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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 699641" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Australia, according to a longtime poster who no posts to this board, but whom I am still in contact with, does not have provisions for residential treatment of mentally ill children other than psychiatric hospitals.</p><p></p><p>Australia has nationalized health care backed by a network of private providers whom one pays for out-of-pocket. One can purchase insurance for private medical/dental care rather than depending on the NHS.</p><p></p><p>One's options in Australia are indeed extremely limited, especially through the NHS. What they do have, or did have (there have been a lot of changes to Australia's government and a lot of cuts) was a passable special education and and a good vocational training system, up to and including job coaching and subsidized employment. Distance education is/was also available and very good.</p><p></p><p>That said, I would still advise this mother to not allow ANY contact with this boy. I would also advise her to contact the authorities to see if the ball can be gotten rolling on getting this boy institutionalized in a long-term psychiatric hospital where he can be helped, and if he can be made safe with others, taught to earn a living. If not, Australia, assuming this hasn't been cut, will provide a stipend and medical care for him.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion, the mother also needs psychiatric intervention as she is grasping at the thinnest of straws trying to reassure herself that her son's behavior is in some way "normal".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 699641, member: 1963"] Australia, according to a longtime poster who no posts to this board, but whom I am still in contact with, does not have provisions for residential treatment of mentally ill children other than psychiatric hospitals. Australia has nationalized health care backed by a network of private providers whom one pays for out-of-pocket. One can purchase insurance for private medical/dental care rather than depending on the NHS. One's options in Australia are indeed extremely limited, especially through the NHS. What they do have, or did have (there have been a lot of changes to Australia's government and a lot of cuts) was a passable special education and and a good vocational training system, up to and including job coaching and subsidized employment. Distance education is/was also available and very good. That said, I would still advise this mother to not allow ANY contact with this boy. I would also advise her to contact the authorities to see if the ball can be gotten rolling on getting this boy institutionalized in a long-term psychiatric hospital where he can be helped, and if he can be made safe with others, taught to earn a living. If not, Australia, assuming this hasn't been cut, will provide a stipend and medical care for him. in my opinion, the mother also needs psychiatric intervention as she is grasping at the thinnest of straws trying to reassure herself that her son's behavior is in some way "normal". [/QUOTE]
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