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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 343930" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm glad to hear that your husband's hearing went well. I'm sure that must be a big relief.</p><p></p><p>As far as an evaluation for your son- previous therapists who recommended an evaluation were probably either recommending a neuropsychological evaluation that would include testing or an evaluation with a psychiatrist. I prefer an MDE which is a team of professionals to evaluation the child after nueropsych testing is done.</p><p></p><p>The forensic evaluation that the court ordered will not be the same, probably. My guess is that it will be the typical court version of a mental health evaluation. There are two types- one is a comp evaluation to see if the child is old enough and mature enough to understand what he/she did was illegal and how the court system works. I doubt they would do this on a 16yo. The other is usually done by a psychologist who works for the juvenile justice system to see if they think he has a mental health problem that lead to these offenses- being a juvenile system, this can lead to services being ordered and provided, but it might not be what you would conclude or choose. There is another type of mental health evaluation for determining if a person is not guilty by reason of insanity, so to speak, but I've never heard of that being used in a juvenile case. That doesn't mean it couldn't happen, just that I think they try to determine if the juvenile has a mental health problem and then get it treated, instead of actually "committing" the juvenile to a mental institution.</p><p></p><p>Being that you're the parent, the evaluator might call and ask you a few questions. It will be important to answer honestly. They will either provide a report for the judge or testify in court. This will help the judge determine the sentence and whether or not he is detained with or without mental health treatment, released on probation with or without court ordered treatment, or sent to another place like a private Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I will forewarn you that if you repeatedly say to them that none of these things were his fault but were always someone else's, they are likely to deem this as part of the problem and it could effect the recommendations they give to the judge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 343930, member: 3699"] I'm glad to hear that your husband's hearing went well. I'm sure that must be a big relief. As far as an evaluation for your son- previous therapists who recommended an evaluation were probably either recommending a neuropsychological evaluation that would include testing or an evaluation with a psychiatrist. I prefer an MDE which is a team of professionals to evaluation the child after nueropsych testing is done. The forensic evaluation that the court ordered will not be the same, probably. My guess is that it will be the typical court version of a mental health evaluation. There are two types- one is a comp evaluation to see if the child is old enough and mature enough to understand what he/she did was illegal and how the court system works. I doubt they would do this on a 16yo. The other is usually done by a psychologist who works for the juvenile justice system to see if they think he has a mental health problem that lead to these offenses- being a juvenile system, this can lead to services being ordered and provided, but it might not be what you would conclude or choose. There is another type of mental health evaluation for determining if a person is not guilty by reason of insanity, so to speak, but I've never heard of that being used in a juvenile case. That doesn't mean it couldn't happen, just that I think they try to determine if the juvenile has a mental health problem and then get it treated, instead of actually "committing" the juvenile to a mental institution. Being that you're the parent, the evaluator might call and ask you a few questions. It will be important to answer honestly. They will either provide a report for the judge or testify in court. This will help the judge determine the sentence and whether or not he is detained with or without mental health treatment, released on probation with or without court ordered treatment, or sent to another place like a private Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I will forewarn you that if you repeatedly say to them that none of these things were his fault but were always someone else's, they are likely to deem this as part of the problem and it could effect the recommendations they give to the judge. [/QUOTE]
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