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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 157174" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks, Janet! I'm glad you took my venting ok, too! I will look around on those links. One thing I still want to pursue is day treatment/partial hospitization. If the risperdal doesn't help turn things around, I will need something. He hasn't been manic any this week though- that is a good sign.</p><p></p><p>I guess as far as <em>type</em> of therapy, I am stuck on cognitive behavior therapy and learning symptoms early on and strategies (he needs to learn some and I need to learn some), spending a little time getting an emergency plan made, stuff like that. The MDE psychiatrist recommended this -partly because he has been <em>fairly</em> good as far as not getting into too much trouble this past year (let's just say there is a huge improvement) so psychiatrist said if this therapy strategy didn't clear up remaining conduct issues, then look at behvaior modification. Another thing I should mention, the mde team said that they think it it behavior modification for conduct disorder that triggers my difficult child. (We tried it 2 years ago and sd tried a mutilated form last year- it made difficult child much orse both times). I think it stems back to his initial issue re. his father. Anyway, it was so nice last week when I spoke to one therapist on the phone and he immediately started with "then we need strategies, " and all the things that you guys refer to and my research indicates. For whatever reason, neither therapist we see now has even mentioned a therapuetic plan at all.</p><p></p><p>Right now, I can't sleep due to worry about not having strategies or a plan. And even difficult child is asking about BiPolar (BP) stuff that I'm not always sure how to answer. Shouldn't one of these tdocs be dealing with this? And, I guess if the more urgent problem seems to be his cycling, then shouldn't we take this approach instead of slapping a contract down that assumes he already knows those strategies? (I'm thinking The Explosive Child here!) And I'm talking behavior contract- not a system of rewards and punishments- we do have that and it works pretty good most of the time. When he is cycling bad it gets dropped for a little while.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, if he continues to try to pull stuff like he did this morning (sheer noncompliance) and/or refusing to take medications, then I will re-think this approach. There is NO WAY this kid can live here or anywhere in the "free" world and not stay on track with treatment and compliance. (Other than an occassional typical teen testing limits with normal things.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 157174, member: 3699"] Thanks, Janet! I'm glad you took my venting ok, too! I will look around on those links. One thing I still want to pursue is day treatment/partial hospitization. If the risperdal doesn't help turn things around, I will need something. He hasn't been manic any this week though- that is a good sign. I guess as far as [I]type[/I] of therapy, I am stuck on cognitive behavior therapy and learning symptoms early on and strategies (he needs to learn some and I need to learn some), spending a little time getting an emergency plan made, stuff like that. The MDE psychiatrist recommended this -partly because he has been [I]fairly[/I] good as far as not getting into too much trouble this past year (let's just say there is a huge improvement) so psychiatrist said if this therapy strategy didn't clear up remaining conduct issues, then look at behvaior modification. Another thing I should mention, the mde team said that they think it it behavior modification for conduct disorder that triggers my difficult child. (We tried it 2 years ago and sd tried a mutilated form last year- it made difficult child much orse both times). I think it stems back to his initial issue re. his father. Anyway, it was so nice last week when I spoke to one therapist on the phone and he immediately started with "then we need strategies, " and all the things that you guys refer to and my research indicates. For whatever reason, neither therapist we see now has even mentioned a therapuetic plan at all. Right now, I can't sleep due to worry about not having strategies or a plan. And even difficult child is asking about BiPolar (BP) stuff that I'm not always sure how to answer. Shouldn't one of these tdocs be dealing with this? And, I guess if the more urgent problem seems to be his cycling, then shouldn't we take this approach instead of slapping a contract down that assumes he already knows those strategies? (I'm thinking The Explosive Child here!) And I'm talking behavior contract- not a system of rewards and punishments- we do have that and it works pretty good most of the time. When he is cycling bad it gets dropped for a little while. Anyway, if he continues to try to pull stuff like he did this morning (sheer noncompliance) and/or refusing to take medications, then I will re-think this approach. There is NO WAY this kid can live here or anywhere in the "free" world and not stay on track with treatment and compliance. (Other than an occassional typical teen testing limits with normal things.) [/QUOTE]
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