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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 322176" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Terry, since he's not on probation or involved in the courts, if you get the public mental health involved now, he would qualify for in home services, a therapuetic mentor, etc., that is not just behavior-oriented by profs who are just used to dealing with Department of Juvenile Justice issues. IOW- you could get in-home services that aren't MST, wrap-around- a whole host of stuff. You might even have more access or get help paying for some stuff because he's adopted. (The pool of money they have access to allows all kinds of mental health services; Department of Juvenile Justice funding only covers services that address delinquency-ie, CD so it is all behavior mod and nothing else.)</p><p></p><p>I think you are in a very good position, given the constraints of this state's policies and lack of funding. I wish I had known all this before my son got tied up in the court involvement because that is what limited services to only behavior mod stuff- with court orders hanging over our heads. Well, except that I did start to go down that road but found our county mental health therapist to be a quack. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, if you get something going thru your county mental health dept and your son ever ends up with court involvement, the legal people will give weight to what the mental health prof recommends (just like the public sd) and services can still be gotten thru that pool of funding as well as Department of Juvenile Justice's. If it's a private therapist or psychiatrist, they don't give as much weight to the recommendation, even if we as parents believe the care is better.</p><p></p><p>If you get services recommended thru the mental health dept, they most likely will contract out to private companies- I'm talking services like mentoring, in-home, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 322176, member: 3699"] Terry, since he's not on probation or involved in the courts, if you get the public mental health involved now, he would qualify for in home services, a therapuetic mentor, etc., that is not just behavior-oriented by profs who are just used to dealing with Department of Juvenile Justice issues. IOW- you could get in-home services that aren't MST, wrap-around- a whole host of stuff. You might even have more access or get help paying for some stuff because he's adopted. (The pool of money they have access to allows all kinds of mental health services; Department of Juvenile Justice funding only covers services that address delinquency-ie, CD so it is all behavior mod and nothing else.) I think you are in a very good position, given the constraints of this state's policies and lack of funding. I wish I had known all this before my son got tied up in the court involvement because that is what limited services to only behavior mod stuff- with court orders hanging over our heads. Well, except that I did start to go down that road but found our county mental health therapist to be a quack. Anyway, if you get something going thru your county mental health dept and your son ever ends up with court involvement, the legal people will give weight to what the mental health prof recommends (just like the public sd) and services can still be gotten thru that pool of funding as well as Department of Juvenile Justice's. If it's a private therapist or psychiatrist, they don't give as much weight to the recommendation, even if we as parents believe the care is better. If you get services recommended thru the mental health dept, they most likely will contract out to private companies- I'm talking services like mentoring, in-home, etc. [/QUOTE]
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