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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 157792" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks- I think it mostly boils down to what Steely said- there just isn't enough out there. I tried to explain this to PO last week- our choices for mental health treatment seem to only be the minimal outpatient services or acute psychiatric hospital stay- at least when it is BiPolar (BP) in a 13yo in this area. I get frustrated with the outpatient profs when I think they aren't doing enough or moving quickly enough, but maybe it isn't that they failed- maybe it is that we need something more and the something more isn't there. </p><p></p><p>Now I can only imagine what kind of rash decision the GAL will make and ask the judge to rule on. I just hope and pray the judge remembers my words (there were so many LOL) when I testified to her about this in Jan. Those words keep going through my mind so I really hope they are still going through the judge's mind. The whole testimony was about the importance of adequate treatment for difficult child's, regardless of diagnosis and various treatment that might be appropriate for their specific problem, and about the juv. detention approach not being acceptable or effective.</p><p></p><p>I am going to pm you SW, with a link to the place I was referring to. I don't expect you to check into it but with your experience with day treatments, maybe you could just let me know which type this sounds like to you. If you don't want to fool with it, that's ok. </p><p></p><p>The principal at school has gotten much better- I think partly because difficult child has behaved better (sooo much better) at school this year, so the issues he has are much more obvious and harder to blame on the "bad kid" theory. Also, they have seen him make efforts to work with them. And, an occassional little reminder to them that I confer with a Special Education attny seems to go a long way. (I don't say it threatening- I tell everyone it is because he has a disorder that effects behavior that has left courts, sd, and everyone else involved so I need occassional input from a Special Education attny.)</p><p></p><p>What I am looking for- well, he still is cycling and having some issues at home. I thought the partial hospitilization sounded like a great way of making sure medications were tweaked under close supervision of a psychiatrist and as quickly as possible. And, that a lot of therapy was given to him and there would be family therapy by someone who had better insight to difficult child's personality because they would see more of difficult child and could better distinguish what was manipulative and intentional and what was symptommatic and then help me with stratategies. Oh- and someone would be with him more to point out sympotmmatic behavior to him and help him with decisions during those times, to teach him how to do this on his own. Not that we would be experts after six months, but to get us on the right track so that outpatient services would be enough to keep us moving in that direction. I guess I viewed it as "jump-starting" the process, not the cure all. And, they are more qualified people who observe difficult child in various settings then put together an IEP and help get this in place at the home school, so difficult child has a smooth transition and it isn't the sd writing the IEP based on what they can and will offer- theoretically, it is an IEP truly written around what the difficult child needs and what they have seen work or not work with him.</p><p></p><p>Now that I read my own words, that sure sounds pretty idealistic. But, yep, that is what I want. And all of us on this board probably want that too! LOL!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 157792, member: 3699"] Thanks- I think it mostly boils down to what Steely said- there just isn't enough out there. I tried to explain this to PO last week- our choices for mental health treatment seem to only be the minimal outpatient services or acute psychiatric hospital stay- at least when it is BiPolar (BP) in a 13yo in this area. I get frustrated with the outpatient profs when I think they aren't doing enough or moving quickly enough, but maybe it isn't that they failed- maybe it is that we need something more and the something more isn't there. Now I can only imagine what kind of rash decision the GAL will make and ask the judge to rule on. I just hope and pray the judge remembers my words (there were so many LOL) when I testified to her about this in Jan. Those words keep going through my mind so I really hope they are still going through the judge's mind. The whole testimony was about the importance of adequate treatment for difficult child's, regardless of diagnosis and various treatment that might be appropriate for their specific problem, and about the juv. detention approach not being acceptable or effective. I am going to pm you SW, with a link to the place I was referring to. I don't expect you to check into it but with your experience with day treatments, maybe you could just let me know which type this sounds like to you. If you don't want to fool with it, that's ok. The principal at school has gotten much better- I think partly because difficult child has behaved better (sooo much better) at school this year, so the issues he has are much more obvious and harder to blame on the "bad kid" theory. Also, they have seen him make efforts to work with them. And, an occassional little reminder to them that I confer with a Special Education attny seems to go a long way. (I don't say it threatening- I tell everyone it is because he has a disorder that effects behavior that has left courts, sd, and everyone else involved so I need occassional input from a Special Education attny.) What I am looking for- well, he still is cycling and having some issues at home. I thought the partial hospitilization sounded like a great way of making sure medications were tweaked under close supervision of a psychiatrist and as quickly as possible. And, that a lot of therapy was given to him and there would be family therapy by someone who had better insight to difficult child's personality because they would see more of difficult child and could better distinguish what was manipulative and intentional and what was symptommatic and then help me with stratategies. Oh- and someone would be with him more to point out sympotmmatic behavior to him and help him with decisions during those times, to teach him how to do this on his own. Not that we would be experts after six months, but to get us on the right track so that outpatient services would be enough to keep us moving in that direction. I guess I viewed it as "jump-starting" the process, not the cure all. And, they are more qualified people who observe difficult child in various settings then put together an IEP and help get this in place at the home school, so difficult child has a smooth transition and it isn't the sd writing the IEP based on what they can and will offer- theoretically, it is an IEP truly written around what the difficult child needs and what they have seen work or not work with him. Now that I read my own words, that sure sounds pretty idealistic. But, yep, that is what I want. And all of us on this board probably want that too! LOL! [/QUOTE]
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