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The nightmare has begun again....difficult child home from Residential Treatment Center (RTC).
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<blockquote data-quote="barneysmom" data-source="post: 369398" data-attributes="member: 1872"><p>Hanging On,</p><p></p><p>Is your CMH helping you? I had to call our state representative to get our CMH on board. This was recommended to me by one of gfg16's case managers when difficult child was discharged unstable and violent from the psychiatric hospital. She said another mother had done it and it worked for her.</p><p></p><p> I left a long message -- all the gory details -- on our representative's answering machine at his headquarters on a Friday. I just assumed I was speaking into another void from which I would hear nothing back. But by midweek someone from the rep's office called and got detailed info from me about difficult child. We started getting calls from our CMH real soon. Later, the same person from the rep's office called me back to make sure we had gotten the services we needed. Someone from the "really higher-ups" in my state's CMH called too. </p><p></p><p>Good luck -- you shouldn't be living like this, nor should your easy child or difficult child. In my case I had to go higher than the providers. </p><p></p><p>Also I know what you mean -- we all love and miss gfg16. It's an ache that he is gone. But it is really shocking to see the level of violence we were living with, now that he is gone. </p><p></p><p> Give your rep a ring -- what could it hurt? It won't look good for him/her to ignore the level of violence that you're living with.</p><p></p><p>After a point, I always pointed out that I should call CPS because of the damage being to done to gfg13. That gave a lot of folks pause -- they were now sitting with the knowledge that another child was also in danger. Leave a big paper trail and document everything. I use a composition book with names, dates, phone numbers, convos. Call everyone you can think of. Call a mental health advocate. After awhile someone will realize they have to be accountable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barneysmom, post: 369398, member: 1872"] Hanging On, Is your CMH helping you? I had to call our state representative to get our CMH on board. This was recommended to me by one of gfg16's case managers when difficult child was discharged unstable and violent from the psychiatric hospital. She said another mother had done it and it worked for her. I left a long message -- all the gory details -- on our representative's answering machine at his headquarters on a Friday. I just assumed I was speaking into another void from which I would hear nothing back. But by midweek someone from the rep's office called and got detailed info from me about difficult child. We started getting calls from our CMH real soon. Later, the same person from the rep's office called me back to make sure we had gotten the services we needed. Someone from the "really higher-ups" in my state's CMH called too. Good luck -- you shouldn't be living like this, nor should your easy child or difficult child. In my case I had to go higher than the providers. Also I know what you mean -- we all love and miss gfg16. It's an ache that he is gone. But it is really shocking to see the level of violence we were living with, now that he is gone. Give your rep a ring -- what could it hurt? It won't look good for him/her to ignore the level of violence that you're living with. After a point, I always pointed out that I should call CPS because of the damage being to done to gfg13. That gave a lot of folks pause -- they were now sitting with the knowledge that another child was also in danger. Leave a big paper trail and document everything. I use a composition book with names, dates, phone numbers, convos. Call everyone you can think of. Call a mental health advocate. After awhile someone will realize they have to be accountable. [/QUOTE]
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