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<blockquote data-quote="barneysmom" data-source="post: 371092" data-attributes="member: 1872"><p>Hello all.</p><p></p><p>Our home-based CM was here today (she's been coming weekly for about a month -- if a kid goes to this particular Residential Treatment Center (RTC), you have to have home-based services along with it -- which is good). She said based on all her assessments she's going to recommend a step-down residential in our town when 17 is discharged from current Residential Treatment Center (RTC). The current Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is pretty short-term, with emphasis on medications, diagnosis -- it's a teaching hospital with lots of medication students, etc. difficult child has been there a month. Also they have a holistic emphasis -- difficult child told us he swam 20 laps the other day. </p><p></p><p>Anyway we were thrilled to hear about a step-down plan -- usually it's hustle him home and down the tubes we go. It's a nice facility here in town which wasn't chosen for difficult child at the get-go because it's more of a behavioral emphasis, and difficult child needed the clinical aspect when environment when he was so sick. They said they would update his neuro-psychiatric while he is there, to assist with discharge planning (school, etc). IEP is next week. </p><p></p><p>Then when he is ready to come home, we will have home-based already in place. Then we will be able to have family therapy without driving 2 1/2 hours, and home visits for the weekend, etc. And I took Linda's advice and really pushed for the respite for me and husband.</p><p></p><p>i think <em>I'm dreaming!</em> I think the mental health community is finally realizing how sick this kid is -- and how vulnerable. And us too. So I have hope. Wow!</p><p></p><p>Regarding payment -- we found out difficult child is eligible for medicaid if he is out of the home for 30 days. He was 70 days in the local psychiatric hospital before the bureaucracy allowed him to go tho this Residential Treatment Center (RTC). So that counts. It's like a miracle. When/if he comes home permanently, we will have a huge chunk of co-pay. But it's great the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s should be paid for (unless SNAFU but I'll worry about that later).</p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barneysmom, post: 371092, member: 1872"] Hello all. Our home-based CM was here today (she's been coming weekly for about a month -- if a kid goes to this particular Residential Treatment Center (RTC), you have to have home-based services along with it -- which is good). She said based on all her assessments she's going to recommend a step-down residential in our town when 17 is discharged from current Residential Treatment Center (RTC). The current Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is pretty short-term, with emphasis on medications, diagnosis -- it's a teaching hospital with lots of medication students, etc. difficult child has been there a month. Also they have a holistic emphasis -- difficult child told us he swam 20 laps the other day. Anyway we were thrilled to hear about a step-down plan -- usually it's hustle him home and down the tubes we go. It's a nice facility here in town which wasn't chosen for difficult child at the get-go because it's more of a behavioral emphasis, and difficult child needed the clinical aspect when environment when he was so sick. They said they would update his neuro-psychiatric while he is there, to assist with discharge planning (school, etc). IEP is next week. Then when he is ready to come home, we will have home-based already in place. Then we will be able to have family therapy without driving 2 1/2 hours, and home visits for the weekend, etc. And I took Linda's advice and really pushed for the respite for me and husband. i think [I]I'm dreaming![/I] I think the mental health community is finally realizing how sick this kid is -- and how vulnerable. And us too. So I have hope. Wow! Regarding payment -- we found out difficult child is eligible for medicaid if he is out of the home for 30 days. He was 70 days in the local psychiatric hospital before the bureaucracy allowed him to go tho this Residential Treatment Center (RTC). So that counts. It's like a miracle. When/if he comes home permanently, we will have a huge chunk of co-pay. But it's great the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s should be paid for (unless SNAFU but I'll worry about that later). Hugs [/QUOTE]
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