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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 4201"><p>first- if you are within the income and assets limits for SSI apply for it now. Will take a long time to come through but will give you Medicaid plus a monthly cash pmt to you that will pay for therapy. With a child who is going to need services for a long time apply now.</p><p></p><p>second.. re the medications.. go to needymeds.com and get the form for your son's medication. Again, look at the income limits. If the income limits aren't on the form or it's not clear call the 800 number listed and ask. Once your insur runs out they'll give you Lexapro for free- at least I was getting it for free. Note that you're dealing with the pharmaceutical co that makes it. So if he switches medications you'll need to re-apply probably.</p><p></p><p>In terms of the play therapy.. ask the place where he's getting it if they have or know of any scholarship programs. And the term play therapy can be controversial to some people so you might want to re-word it when you're asking around. Basically it's group psychotherapy probably. Then start calling every place that you can find that offers what you want and ask if they know of any funding. In all honesty, I'd love to have my Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid in some kind of therapy but it's just not covered so we do without. But you'll find that most hospitals and non-profit psychiatric clinics have a sliding scale fee schedule. So keep looking and asking everyone you talk to if they know of another place.</p><p></p><p>And just out of curiosity... isn't the selective mutism in the arena of social phobia? I'm wondering because I didn't know they were using Lexapro for social phobia. There's another SSRI that is actually FDA approved for social phobia. But I'm sure many are used off label for it. As far as I know the only treatment for social phobia is a combination of SSRI and psychotherapy. I'm aware that other medications not meant to be used long term show a short term huge benefit but they're not considered useful long term because of the long term effects.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 4201"] first- if you are within the income and assets limits for SSI apply for it now. Will take a long time to come through but will give you Medicaid plus a monthly cash pmt to you that will pay for therapy. With a child who is going to need services for a long time apply now. second.. re the medications.. go to needymeds.com and get the form for your son's medication. Again, look at the income limits. If the income limits aren't on the form or it's not clear call the 800 number listed and ask. Once your insur runs out they'll give you Lexapro for free- at least I was getting it for free. Note that you're dealing with the pharmaceutical co that makes it. So if he switches medications you'll need to re-apply probably. In terms of the play therapy.. ask the place where he's getting it if they have or know of any scholarship programs. And the term play therapy can be controversial to some people so you might want to re-word it when you're asking around. Basically it's group psychotherapy probably. Then start calling every place that you can find that offers what you want and ask if they know of any funding. In all honesty, I'd love to have my Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid in some kind of therapy but it's just not covered so we do without. But you'll find that most hospitals and non-profit psychiatric clinics have a sliding scale fee schedule. So keep looking and asking everyone you talk to if they know of another place. And just out of curiosity... isn't the selective mutism in the arena of social phobia? I'm wondering because I didn't know they were using Lexapro for social phobia. There's another SSRI that is actually FDA approved for social phobia. But I'm sure many are used off label for it. As far as I know the only treatment for social phobia is a combination of SSRI and psychotherapy. I'm aware that other medications not meant to be used long term show a short term huge benefit but they're not considered useful long term because of the long term effects. [/QUOTE]
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