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<blockquote data-quote="JRC" data-source="post: 727062" data-attributes="member: 21147"><p>Hi Hopeful-</p><p></p><p>I also have a 12 year old son with ADHD and pediatric bipolar disorder. Please take my thoughts with a grain of salt, however, because my son's presentation is not like yours.</p><p></p><p>We live outside of Boston and have generally been happy with the psychiatric care our son has received. His doctor is a well-known researcher into pediatric bipolar disorder attached to a major teaching hospital. That is one of the benefits of living in Massachusetts. Access to excellent healthcare does exist here. But like everywhere it's expensive. It's just actually available. But you live in Connecticut. I imagine it is largely the same. You have access to Yale New Haven, Hartford and NYC hospitals. I'm surprised that you've had doctors tell you that he is "too high functioning" to be autistic or "too young" to be bipolar. </p><p></p><p>Schools: schools in Massachusetts are very good compared to the rest of the country. But I imagine, like Connecticut, they are very similar. We are in the process of placing our son in a therapeutic school because our public school isn't equipped to educate him. It's the best school system in the state yet they don't have the resources to give him an education. But, they will place him wherever we want. For our son, a therapeutic school is the best option, but not a great option. He's not a behavior problem, is compliant, and looks very, very typical. He just gets sidelined by overwhelming depression and anxiety. The hypomania is largely under control. So the therapeutic schools are a bit much for him but public school isn't flexible enough for him. Lots and lots of great options if you have a kiddo on the autism spectrum or with language-based learning disabilities. All private schools though so you could go that route or hope to get placed by the home school district. There are residential schools here that might be a great fit for your son if he is displaying different presentations at home and at school. </p><p></p><p>I hope I've helped! If you're interested in state social services I'm not as educated about that. We haven't needed to go that route. But my impression is that MA is a state with good services.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRC, post: 727062, member: 21147"] Hi Hopeful- I also have a 12 year old son with ADHD and pediatric bipolar disorder. Please take my thoughts with a grain of salt, however, because my son's presentation is not like yours. We live outside of Boston and have generally been happy with the psychiatric care our son has received. His doctor is a well-known researcher into pediatric bipolar disorder attached to a major teaching hospital. That is one of the benefits of living in Massachusetts. Access to excellent healthcare does exist here. But like everywhere it's expensive. It's just actually available. But you live in Connecticut. I imagine it is largely the same. You have access to Yale New Haven, Hartford and NYC hospitals. I'm surprised that you've had doctors tell you that he is "too high functioning" to be autistic or "too young" to be bipolar. Schools: schools in Massachusetts are very good compared to the rest of the country. But I imagine, like Connecticut, they are very similar. We are in the process of placing our son in a therapeutic school because our public school isn't equipped to educate him. It's the best school system in the state yet they don't have the resources to give him an education. But, they will place him wherever we want. For our son, a therapeutic school is the best option, but not a great option. He's not a behavior problem, is compliant, and looks very, very typical. He just gets sidelined by overwhelming depression and anxiety. The hypomania is largely under control. So the therapeutic schools are a bit much for him but public school isn't flexible enough for him. Lots and lots of great options if you have a kiddo on the autism spectrum or with language-based learning disabilities. All private schools though so you could go that route or hope to get placed by the home school district. There are residential schools here that might be a great fit for your son if he is displaying different presentations at home and at school. I hope I've helped! If you're interested in state social services I'm not as educated about that. We haven't needed to go that route. But my impression is that MA is a state with good services. [/QUOTE]
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