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David is worried

David called. I could sense the worry in his voice. The first thing he asked about was what goals he needed to have so that he could stay at his current location rather than being moved to the new facility. Rather than going elsewhere, he would rather come home. David is still too volatile to bring home. We don’t know from minute to minute how he is going to be. He can be good for a week or two, and then turn violent or aggressive with little notice. He needs so much attention that they have one person staffing him. They change this person roughly every three hours. If that is the case, how could I possibly hope to handle him at home? So we talked about goals. I told him that he needs to develop his own goals. I could offer advice, but ultimately the goals are his. In

Facility Transfer and Medication Changes

Today we had our visit with David. He was uncooperative at first. So mom and I explained to him that his transfer to a facility out of state is pending. He asked us why. So we explained that since he is not listening, not working his program, antagonistic to his peers and generally uncooperative, that the current facility wants us to transfer him to another more restrictive facility. He said he doesn’t want to move. For the record, we don’t want him to move either. More on that in a bit. We asked him what he wants for Christmas, as we may need to celebrate Christmas early with him if the transfer goes through before Christmas. His response broke our hearts. “I want to stay here, I don’t want to move there.” All in all, it ended up being a positive visit. As we returned him to the residence, I

Bed Available!

Today, we received notification from David’s current residential placement that there is a bed open at another facility. Evidently, David has been accepted at this other facility, and we have to call them. Now. we haven’t made application to the other facility. So I called the other facility and asked how they can accept David if we haven’t made application yet. Waiting to hear back from them now. It frustrates me that we can continually ask why he needs to be moved, the only thing that they say is that he needs more one on one staff and increased structure. We are not in favor of his placement at any other facilities. However, since David’s placement is parental, rather than judicial, we may not have a choice. It isn’t safe to bring him home, and if the facility wants to, they could discharge him tomorrow. David has abandonment issues. How