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most of 36 hours with no attitude.

We had most of 36 hours with no attitude. Attitude started this morning a little bit before mom and brothers came home. plateaued and then escalated quickly at bedtime. David says, “I am mentally unstable, can you just take me to the hospital?” No, is my reply So he starts pushing buttons. In the end, after 15 minutes of buttons, I put my headphones on. Wrong answer. “You guys knew what I was when you adopted me.” he stated with a complete lack of emotion. “At least in the hospital they let me sleep in my own bed”. he says. Right now, David and I are camping in a room together. He isn’t sleeping in his bedroom because it is off of mom’s office and he can’t leave anything alone. That and he likes to steal things and hide them in his room. He has a comfortable bed separate from

Is Family Disruption Necessary in ND in Order for Children to Receive Long Term Residential Mental Health Care?

Say that I wanted to analyze the propensity of ND Medicaid to refuse funding beyond 365 days for PRTF/RTC level care. A component of this could include the psychiatrists telling parents that the best way to get the care a child needs is give up custody of their child. In part because in the psychiatrists experience the only way children receive the care required is through the voluntary disruption of parental custody. So question: Do children in state custody receive more than 365 days of inpatient mental health care paid for by ND Medicaid? Now given that this is a vulnerable population,how do I go about obtaining the data that I need? Follow-up questions could include: How many children in state custody for treatment of mental health issues ultimately end up in prison? Is the cost of care per child lower while the child is in custody of the state

hope and aspirations

I think that David would make an incredible attorney. He has unlimited energy and a quest for the answer. He can ask the same question ten different ways, and about subjects completely unrelated to the question. He can hear through walls and ignore things 2 feet in front of his face. So many questions, so few answers. Where did I put my headphones? Actually, to be fair, he has been incredibly good today. Although the day isn’t over, I am holding out for continued positive behavior. Tweet #fighting4answrs