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<blockquote data-quote="Robinboots" data-source="post: 347170" data-attributes="member: 4542"><p>Please, please, please be proactive with this!</p><p></p><p>My GFG17 sounds a lot like yours. He finally went to detention a year ago, March 1, for hitting me. I didn't care that he hit me, because with all the issues and police calls, etc., I could get NO ONE to believe there was something wrong. He was in detention for 3 weeks, there were 3 days each week I could visit. He didn't want me to at first, I went anyway; he was verbally abusive, I sat there and took it. He was home for 9 days and then accused my husband of abuse, so went to foster care for 6 months. Part of the reason he was in the system for so long was that judge was giving US a break after all the hearings were done and the truth came out.</p><p></p><p>While he was in detention, they did psychiatric evaluations, etc. Told me there was "nothing" wrong with him. He was 16 1/2. Six months later, when the judge ordered him back home, the court therapist re-checked the reports and lo and behold, the psychologist HAD indicated that SOMEthing was probably wrong with him. We lost SIX months of treatment, and they would NOT send him to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) at 17 because treatment typically takes more than one year. I am beyond livid. </p><p></p><p>So he came home, I took him to a psychiatrist and he started Risperdone. MUCH less violent, major difference. No affect on his other issues tho, but he has a diagnosis of CD. I fully expect it to change to ASPD when he turns 18. I often wonder how things would be different now if they had freakin LISTENED to me. Guess I didn't do enough. Mom guilt and all, ya know?</p><p></p><p>I don't know where he is right now...he took off, came back, took off. Court is March 16. So far the judge has done nothing re his taking off, or his breaking into our home. We'll see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robinboots, post: 347170, member: 4542"] Please, please, please be proactive with this! My GFG17 sounds a lot like yours. He finally went to detention a year ago, March 1, for hitting me. I didn't care that he hit me, because with all the issues and police calls, etc., I could get NO ONE to believe there was something wrong. He was in detention for 3 weeks, there were 3 days each week I could visit. He didn't want me to at first, I went anyway; he was verbally abusive, I sat there and took it. He was home for 9 days and then accused my husband of abuse, so went to foster care for 6 months. Part of the reason he was in the system for so long was that judge was giving US a break after all the hearings were done and the truth came out. While he was in detention, they did psychiatric evaluations, etc. Told me there was "nothing" wrong with him. He was 16 1/2. Six months later, when the judge ordered him back home, the court therapist re-checked the reports and lo and behold, the psychologist HAD indicated that SOMEthing was probably wrong with him. We lost SIX months of treatment, and they would NOT send him to an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) at 17 because treatment typically takes more than one year. I am beyond livid. So he came home, I took him to a psychiatrist and he started Risperdone. MUCH less violent, major difference. No affect on his other issues tho, but he has a diagnosis of CD. I fully expect it to change to ASPD when he turns 18. I often wonder how things would be different now if they had freakin LISTENED to me. Guess I didn't do enough. Mom guilt and all, ya know? I don't know where he is right now...he took off, came back, took off. Court is March 16. So far the judge has done nothing re his taking off, or his breaking into our home. We'll see. [/QUOTE]
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