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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, I had the same reaction, but if the program was an hour away, she would be gone from 3:30 to 8:30. That’s a really difficult time to find child care for other children as a single parent household. If they are younger, that might be most of their waking, non-school hours. I could see decisions about trade offs going either way. [/quote]

Mom of a seriously mentally I have a child with multiple hospitalizations, multiple (unsuccessful) suicide attempts, many different IOPs and PHPs, many different medications, two residential treatment stays and was in a public non mainstream in MCPS.  I also have two other kids. So I know the challenges.

[b]I found a few things that bothered me. The declination of PHP due to inconvenient hours, declining what had to have been RICA due to it not being at pretty enough, and not wanting to spent money on care - no sympathies for a neuro and a lawyer. [/b]

I get that it’s really hard. I remember crying the first time I had to leave my kid in the hospital. I couldn’t make it to work that day, I was such a mess. I remember playing the game with MC Crisis and almost losing because right after they cleared my kid, another suicide attempt. And I get that it’s extra tough because her kid is only 10. But some of their choices don’t make sense. [/quote]

Agreed. Also the "fancier neighborhoods than ours" -- a doctor and a lawyer?? GMAFB.  It's a terrible, terrible road, that's for sure. But why haven't they done residential? They could send their kid to St Vincent's in Timonium, for instance, using insurance. They don't have to go out of state or go through schools. There are other options. [/quote]

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