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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 544025" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Summer program staff are usually inexperienced older high school or college kids. They do O.K. with PCs but are at a loss on how to handle difficult child situations especially when there are so many other kids to keep tabs of. Once in awhile you may find a gem of a worker but my experience is they usually can't handle difficult child behaviors. Ït is good that the director is willing to get involved, she most likely has some experience with difficult child behaviors.</p><p></p><p>One thing you can try is taking difficult child to the ER when he is stuck in one of these episodes. He may get the assessment he needs and another referral to a children's psychiatric hospital. Make sure the hospital has a children's psychiatric ward. I don't know that all do. You may have to travel out of town to find a facility that specializes in children's mental health.</p><p></p><p>My son had self harm thoughts and also thoughts of hurting me. He was 11 years old. After our first therapist appointment. he could no longer handle life and begged to go to the psychiatric hospital our therapist referred to as an option if we needed more help. He was hospitalized for two weeks and diagnosed with severe anxiety. That does not mean your son has anxiety, it could be something else.</p><p></p><p>Continue to be a thorn in your psychiatrist's side. Call his office with every incident until he is willing to give you the help you need or prescribe an overnight observation at a children's psychiatric hospital.</p><p></p><p>Keep a log of every incident and give a copy to psychiatrist's every week. Have a copy available for the next assessment you get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 544025, member: 5096"] Summer program staff are usually inexperienced older high school or college kids. They do O.K. with PCs but are at a loss on how to handle difficult child situations especially when there are so many other kids to keep tabs of. Once in awhile you may find a gem of a worker but my experience is they usually can't handle difficult child behaviors. Ït is good that the director is willing to get involved, she most likely has some experience with difficult child behaviors. One thing you can try is taking difficult child to the ER when he is stuck in one of these episodes. He may get the assessment he needs and another referral to a children's psychiatric hospital. Make sure the hospital has a children's psychiatric ward. I don't know that all do. You may have to travel out of town to find a facility that specializes in children's mental health. My son had self harm thoughts and also thoughts of hurting me. He was 11 years old. After our first therapist appointment. he could no longer handle life and begged to go to the psychiatric hospital our therapist referred to as an option if we needed more help. He was hospitalized for two weeks and diagnosed with severe anxiety. That does not mean your son has anxiety, it could be something else. Continue to be a thorn in your psychiatrist's side. Call his office with every incident until he is willing to give you the help you need or prescribe an overnight observation at a children's psychiatric hospital. Keep a log of every incident and give a copy to psychiatrist's every week. Have a copy available for the next assessment you get. [/QUOTE]
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