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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been in your shoes with a violent kid. Resources are scarce and even scarcer of you can’t private pay. Our costs were over $12k per month before covid so I am not sure where you’re getting $4k.

If school is not a resource and health insurance is not a resource and private pay is not a resource, the only two things I can think of are these. Heavy duty medication or take a peace order out against your child and CPS and the juvenile justice system will have to step in.

I’m sorry. This was the worst thing we went through. I took a peace order out once and the police took my kid to the hospital. I refused to pick him up so they admitted him. I then arranged for a residential program but I had to get him there myself which was pretty scary. I arranged a service to be back up and rescue us if I could not get him there. If he had gone via the juvenile justice system they would have transported him but I wanted a specific program so I dropped the charges. [/quote]
How is your son now?[/quote]

Thank you for asking. He is doing well. We had a very difficult four or so years and it kind of set him back A few years when it comes to moving from teen to young adult. Most kids his age are in their first or second year in college and he’s working and getting ready to start at community college but not really sure what he wants to do. He has some learning disabilities in addition to mental health issues so it’s not an easy path.

He still has weekly therapy and medications and that keeps him stable. This past year we’ve seen big improvement with anger issues and with taking personal responsibility for his actions and the consequences of his actions. And the crippling depression isn’t happening anymore - there’s still depression but not the kind that keeps him in bed with the covers over his head for days on end. Age and maturity really help. [/quote]

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