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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 11238" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Diane,</p><p></p><p>Welcome to our world. I'm glad you found us but sorry you need to.</p><p></p><p>There is a FAQ thread on the main page. It explains all the abbreviations and policies of this site.</p><p></p><p>You will receive a lot of responses tomorrow. Weekends are slow. You will also get advice, some of it conflicting. We are just parents but many of us have been dealing with these types of issues for a long time, so we have opinions. Take what you can use and leave the rest. Is your difficult child (problem child) your first child? If so, that makes it harder for you to be as assertive as you need to be.</p><p></p><p>The first suggestion that is usually made is READ The Explosive Child which you are already doing.</p><p></p><p>The second is get your child evaluated at a major teaching hospital with a very good psychiatric unit. The evaluation should be multidisciplinary. There IS something wrong with your child. His behavior has been going on for a long time and your sense that it is not normal is correct in my opinion. Accurate diagnosis and medications along with therapeutic treatment can help. However, you are running out of time: you have a very narrow window to intervene before your difficult child is beyond your control. At 18, there is nothing you will be able to do to force treatment. Now you can and in my opinion, you should.</p><p></p><p>Third, you need to go to the section of the board called SpEd 101 and find out how to keep your child in school and get the special education he obviously needs. The school sent him to a phospital. They are labeling him "delinquent" because there is and exclusion in Special Education law that allows schools to not serve "socially maladjusted" (delinquent) students. Do not let anyone call him either of those terms. Correct them by saying he has been diagnosis'd with ADHD (which is covered by sp ed law) and other emotional problems are are being investigated.</p><p></p><p>I am a moderator of Sp Ed 101 which is where we collect information and answer questions about how to get services. There is a "getting started" thread in the Archives of SpEd 101. I think you should take a look at it.</p><p></p><p>You must learn to be you child's first and best advocate for both mental health services and education. If you don't, no one else will because no one else knows and loves him as you do.</p><p></p><p>Again, welcome to our world. </p><p></p><p>Martie :warrior:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 11238, member: 284"] Diane, Welcome to our world. I'm glad you found us but sorry you need to. There is a FAQ thread on the main page. It explains all the abbreviations and policies of this site. You will receive a lot of responses tomorrow. Weekends are slow. You will also get advice, some of it conflicting. We are just parents but many of us have been dealing with these types of issues for a long time, so we have opinions. Take what you can use and leave the rest. Is your difficult child (problem child) your first child? If so, that makes it harder for you to be as assertive as you need to be. The first suggestion that is usually made is READ The Explosive Child which you are already doing. The second is get your child evaluated at a major teaching hospital with a very good psychiatric unit. The evaluation should be multidisciplinary. There IS something wrong with your child. His behavior has been going on for a long time and your sense that it is not normal is correct in my opinion. Accurate diagnosis and medications along with therapeutic treatment can help. However, you are running out of time: you have a very narrow window to intervene before your difficult child is beyond your control. At 18, there is nothing you will be able to do to force treatment. Now you can and in my opinion, you should. Third, you need to go to the section of the board called SpEd 101 and find out how to keep your child in school and get the special education he obviously needs. The school sent him to a phospital. They are labeling him "delinquent" because there is and exclusion in Special Education law that allows schools to not serve "socially maladjusted" (delinquent) students. Do not let anyone call him either of those terms. Correct them by saying he has been diagnosis'd with ADHD (which is covered by sp ed law) and other emotional problems are are being investigated. I am a moderator of Sp Ed 101 which is where we collect information and answer questions about how to get services. There is a "getting started" thread in the Archives of SpEd 101. I think you should take a look at it. You must learn to be you child's first and best advocate for both mental health services and education. If you don't, no one else will because no one else knows and loves him as you do. Again, welcome to our world. Martie [img]:warrior:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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