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[quote=Anonymous]This is a terrible tragedy that this child is experiencing.  I'm so grateful that it was caught before any action actually occurred.  I'm equally grateful that it is shinning a light on the crappy mental health care system we have.

It sounds like these parents "did something".  They sought help, over and over again.  Yet nothing seemed to work.  These are the parents who turn to last resort program like Wilderness Therapy if they can afford it.  In the Kids with SN forum, there are always posts about how could you send your child to XYZ program.  At a certain point, you are out of options.  You are now just trying to save your kids life.  And these options are only available if you have money.

Many long term treatment facilities will only take a child if the child qualifies for medicaid or the school system is paying for it.  If you have private insurance, it's the insurance company (the payor) who determines how long you are in the facility; not the medical staff at the facility.  A reputable facility wants positive outcomes and that takes time.  If they have to discharge before a patient is ready due to lack of payment, then they won't have the good outcomes.  The good places need to know that they will get paid and be comfortable that they will be paid as long as the person needs medical treatment.

Getting long term residential placement via an IEP take a good lawyer which takes money.  Getting medicaid means your family doesn't have a lot of money and you don't have private insurance.  Some states have the Katie Becket waiver, but in Maryland, that waitlist is about 12 yrs long.

Its awful but the "good" therapeutic treatment occurs within the prison systems. My kid has explosive behaviors and I won't even consider a therapist that has not worked in a juvenile detention facility---run of the mill community therapists just don't get it.

I hope the child finally gets the help they need and the communities can begin to understand that some parents are doing everything that they can and it's still not enough.  They are blocked by the system. [/quote]

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