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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 156853" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks, Susie! I don't think the GAL means harm- it's the county paying her fee and she is swamped with cases so I guess she is spending minimal time on each one (you know these people- the ones who know better than the parents LOL!) Anyway, I am educating her as fast as I can. She can make rash decisions, though and that scares me.</p><p>I wouldn't have even called her over this if the judge had written up as "difficult child must comply with psychiatrist's recommendations" but, since she listed psychiatrist by name, then I felt I should call if I was thinking about changing psychiatrists.</p><p></p><p>The thing I really wish they all could see- the problem isn;t that I won't comply with treatment and difficult child does, except for a few bumps periodically, the problem is that adequate mental health treatment is not there. At least, I haven't been able to find anything that I can provide in between the 15 min psychiatrist appts. every 3 weeks (at best) and acute hospitalization. I am worried that gal will say, then just send difficult child to state psychiatric hospital. That is 3 hours away and the kids are up there in bad conditions and treatment is delayed due to beauracracy and really, I think he just needs an adequate (experienced in BiPolar (BP)) therapist and maybe partial hospitilazation for a few weeks or 2-3 mos at most. The gal tends to look at what the county can provide, then pick something. Not looking at what difficult child needs and asks if it is available and advocate for it if it isn't ready available- like I think she should be doing. The big pressure is coming from difficult child's court dates in 3 weeks for the judge to determine his sentence and if he can remain at home, if he needs to stay on probation, should she turn him over to state dept. of corrections (who can put him in state psychiatric hospital), etc. i already know, ss and psychiatrists and tdocs have confirmed- the state cannot provide more for him than I can. My concern is that the GAL isn't well enough informed to know that- so she could recommend it anyway- and the judge will listen to her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 156853, member: 3699"] Thanks, Susie! I don't think the GAL means harm- it's the county paying her fee and she is swamped with cases so I guess she is spending minimal time on each one (you know these people- the ones who know better than the parents LOL!) Anyway, I am educating her as fast as I can. She can make rash decisions, though and that scares me. I wouldn't have even called her over this if the judge had written up as "difficult child must comply with psychiatrist's recommendations" but, since she listed psychiatrist by name, then I felt I should call if I was thinking about changing psychiatrists. The thing I really wish they all could see- the problem isn;t that I won't comply with treatment and difficult child does, except for a few bumps periodically, the problem is that adequate mental health treatment is not there. At least, I haven't been able to find anything that I can provide in between the 15 min psychiatrist appts. every 3 weeks (at best) and acute hospitalization. I am worried that gal will say, then just send difficult child to state psychiatric hospital. That is 3 hours away and the kids are up there in bad conditions and treatment is delayed due to beauracracy and really, I think he just needs an adequate (experienced in BiPolar (BP)) therapist and maybe partial hospitilazation for a few weeks or 2-3 mos at most. The gal tends to look at what the county can provide, then pick something. Not looking at what difficult child needs and asks if it is available and advocate for it if it isn't ready available- like I think she should be doing. The big pressure is coming from difficult child's court dates in 3 weeks for the judge to determine his sentence and if he can remain at home, if he needs to stay on probation, should she turn him over to state dept. of corrections (who can put him in state psychiatric hospital), etc. i already know, ss and psychiatrists and tdocs have confirmed- the state cannot provide more for him than I can. My concern is that the GAL isn't well enough informed to know that- so she could recommend it anyway- and the judge will listen to her. [/QUOTE]
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