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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 123902" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>It stands for Multi-Systematic Therapy. I don't know that I'd call it therapy- it seems to me to be more of an intensive intervention into difficult child's life- every aspect of it, too. They send one person to your home (same person each time) to get the background, then this person goes to meetings with you at school- IEP meetings if he's on one- and supposedly gets school and you on same page with difficult child, the person finds out what difficult child is doing in neighborhood, and helps you develop a behavioral contract for difficult child. He will discuss rewards and punishments for the contract with you and difficult child, monitor how effective it is and discuss other possibilities with you. They start out meeting with you about twice a week or more- at your home. Well, sometimes it can get to a point where it seems like he's telling you how to raise your kid, but the idea is that they tell you ok, this hasn't worked, try doing it this way, etc. They will be reporting to the PO and judge how compliant you, and primarily, difficult child are with this process. If nothing else, it sounds like in your case something needs to happen to get this turned around- it sounds like a very negative, self-perpetuating (sp) circle- MST will definitely throw a wrench into difficult child's life- and yours.</p><p> </p><p>And, based on what you've posted, if MST didn't work or help and difficult child was removed from home, everyone, including you, would know that you were cooperative and tried to work with everyone to get him turned around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 123902, member: 3699"] It stands for Multi-Systematic Therapy. I don't know that I'd call it therapy- it seems to me to be more of an intensive intervention into difficult child's life- every aspect of it, too. They send one person to your home (same person each time) to get the background, then this person goes to meetings with you at school- IEP meetings if he's on one- and supposedly gets school and you on same page with difficult child, the person finds out what difficult child is doing in neighborhood, and helps you develop a behavioral contract for difficult child. He will discuss rewards and punishments for the contract with you and difficult child, monitor how effective it is and discuss other possibilities with you. They start out meeting with you about twice a week or more- at your home. Well, sometimes it can get to a point where it seems like he's telling you how to raise your kid, but the idea is that they tell you ok, this hasn't worked, try doing it this way, etc. They will be reporting to the PO and judge how compliant you, and primarily, difficult child are with this process. If nothing else, it sounds like in your case something needs to happen to get this turned around- it sounds like a very negative, self-perpetuating (sp) circle- MST will definitely throw a wrench into difficult child's life- and yours. And, based on what you've posted, if MST didn't work or help and difficult child was removed from home, everyone, including you, would know that you were cooperative and tried to work with everyone to get him turned around. [/QUOTE]
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