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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 20526" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Sue,</p><p></p><p>Yes, children with mood disorders can be helped but if school is making things worse, it is REALLY difficult. been there done that in spades.</p><p></p><p>Are you satisfied with difficult child's therapist? I think this is critical although with the school situation, it is important for you to deal with that, too. However, in my opinion, the parent has to have a lot of confidence in the outside therapist. Here is what helped my ex-difficult child who had more depression issues but was also anxious: the outside therapist dealt with "life," and the school social worker dealt with school. What i found was that school generates its own problems, and a good internal therapist is part of the staff and can be an advocate for a mood disordered child. It is very difficult to use outside therapy time for what is happening at school. Others may not agree but even the school SWs who were not effective with ex-difficult child (who was a difficult child to reach)tended to be supportive of our family's efforts and quick to remind the other staff that we were dealing 19 hours per day vs their 5. The middle school SW was really excellent and compared favorably to private outside therapists.</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 20526, member: 284"] Sue, Yes, children with mood disorders can be helped but if school is making things worse, it is REALLY difficult. been there done that in spades. Are you satisfied with difficult child's therapist? I think this is critical although with the school situation, it is important for you to deal with that, too. However, in my opinion, the parent has to have a lot of confidence in the outside therapist. Here is what helped my ex-difficult child who had more depression issues but was also anxious: the outside therapist dealt with "life," and the school social worker dealt with school. What i found was that school generates its own problems, and a good internal therapist is part of the staff and can be an advocate for a mood disordered child. It is very difficult to use outside therapy time for what is happening at school. Others may not agree but even the school SWs who were not effective with ex-difficult child (who was a difficult child to reach)tended to be supportive of our family's efforts and quick to remind the other staff that we were dealing 19 hours per day vs their 5. The middle school SW was really excellent and compared favorably to private outside therapists. Martie [/QUOTE]
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