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<blockquote data-quote="Tired Mom" data-source="post: 644224" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>Hi Nancy - The program my difficult child is in was 30 days intensive outpatient transitioning to 3 days week for 30 days and then after that 1 day a week. After the first 30 days difficult child was supposed to find a job which he hasn't done yet. We are at about 60 days into the program. He is more than 1,000 miles away so we can't help to much directly. I have sent him a resume and tried to help him. I told him to make copies of the resume I sent him since it is a good summary of addresses, dates, phone numbers even for places that want him till fill out an application which he didn't do he just gave the resume to the one place where he interviewed. He doesn't have access to a computer. We tried to talk him into getting a library card while we were there but he wouldn't do it. Online to me it looked as though it would be difficult for him to get a library card so without us I don't think it will happen. His counselor told me today that he said he now wants to get a library card. I will be happy if he does follow through but he isn't good at following up especially if it is a difficult process.</p><p></p><p>He has worked at two food service jobs before where he made min wage and then one construction job where he made a little more. About a month before OD he started saying he wanted to go back to school to finish his culinary program. I think he found the food service jobs easier then construction. Neither my husband nor I really think that Chef would be the best path for him but since it is his idea and he kept his grades high enough to stay in the program we have supported it.</p><p></p><p>He doesn't have social skills. He really doesn't have the ability to carry on a conversation. Even though I know he really really wants a job it requires talking and it just isn't easy for him. As an example at his first job they messed up his name on paycheck and rather than his last name they had his middle name. It made it difficult to cash his checks. My husband asked him multiple times to ask to have it fixed. I think for most anyone that should have been easy to do and they would have wanted it fixed. I would think just to get my husband to stop bugging him he would have done it but he wouldn't or couldn't do it.</p><p></p><p>If there were no drugs and no legal problems my husband and I would be happy if he just had a min wage job and lived at home. We are struggling on what we are going to do in May when halfway ends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tired Mom, post: 644224, member: 18222"] Hi Nancy - The program my difficult child is in was 30 days intensive outpatient transitioning to 3 days week for 30 days and then after that 1 day a week. After the first 30 days difficult child was supposed to find a job which he hasn't done yet. We are at about 60 days into the program. He is more than 1,000 miles away so we can't help to much directly. I have sent him a resume and tried to help him. I told him to make copies of the resume I sent him since it is a good summary of addresses, dates, phone numbers even for places that want him till fill out an application which he didn't do he just gave the resume to the one place where he interviewed. He doesn't have access to a computer. We tried to talk him into getting a library card while we were there but he wouldn't do it. Online to me it looked as though it would be difficult for him to get a library card so without us I don't think it will happen. His counselor told me today that he said he now wants to get a library card. I will be happy if he does follow through but he isn't good at following up especially if it is a difficult process. He has worked at two food service jobs before where he made min wage and then one construction job where he made a little more. About a month before OD he started saying he wanted to go back to school to finish his culinary program. I think he found the food service jobs easier then construction. Neither my husband nor I really think that Chef would be the best path for him but since it is his idea and he kept his grades high enough to stay in the program we have supported it. He doesn't have social skills. He really doesn't have the ability to carry on a conversation. Even though I know he really really wants a job it requires talking and it just isn't easy for him. As an example at his first job they messed up his name on paycheck and rather than his last name they had his middle name. It made it difficult to cash his checks. My husband asked him multiple times to ask to have it fixed. I think for most anyone that should have been easy to do and they would have wanted it fixed. I would think just to get my husband to stop bugging him he would have done it but he wouldn't or couldn't do it. If there were no drugs and no legal problems my husband and I would be happy if he just had a min wage job and lived at home. We are struggling on what we are going to do in May when halfway ends. [/QUOTE]
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