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<blockquote data-quote="Belzog" data-source="post: 177033" data-attributes="member: 5542"><p>Update: I saw my son in a family therapy today. He hasn't called me since I saw him last Tues. He breezed in like nothing in the world was wrong. And asked the coached question of me that I believe they prompted him with, "What do I have to do to come home?" Well, right there I nearly fell over laughing. Is that supposed to be a joke? "Uh... your self-care, don't break the law, and you know what else? Some help with all stuff I am doing to help you find an independent living situation would be nice." He gave me some song and dance about being too busy to call. Gee, you know I've called 1-3 times daily to check on him. </p><p></p><p>He's been pulling "super son" all week, every time I call it's the same thing, he's participating and compliant and even showing initiative with his self-care. What a crock. He never gets up before noon at home and he's up at 7 AND in the middle of the night to do his self-care?!?! </p><p></p><p>There's just about nothing he can do to prove that things will be any different at home. He's fully capable of doing all he needs to do when he's here, he just won't. The psychiatric. suggested I compile a list of chores he could help with while he's in the hospital, checking up on various applications and "irons in the fire." Great, now I have to work at finding work for him to do so that he can try to convince me he'll do what he never has done when he gets home.</p><p></p><p>"What if I just won't take him home? Can I do that?" They said they'd keep him there till his 18th birthday next month, then it's basically out the door. The psychiatric and social worker didn't even have a consensus on whether they could drop him off at a homeless shelter or not.</p><p></p><p>So regardless of whether I think things will improve or not, he'll be home one of these days and I'll be stuck with him till his birthday, then what? Just take him to a shelter like his outpatient psychiatric nurse lady suggested? that seems like a horrible idea. </p><p></p><p>Oh, I just got the Section 8 housing application back in the mail. They said try re-submitting when he's 18. After that it'll take 3 or more months to find him a place. And then what? He doesn't have the skills to live independently, and that's assuming his SSI comes through.</p><p></p><p>Ugh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Belzog, post: 177033, member: 5542"] Update: I saw my son in a family therapy today. He hasn't called me since I saw him last Tues. He breezed in like nothing in the world was wrong. And asked the coached question of me that I believe they prompted him with, "What do I have to do to come home?" Well, right there I nearly fell over laughing. Is that supposed to be a joke? "Uh... your self-care, don't break the law, and you know what else? Some help with all stuff I am doing to help you find an independent living situation would be nice." He gave me some song and dance about being too busy to call. Gee, you know I've called 1-3 times daily to check on him. He's been pulling "super son" all week, every time I call it's the same thing, he's participating and compliant and even showing initiative with his self-care. What a crock. He never gets up before noon at home and he's up at 7 AND in the middle of the night to do his self-care?!?! There's just about nothing he can do to prove that things will be any different at home. He's fully capable of doing all he needs to do when he's here, he just won't. The psychiatric. suggested I compile a list of chores he could help with while he's in the hospital, checking up on various applications and "irons in the fire." Great, now I have to work at finding work for him to do so that he can try to convince me he'll do what he never has done when he gets home. "What if I just won't take him home? Can I do that?" They said they'd keep him there till his 18th birthday next month, then it's basically out the door. The psychiatric and social worker didn't even have a consensus on whether they could drop him off at a homeless shelter or not. So regardless of whether I think things will improve or not, he'll be home one of these days and I'll be stuck with him till his birthday, then what? Just take him to a shelter like his outpatient psychiatric nurse lady suggested? that seems like a horrible idea. Oh, I just got the Section 8 housing application back in the mail. They said try re-submitting when he's 18. After that it'll take 3 or more months to find him a place. And then what? He doesn't have the skills to live independently, and that's assuming his SSI comes through. Ugh. [/QUOTE]
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