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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 315148" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>Dasiyface,</p><p></p><p>I am so sorry that the psychiatric hospital hasn't offered any services for your difficult child.</p><p></p><p>We have had only one experience with-difficult child being hospitalized. He was 6 at the time and they kept him for 3 weeks. When he was discharged they (at our consent) placed him on a waiting list for intensive in-home therapy that was provided by a local child and family agency. We were lucky that it wasn't a long wait and he benefited with services 2 times a week for a year until he graduated the program.</p><p></p><p>It was also recommended to us by the psychiatric hospital to contact DCF Voluntary services. We applied and were accepted. They coordinated with-the in-home people and helped to send our child to camp in the summer. After our in-home ended they offered us a respite program, but difficult child has been stable for a long time so we opted out and are closing the case. </p><p></p><p>Do you have any sort of child & family agency in your area that may be able to offer services to your difficult child? Does your state have Voluntary Services through your DCF department? We were lucky in that we had great experiences with both agencies. Before that we wouldn't have known where to turn. The school and the local youth services people I had asked before didn't really even have the information to connect us with these agencies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 315148, member: 3477"] Dasiyface, I am so sorry that the psychiatric hospital hasn't offered any services for your difficult child. We have had only one experience with-difficult child being hospitalized. He was 6 at the time and they kept him for 3 weeks. When he was discharged they (at our consent) placed him on a waiting list for intensive in-home therapy that was provided by a local child and family agency. We were lucky that it wasn't a long wait and he benefited with services 2 times a week for a year until he graduated the program. It was also recommended to us by the psychiatric hospital to contact DCF Voluntary services. We applied and were accepted. They coordinated with-the in-home people and helped to send our child to camp in the summer. After our in-home ended they offered us a respite program, but difficult child has been stable for a long time so we opted out and are closing the case. Do you have any sort of child & family agency in your area that may be able to offer services to your difficult child? Does your state have Voluntary Services through your DCF department? We were lucky in that we had great experiences with both agencies. Before that we wouldn't have known where to turn. The school and the local youth services people I had asked before didn't really even have the information to connect us with these agencies. [/QUOTE]
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