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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 328071" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Our most common abbreviation is "difficult child", which means "gift from God"- as in, the challenging child that brought us here. There is a list of common abbreviations on the FAQ section of the board.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for explaining a bit more. If money is tight and privately placing your child in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or anywhere is out of the question due to finances, then your only chance is thru the legal system- except I just thought of one other way. Well, maybe two, depending on your state law. 1) We have what is called "parental placement" here which allows a parent to sign an agreement with social services (DSS) allowing them to place him at a certain place and the parent still keeps parental rights and can take custody back whenever they want. 2) If the difficult child is on medicaid, you can sometimes get more treatment paid for by them. This might take getting him placed somewhere (like a hospital) for 6 weeks so you can change the type or level of medicaid he has to be based on his income alone (that's why he has to be out of the house for 6 weeks), then medicaid might pay for Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I don't know how much, if any, that varies from state to state.</p><p></p><p>As far as the legal approach, do a google search for "juvenile intake" or "juveniles entering the juvenile justice system" for your state or county/city. They call it different things in different areas. Usually though, there is a way for a parent to get the child in the system. The people in the system can take over the lives of everyone in the family but it might be the best bet for getting your difficult child into a treatment center. Or, look in your phone book under juvenile probation or something like that and call and asked them how to get their involvement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 328071, member: 3699"] Our most common abbreviation is "difficult child", which means "gift from God"- as in, the challenging child that brought us here. There is a list of common abbreviations on the FAQ section of the board. Thanks for explaining a bit more. If money is tight and privately placing your child in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or anywhere is out of the question due to finances, then your only chance is thru the legal system- except I just thought of one other way. Well, maybe two, depending on your state law. 1) We have what is called "parental placement" here which allows a parent to sign an agreement with social services (DSS) allowing them to place him at a certain place and the parent still keeps parental rights and can take custody back whenever they want. 2) If the difficult child is on medicaid, you can sometimes get more treatment paid for by them. This might take getting him placed somewhere (like a hospital) for 6 weeks so you can change the type or level of medicaid he has to be based on his income alone (that's why he has to be out of the house for 6 weeks), then medicaid might pay for Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I don't know how much, if any, that varies from state to state. As far as the legal approach, do a google search for "juvenile intake" or "juveniles entering the juvenile justice system" for your state or county/city. They call it different things in different areas. Usually though, there is a way for a parent to get the child in the system. The people in the system can take over the lives of everyone in the family but it might be the best bet for getting your difficult child into a treatment center. Or, look in your phone book under juvenile probation or something like that and call and asked them how to get their involvement. [/QUOTE]
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