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Runaway difficult child picked up by police - WHAT NOW?!?
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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 344480" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I have no idea what special to say to him when you see him, other than you're glad he's alive and (relatively) well. And I have no idea what the authorities will recommend or what the judge would rule. Based just on what I've read in this "thread", I do know what I think would make sense for him.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">First, notwithstanding what you said about no drugs being found in his system when he was arrested, I agree with Midwest Mom that big signs of drug involvement are there.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Second, another psychiatrist is clearly in order.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Finally, I think your son would be well served by a stay of a week or more in a secure, good, youth-oriented psychiatric hospital, all in order to get a solid picture of what is going on. Then, based on those conclusions, enrollment in a residential school/treatment facility would seem appropriate. If you agree, you could suggest all this to the prosecutor and the judge. If you can afford it, you could offer to pay, although your health insurance may cover the psychiatric. hospital part, and because of the special needs resulting from the psychiatric. diagnosis, you may well be able to get your local school district to cover most of the residential school cost. (If you paid, or were able to get at least insurance to cover the hospital, you might get a better facility for him. Ditto as to residential therapeutic school, although some out-of-pocket cost would be almost inevitable as local school districts will take some amount of time to decide about paying.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 344480, member: 5707"] [SIZE=2]I have no idea what special to say to him when you see him, other than you're glad he's alive and (relatively) well. And I have no idea what the authorities will recommend or what the judge would rule. Based just on what I've read in this "thread", I do know what I think would make sense for him. First, notwithstanding what you said about no drugs being found in his system when he was arrested, I agree with Midwest Mom that big signs of drug involvement are there. Second, another psychiatrist is clearly in order. Finally, I think your son would be well served by a stay of a week or more in a secure, good, youth-oriented psychiatric hospital, all in order to get a solid picture of what is going on. Then, based on those conclusions, enrollment in a residential school/treatment facility would seem appropriate. If you agree, you could suggest all this to the prosecutor and the judge. If you can afford it, you could offer to pay, although your health insurance may cover the psychiatric. hospital part, and because of the special needs resulting from the psychiatric. diagnosis, you may well be able to get your local school district to cover most of the residential school cost. (If you paid, or were able to get at least insurance to cover the hospital, you might get a better facility for him. Ditto as to residential therapeutic school, although some out-of-pocket cost would be almost inevitable as local school districts will take some amount of time to decide about paying.) [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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