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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 172237" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks so much for the support, Sara and Susie! I just spoke to my MOm on the phone and told her that the biggest mistakes I have made regarding difficult child (not including the ones at home regarding discipline- because I thought with appropriate discipline, I could snap him out of this), was believing everything the people at sd, psychiatrists, and tdocs told me and taking it all for face value. Knowing what I know now, I would have fought several of them so much harder so much sooner.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, I had already prepped the GAL some and the last court order doesn't list any specific therapist or psychiatrist by name, but it does require that he continue in counseling and with medications, if/as prescribed. I spoke with the psychiatrist who did the MDE (in Oct) last week- actually we had an appointment for a consult. This wasn't as helpful as I'd hoped. She said both males being hired were psychologists in training. Personally, I don't care if it is Joe down the street if he has more common sense than what we've been getting. This psychiatrist has her secretary trying to get an appointment lined up for us. At first, I was thinking this would be worse. But, now I am wondering if it might be better. Maybe they won't already be stuck in one mode and might actually be willing to listen to the parent and read the book TEC. </p><p></p><p>I am just sooooo tired of the apparent attitude that they can justify misrepresenting what they have experience doing because their way will work no matter what- and if it doesn't work, then it will be mine, or difficult child's, or both, faults. Who trains these people anyway? I should know already- my mom has a phd in psychiatric- that is enough to scare anyone who knows her history. She basicly got no training. She was hired to consult people and had a supervisor that she had to answer to. But the super wouldn't have had a clue if my mom was completely incompetent at this or not (she was) because the super only heard my mom's version of what happened with each client. Ultimately, my mom was never able to pass the test (after several tries) to get her license. Thank God! (Not that she is stupid- she got this phd around the age of 65- but psychiatric is not her forte- shoot, parenting was not her forte.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 172237, member: 3699"] Thanks so much for the support, Sara and Susie! I just spoke to my MOm on the phone and told her that the biggest mistakes I have made regarding difficult child (not including the ones at home regarding discipline- because I thought with appropriate discipline, I could snap him out of this), was believing everything the people at sd, psychiatrists, and tdocs told me and taking it all for face value. Knowing what I know now, I would have fought several of them so much harder so much sooner. Fortunately, I had already prepped the GAL some and the last court order doesn't list any specific therapist or psychiatrist by name, but it does require that he continue in counseling and with medications, if/as prescribed. I spoke with the psychiatrist who did the MDE (in Oct) last week- actually we had an appointment for a consult. This wasn't as helpful as I'd hoped. She said both males being hired were psychologists in training. Personally, I don't care if it is Joe down the street if he has more common sense than what we've been getting. This psychiatrist has her secretary trying to get an appointment lined up for us. At first, I was thinking this would be worse. But, now I am wondering if it might be better. Maybe they won't already be stuck in one mode and might actually be willing to listen to the parent and read the book TEC. I am just sooooo tired of the apparent attitude that they can justify misrepresenting what they have experience doing because their way will work no matter what- and if it doesn't work, then it will be mine, or difficult child's, or both, faults. Who trains these people anyway? I should know already- my mom has a phd in psychiatric- that is enough to scare anyone who knows her history. She basicly got no training. She was hired to consult people and had a supervisor that she had to answer to. But the super wouldn't have had a clue if my mom was completely incompetent at this or not (she was) because the super only heard my mom's version of what happened with each client. Ultimately, my mom was never able to pass the test (after several tries) to get her license. Thank God! (Not that she is stupid- she got this phd around the age of 65- but psychiatric is not her forte- shoot, parenting was not her forte.) [/QUOTE]
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