her wishes, and she NEVER adopted him and is NOT his mother, married his dad when he was 7 or 8!) had to stipulate that the boy MUST be kept in a lock down facility which costs MAJOR $$$ because there are no resources and the boy is just scary dangerous. He almost killed her husband when he (the boy) was 10! And came close to killing her and hte rest of the family within the next year at different times. They looked for a hospital for him IN nebraska where they lived and they were always sent away with him. Cops wouldn't help, school couldn't control him and expelled him because he tried to kill a teacher, and now? My friend is the terrified guardian of this boy. The boy will be 18 and legally out of placement within 2 years and she is planning to move and CHANGE HER NAME because he WILL come after her. There is little doubt. Right now the child is in Utah, but it costs so dang much to keep him there. And even the state legislators just turn away from the issues. Arggghhh! I know I am preaching Occupational Therapist (OT) the choir here. With what so many of us have or are going through, the attitude that parents just don't know what is available is BS. In MY state you can only get into most placements through the court system and inn MY county the judges REFUSE to take kids who are violent with parents. In the court appearances I made the judge REFUSED to let me press charges for domestic violence and assault. Maybe, given my parents' eventual decision to take Wiz in, it was best in the long run. But what if my parents were not able to do that? Or were unwilling? What would I have done? I really do NOT want to think about it. I know so many are on that brink, and looking into the vast abyss that is created by the lack of understanding of social services adn the justice system and mental healthcare. Sigh. I wish it were not so. maybe, just maybe the Nebraksa fiasco will open someone's eyes to the real NEED that exists. I think they are pretty lucky the number isn't double or triple what it is. Probably low because so few people can afford the gas to drive to Nebraska these days. I am not worried about laws making homeschooling illegal. Not in the near future. There are some pretty powerful groups of homeschooling people, and they are pretty vocal. Esp the more fundamental religious groups. [/QUOTE]
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