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<blockquote data-quote="seriously" data-source="post: 434127" data-attributes="member: 11920"><p>Did you see my reply under Special Education?</p><p></p><p>When we were in a somewhat similar position up north difficult child 1 was being regularly hospitalized and we finally refused to bring him back home because he was a danger to everyone in the house.</p><p></p><p>That created a crisis that all the powers that be could no longer ignore. They threatened us with child abandonment but, as others will tell you, that was an empty threat. When we said we knew we could not keep him and his younger siblings safe and that was the reason we would not bring him home and they were welcome to charge us and we'd see them in court - that threat magically went away.</p><p></p><p>Instead there was a meeting with about 20+ people all representing the various agencies/organizations involved with our son's care. School, foster care, county mental health, psychiatric hospital. And they decided to place him in local foster care. Frankly, they did not believe us when we said he was unsafe at home because he was always fine in the hospital. when he had failed 2 foster placements for threatening staff with a knife or trying to run other foster children down with his power wheelchair - then they believed us. At that point he was placed in a therapeutic 1:1 foster home with an NPS school placement. This placement was 600 miles away but it was the only one in the entire state that would agree to take him.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps something like that meeting should take place about your child. I do NOT understand why he is still in your home instead of therapeutic foster care or residential treatment.</p><p></p><p>Does your child qualify for regional center services? If so they should be part of that meeting too.</p><p></p><p>We have finally gotten more help than ever before because difficult child 2 was charged with assault after throwing a plastic water bottle at me. Really that came about because we had called them repeatedly for help over a period of a couple months. They finally detained him after they had to come to the house and get him out of a locked bathroom where he had holed up with a knife.</p><p></p><p>That has gotten us extra services through a grant program. But it has not been the panacea that it was promised to be.</p><p></p><p>I feel for you and hope you are able to get some help quickly.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure of what all the acronyms mean that you used in your previous post but I am assuming they are support services in the community. Are any of them through juvenile justice?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seriously, post: 434127, member: 11920"] Did you see my reply under Special Education? When we were in a somewhat similar position up north difficult child 1 was being regularly hospitalized and we finally refused to bring him back home because he was a danger to everyone in the house. That created a crisis that all the powers that be could no longer ignore. They threatened us with child abandonment but, as others will tell you, that was an empty threat. When we said we knew we could not keep him and his younger siblings safe and that was the reason we would not bring him home and they were welcome to charge us and we'd see them in court - that threat magically went away. Instead there was a meeting with about 20+ people all representing the various agencies/organizations involved with our son's care. School, foster care, county mental health, psychiatric hospital. And they decided to place him in local foster care. Frankly, they did not believe us when we said he was unsafe at home because he was always fine in the hospital. when he had failed 2 foster placements for threatening staff with a knife or trying to run other foster children down with his power wheelchair - then they believed us. At that point he was placed in a therapeutic 1:1 foster home with an NPS school placement. This placement was 600 miles away but it was the only one in the entire state that would agree to take him. Perhaps something like that meeting should take place about your child. I do NOT understand why he is still in your home instead of therapeutic foster care or residential treatment. Does your child qualify for regional center services? If so they should be part of that meeting too. We have finally gotten more help than ever before because difficult child 2 was charged with assault after throwing a plastic water bottle at me. Really that came about because we had called them repeatedly for help over a period of a couple months. They finally detained him after they had to come to the house and get him out of a locked bathroom where he had holed up with a knife. That has gotten us extra services through a grant program. But it has not been the panacea that it was promised to be. I feel for you and hope you are able to get some help quickly. I'm not sure of what all the acronyms mean that you used in your previous post but I am assuming they are support services in the community. Are any of them through juvenile justice? [/QUOTE]
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