Reply to Did you have a DC return to boarding school/college

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Did you have a DC return to boarding school/college"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The antipsychotics don’t resolve all issues, never mind the side effects, at least for most patients.

I don’t really think a psychiatrist with a 15-minute visit is able to determine whether or not your kid can go back. You should check that the academic skills are in place, and that they’re not having ADHD problems or lower energy. [/quote]

What if the psychiatrist is seeing the patient on a regular basis? [/quote]

For me as a parent, if the student wants to return and the psychiatrist & therapist support it and have helped student develop a specific plan, then I, as the parent, am going to support it, even if I privately fear failure.

It isn't my job to protect my mentally ill child from failure. It is my job to say it's OK to try and fail and to pick up and try again.

I heard a NAMI peer presentation from someone who had to drop out 2-3 times from undergrad due to bipolar but ended up graduating from that global top university. I'm sure in the middle of it all plenty of people doubted whether she was right to continue. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics