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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 315705" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>DaisyFace,</p><p></p><p>I know I responded on your other thread re: services and I do not know who you are trying to get the services from, but did you call your Department of Children and Families and find out if they have a Voluntary Services division? My difficult child was 6 when we started services and he doesn't have a police record or has never been expelled from school. I know you mentioned you needed a diagnosis to get services. Did you get anything in the release information from her stay at psychiatric hospital? Our difficult child had a diagnosis of mood dis-nox and a rule out of BiPolar (BP). </p><p></p><p>I guess I am a little confused as to if my state is the only one that has this? I have mentioned it a few times on here and I haven't seen anyone else use voluntary services. (I could be wrong, but it doesn't ring a bell). Where we live we just called and said we needed help with our difficult child. We were also in the process of ruling out a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis, so I don't know if that was part of the reason we were excepted. I guess I am just amazed and saddened that so many don't have access to the support we received. </p><p></p><p>We have been weaving our way through this with our difficult child for almost 5 years now. I am not an expert. I must say I recognized too, that husband & I have been very lucky in the help we have received through voluntary and in-home and in the 100% cooperation of our school district. I read here of the many frustrations that many face on a daily basis on both ends. So for what we have been given I know we were blessed. I know that there was a time where I didn't know where to turn. The Voluntary Services was something I put off calling for over a year because it was under DCF (but there is a difference between voluntary and involuntary). Finally, when things got worse we had no choice. Out of a lot that we had done they were one of the bright spots. </p><p></p><p>I apologize if I am missing something here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 315705, member: 3477"] DaisyFace, I know I responded on your other thread re: services and I do not know who you are trying to get the services from, but did you call your Department of Children and Families and find out if they have a Voluntary Services division? My difficult child was 6 when we started services and he doesn't have a police record or has never been expelled from school. I know you mentioned you needed a diagnosis to get services. Did you get anything in the release information from her stay at psychiatric hospital? Our difficult child had a diagnosis of mood dis-nox and a rule out of BiPolar (BP). I guess I am a little confused as to if my state is the only one that has this? I have mentioned it a few times on here and I haven't seen anyone else use voluntary services. (I could be wrong, but it doesn't ring a bell). Where we live we just called and said we needed help with our difficult child. We were also in the process of ruling out a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis, so I don't know if that was part of the reason we were excepted. I guess I am just amazed and saddened that so many don't have access to the support we received. We have been weaving our way through this with our difficult child for almost 5 years now. I am not an expert. I must say I recognized too, that husband & I have been very lucky in the help we have received through voluntary and in-home and in the 100% cooperation of our school district. I read here of the many frustrations that many face on a daily basis on both ends. So for what we have been given I know we were blessed. I know that there was a time where I didn't know where to turn. The Voluntary Services was something I put off calling for over a year because it was under DCF (but there is a difference between voluntary and involuntary). Finally, when things got worse we had no choice. Out of a lot that we had done they were one of the bright spots. I apologize if I am missing something here. [/QUOTE]
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