I know I've posted about my frustrations before...and wondering whether it's OK to "give up" on my difficult child...
but I really feel as though we are reaching the end-of-the-line.
The Behavior Therapist was fired in December. This was right after my meeting with the Supervisor (the meeting that I thought went so well). And now, I've had the January meeting with the Supervisor...and I learn that despite everything we discussed last month - respite services are STILL not available...and it will be a good little while before the Supervisor will be able to find a new therapist to work with difficult child.
I told Supervisor that we need a person who is experienced with difficult children! I told Supervisor that I need a person who knows more than I do. To which Supervisor jumped at - and immediately offered parenting classes---AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!
NO - not parenting class! I need a person who has more knowledge and experience than we do in handling a person with this set of diagnoses...
Oh! Well...
And then it's the same old song and dance: these things take time; lack of funding; short-handed; waiting-list; yadda; yadda; yadda...
And then the Supervisor actually asked me: Now that I have met with her a few times, do I now have a whole new level of confidence in the program?
My answer? NO. I told her that quite frankly, this whole adventure has been nothing but a 'comedy of errors' and the person losing out in all of this is difficult child!
Well, Supervisor wanted to assure me that everything was different now (even though it all sounds exactly the same!)...
Meanwhile...
therapist is leaving. So difficult child will have to start with somebody new.
difficult child turns 17 before the school year ends.
The school year ends in May...the new therapist and new Behavior Therapist will probably not be in place before the end of school.
So really? Really??? We're supposed to start all over again with a new therapist and a new behavior therapist and a new psychiatrist at age 17? Back to square one - AGAIN????
I'm thinking it's time to just withdraw difficult child from the State/County programs. It's all just smoke and mirrors at this point...
but I really feel as though we are reaching the end-of-the-line.
The Behavior Therapist was fired in December. This was right after my meeting with the Supervisor (the meeting that I thought went so well). And now, I've had the January meeting with the Supervisor...and I learn that despite everything we discussed last month - respite services are STILL not available...and it will be a good little while before the Supervisor will be able to find a new therapist to work with difficult child.
I told Supervisor that we need a person who is experienced with difficult children! I told Supervisor that I need a person who knows more than I do. To which Supervisor jumped at - and immediately offered parenting classes---AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!
NO - not parenting class! I need a person who has more knowledge and experience than we do in handling a person with this set of diagnoses...
Oh! Well...
And then it's the same old song and dance: these things take time; lack of funding; short-handed; waiting-list; yadda; yadda; yadda...
And then the Supervisor actually asked me: Now that I have met with her a few times, do I now have a whole new level of confidence in the program?
My answer? NO. I told her that quite frankly, this whole adventure has been nothing but a 'comedy of errors' and the person losing out in all of this is difficult child!
Well, Supervisor wanted to assure me that everything was different now (even though it all sounds exactly the same!)...
Meanwhile...
therapist is leaving. So difficult child will have to start with somebody new.
difficult child turns 17 before the school year ends.
The school year ends in May...the new therapist and new Behavior Therapist will probably not be in place before the end of school.
So really? Really??? We're supposed to start all over again with a new therapist and a new behavior therapist and a new psychiatrist at age 17? Back to square one - AGAIN????
I'm thinking it's time to just withdraw difficult child from the State/County programs. It's all just smoke and mirrors at this point...