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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 8254"><p>As a parent of 3 special needs boys not only do I commend you for what you're trying to do with this child but I have to say that this child is too far gone to be in a mainstream public school setting. Many hospital shave what is called a partial day program. The children are in this program from something like 9 to 5. They get their education in this setting from qualified Special Education teachers. Also in this setting are therapists, aides to restrain violent children (so they don't hurt themselves or others), quiet rooms (aka padded rooms) to give the child a chance to regain composure in a safe room, psychiatrists, nurses to administer medications, etc. The point of this is to give the medical people a chance to observe this child for a period of time. They can then recommend something to help the child. What I am saying is that this child is too far past any chance for you to make an impact. He needs a psychology/ psychiatry environment, not an educational one right now. Think of it as a child with diabetes (my favorite illness to compare to mental illness). If a child is in diabetic shock, or has sugar levels varying significantly frequently, the child is not ready to listen to academics or to learn. The child needs to have the medical condition stabilized before he/she can learn from the best teacher in the world.</p><p></p><p>As I said in the other post, best you can do for him educationally is to learn more techniques to handle him and to request a FBA and BIP. But in my humble opinion the best teacher in the world doesn't have the skills to handle a child this ill. And I still believe what I said in the other post about safety.</p><p></p><p>I understand that the parent doesn't see that this child's future, if he isn't killed in gang violence or OD's from self-medicating with drugs and alcohol is prison. I have a son with the same prognosis who has been receiving treatment 24/7 for 4 years with no change in prognosis. Though thankfully, mine has no interest in guns, knives, gangs or anything else of that nature. But my head is not buried in sand. Reemeber that to us as parents, to admit that our child is ill is to either acknowledge that we are a lousy parent or to admit that we also are mentally ill. Thus why so many parents live on that river in Egypt. You cannot change that. But what you can do is get the child some help in one of two ways.</p><p></p><p>First, you are a mandated reporter. If you believe that this child is being neglected you are legally obligated to call child services. While it is something of a gray area to some people, for those of us knowledgable of mental illness, to let this child go untreated is medical neglect.</p><p></p><p>Second option you have is to have this child transported by the police to a psychiatric ER for evaluation when he explodes and is violent. There are two sub categories here. One is that you call police to file assault charges against the child yourself based on physically assaulting you. You can do this at any time. The best time though is in mid-rage. The police will not deal with a child like this, they will take him to the ER. Second sub-category is to call police and ask for assistance controlling a violent child. Again, a mainstream school is not responsible for restraining a child who is violent. The correct protocol is to call the police because it is an unsafe condition.</p><p></p><p>I wish you well in whatever you choose to do. I pray that someone intervenes in this child's life in time to change his fate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 8254"] As a parent of 3 special needs boys not only do I commend you for what you're trying to do with this child but I have to say that this child is too far gone to be in a mainstream public school setting. Many hospital shave what is called a partial day program. The children are in this program from something like 9 to 5. They get their education in this setting from qualified Special Education teachers. Also in this setting are therapists, aides to restrain violent children (so they don't hurt themselves or others), quiet rooms (aka padded rooms) to give the child a chance to regain composure in a safe room, psychiatrists, nurses to administer medications, etc. The point of this is to give the medical people a chance to observe this child for a period of time. They can then recommend something to help the child. What I am saying is that this child is too far past any chance for you to make an impact. He needs a psychology/ psychiatry environment, not an educational one right now. Think of it as a child with diabetes (my favorite illness to compare to mental illness). If a child is in diabetic shock, or has sugar levels varying significantly frequently, the child is not ready to listen to academics or to learn. The child needs to have the medical condition stabilized before he/she can learn from the best teacher in the world. As I said in the other post, best you can do for him educationally is to learn more techniques to handle him and to request a FBA and BIP. But in my humble opinion the best teacher in the world doesn't have the skills to handle a child this ill. And I still believe what I said in the other post about safety. I understand that the parent doesn't see that this child's future, if he isn't killed in gang violence or OD's from self-medicating with drugs and alcohol is prison. I have a son with the same prognosis who has been receiving treatment 24/7 for 4 years with no change in prognosis. Though thankfully, mine has no interest in guns, knives, gangs or anything else of that nature. But my head is not buried in sand. Reemeber that to us as parents, to admit that our child is ill is to either acknowledge that we are a lousy parent or to admit that we also are mentally ill. Thus why so many parents live on that river in Egypt. You cannot change that. But what you can do is get the child some help in one of two ways. First, you are a mandated reporter. If you believe that this child is being neglected you are legally obligated to call child services. While it is something of a gray area to some people, for those of us knowledgable of mental illness, to let this child go untreated is medical neglect. Second option you have is to have this child transported by the police to a psychiatric ER for evaluation when he explodes and is violent. There are two sub categories here. One is that you call police to file assault charges against the child yourself based on physically assaulting you. You can do this at any time. The best time though is in mid-rage. The police will not deal with a child like this, they will take him to the ER. Second sub-category is to call police and ask for assistance controlling a violent child. Again, a mainstream school is not responsible for restraining a child who is violent. The correct protocol is to call the police because it is an unsafe condition. I wish you well in whatever you choose to do. I pray that someone intervenes in this child's life in time to change his fate. [/QUOTE]
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