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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 440011" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Welcome Zoobiechick. Glad you are here!Our troubles started in 7th grade with our difficult child. Different issues, but I get your pain and dark humor! Wish I could have home schooled, some things would have been better. However, in your case (threats, explosiveness, verbal abuse), I'm wondering about options. 1. Could she qualify for an IEP and then maybe a placement in an Emotionally Disturbed unit? (usually takes some time for this). At the least, an IEP could give her support to stay in school and get group social skills and behavioral intervention. You do not need a diagnosis for this given her history, however I really, really think you should. Most insurance companies will at least pay for a psychiatrist. The school work- ups are sadly not enough, but are enough to at least get her an IEP and back in school so you don't have to continue this horrible experience at home. 2. Is there an alternate placement school? We have a special school for our Junior kids that struggle-but again we are a large urban district. 3. Is there a charter school? I work at a small district sponsored charter and we have a high population of gifted, behaviorally challanged and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. Kids who just don't navagate the regular sytem well. Many are really doing well with their world "shrunk" down.4.Another idea...our state has a place called Children with- Special Health Care Needs. They do total evaluations including neurological. When I was a Special Education. teacher, I loved working with these people and they did a great job. They offer free and sliding scale fees and take insurance. My understanding is that every state has something like this. The teams here actually traveled around our state to rural areas. They saw so many kids and worked as a tight team (Doctor, psychiatrist,Occupational Therapist (OT)/PT,psychiatrist,audiologist), there was nobody better. Look into your state's health department.5.Can you access an online school? We have 2 that I know of here and they are public charters and free as is public school. Maybe some of the blood sweat and tears might go away if she was accountable to someone else and all you had to do was set up the structure???6. There are many forms and methods of counseling. We did years of cognitive behavioral (the typical) to no avail. So yes, your husband and my daughter were casualties of that. But, our daughter is now responding to DBT or dialectical behavioral therapy. Maybe there is something that will be recommended to you when she is evaluated?Hope something helps-in any case welcome,keep us posted, and know we are here. Cheers and hugs!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 440011, member: 11001"] Welcome Zoobiechick. Glad you are here!Our troubles started in 7th grade with our difficult child. Different issues, but I get your pain and dark humor! Wish I could have home schooled, some things would have been better. However, in your case (threats, explosiveness, verbal abuse), I'm wondering about options. 1. Could she qualify for an IEP and then maybe a placement in an Emotionally Disturbed unit? (usually takes some time for this). At the least, an IEP could give her support to stay in school and get group social skills and behavioral intervention. You do not need a diagnosis for this given her history, however I really, really think you should. Most insurance companies will at least pay for a psychiatrist. The school work- ups are sadly not enough, but are enough to at least get her an IEP and back in school so you don't have to continue this horrible experience at home. 2. Is there an alternate placement school? We have a special school for our Junior kids that struggle-but again we are a large urban district. 3. Is there a charter school? I work at a small district sponsored charter and we have a high population of gifted, behaviorally challanged and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. Kids who just don't navagate the regular sytem well. Many are really doing well with their world "shrunk" down.4.Another idea...our state has a place called Children with- Special Health Care Needs. They do total evaluations including neurological. When I was a Special Education. teacher, I loved working with these people and they did a great job. They offer free and sliding scale fees and take insurance. My understanding is that every state has something like this. The teams here actually traveled around our state to rural areas. They saw so many kids and worked as a tight team (Doctor, psychiatrist,Occupational Therapist (OT)/PT,psychiatrist,audiologist), there was nobody better. Look into your state's health department.5.Can you access an online school? We have 2 that I know of here and they are public charters and free as is public school. Maybe some of the blood sweat and tears might go away if she was accountable to someone else and all you had to do was set up the structure???6. There are many forms and methods of counseling. We did years of cognitive behavioral (the typical) to no avail. So yes, your husband and my daughter were casualties of that. But, our daughter is now responding to DBT or dialectical behavioral therapy. Maybe there is something that will be recommended to you when she is evaluated?Hope something helps-in any case welcome,keep us posted, and know we are here. Cheers and hugs! [/QUOTE]
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