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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 695642" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Some resources in your state (most, if not all, will be at no cost to you, at least in my experience):</p><p></p><p>For Special Education advocacy - These types of organizations have been, in my experience, always the *very* best: <a href="http://www.tnstep.org/about/story.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.tnstep.org/about/story.aspx</a></p><p></p><p>Another children's advocacy agency - geared toward children with mental illness: <a href="http://www.tnvoices.org/programs/" target="_blank">http://www.tnvoices.org/programs/</a></p><p></p><p>This is the federally funded (I think) protection and advocacy group in TN - check out the resources tab: <a href="http://www.disabilityrightstn.org/" target="_blank">http://www.disabilityrightstn.org/</a></p><p></p><p>Also good old ARC - <a href="https://www.thearctn.org/Resources.php" target="_blank">https://www.thearctn.org/Resources.php</a></p><p></p><p>Protection and advocacy group that is state funded - <a href="https://www.semel.ucla.edu/nadc/support-resource/tennessee-protection-advocacy-project" target="_blank">https://www.semel.ucla.edu/nadc/support-resource/tennessee-protection-advocacy-project</a></p><p></p><p>It is daunting, and can be frustrating, but take good notes and call everyone you are referred to. You don't have to be an attorney. Just be the warrior mom you've been all along <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/warrior.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":warrior:" title="warrior :warrior:" data-shortname=":warrior:" /> When necessary, don your rhino skin (thick enough to survive the dimmest of bureaucrats/most out of control raging challenging kid, LOL) and keep on going.</p><p></p><p>You've already done an excellent job - especially in keeping on top of the most current information and disseminating it to the folks who need to know. Unfortunately, it sounds like you are going to have to stay on top of his therapist (not uncommon in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) settings), but... you are doing a great job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 695642, member: 8"] Some resources in your state (most, if not all, will be at no cost to you, at least in my experience): For Special Education advocacy - These types of organizations have been, in my experience, always the *very* best: [URL]http://www.tnstep.org/about/story.aspx[/URL] Another children's advocacy agency - geared toward children with mental illness: [URL]http://www.tnvoices.org/programs/[/URL] This is the federally funded (I think) protection and advocacy group in TN - check out the resources tab: [URL]http://www.disabilityrightstn.org/[/URL] Also good old ARC - [URL]https://www.thearctn.org/Resources.php[/URL] Protection and advocacy group that is state funded - [URL]https://www.semel.ucla.edu/nadc/support-resource/tennessee-protection-advocacy-project[/URL] It is daunting, and can be frustrating, but take good notes and call everyone you are referred to. You don't have to be an attorney. Just be the warrior mom you've been all along :warrior: When necessary, don your rhino skin (thick enough to survive the dimmest of bureaucrats/most out of control raging challenging kid, LOL) and keep on going. You've already done an excellent job - especially in keeping on top of the most current information and disseminating it to the folks who need to know. Unfortunately, it sounds like you are going to have to stay on top of his therapist (not uncommon in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) settings), but... you are doing a great job. [/QUOTE]
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