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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 149273" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Before you take your money to a sped attorney who doesn't understand mood disorders, can you find an educational advocate (or another attorney) who does understand mood disorders and their impact on education? We're working with both a sped attorney and educational advocate who understand mood disorders and they most definitely are making inroads with our SD to have our son placed in an appropriate educational setting to meet his needs (it's a self-contained program within a mainstream high school for kids coded for ED).</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the photographs of destruction in your home, I strongly believe this is a mental health issue and needs to be addressed by the psychiatrist. If the psychiatrist does not take it seriously, you need to move on to a new psychiatrist. To the extent the raging is in response to being asked to do homework or prevents your difficult child from doing homework, then it becomes a school issue. But I would in no uncertain terms show such photos to anyone in the juvenile justice system because they will think they need to punish the behavior when I strongly believe it is a result of a mental illness that needs treatment.</p><p> </p><p>If you can get your son into a day treatment program that will observe him, refine his dxes and overhaul his medications, that is probably your best bet. A day treatment program should also make recommendations for appropriate educational settings, which in turn should open up doors for you. That's how it's worked in our case.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 149273, member: 2423"] Before you take your money to a sped attorney who doesn't understand mood disorders, can you find an educational advocate (or another attorney) who does understand mood disorders and their impact on education? We're working with both a sped attorney and educational advocate who understand mood disorders and they most definitely are making inroads with our SD to have our son placed in an appropriate educational setting to meet his needs (it's a self-contained program within a mainstream high school for kids coded for ED). In terms of the photographs of destruction in your home, I strongly believe this is a mental health issue and needs to be addressed by the psychiatrist. If the psychiatrist does not take it seriously, you need to move on to a new psychiatrist. To the extent the raging is in response to being asked to do homework or prevents your difficult child from doing homework, then it becomes a school issue. But I would in no uncertain terms show such photos to anyone in the juvenile justice system because they will think they need to punish the behavior when I strongly believe it is a result of a mental illness that needs treatment. If you can get your son into a day treatment program that will observe him, refine his dxes and overhaul his medications, that is probably your best bet. A day treatment program should also make recommendations for appropriate educational settings, which in turn should open up doors for you. That's how it's worked in our case. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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