We dont have respite here...at least none that I know of from my contacts.
I do have some personal experience with the people who are sent into peoples homes to help deal with the kids. Here they are called (or were called) Hi risk intervention workers. Now they may have changed the name to Community support workers.
When Cory first started having these people in his life they were called "day friends". Back then they only had to have a high school diploma and they were paid minimum wage. They were supervised by a case manager back then I think thru mental health. Then it moved to contracting them out to private companies who contracted with mental health.
The names changed to either community based intervention workers or hi risk intervention workers depending on the severity of the child and length of time the worker was needed. The worker had to have a college degree and was trained by the private company on the childhood behavior disorders. Their pay was based on whether they were a CBI or HRI worker. Medicaid paid the agency somewhere around $35 an hour per worker. (This would have been back in about 1999...last time I checked the medicaid reimbursement rates)
Now I recently looked into becoming one of these people. It was suggested that because of my education and experience that I would qualify. I probably would but I dont think I could do it physically if a child were to get physical with me. The pay was around $10 an hour working for the agency I go to for my therapy.
