Category Archives: Mental Health

Articles relating to mental health are in this category. Typically they will fall into one of two categories. Yours, or your child’s. Yes, your mental health is important.

Explosive Visit With David Today.

We saw David today.  The plan was a two hour visit.  We were there 20 minutes. The argument started because David decided that he wanted to be obstinate.  I was getting the situation defused when David decided that he was done with the visit and took off down the hallway.  I had to go after him to ensure that he didn’t get into anything he wasn’t supposed to.  Once he was outside, I hollered for him to stop and talk to me.  He was about half a city block away and picking up speed.  Staff at this point was coming out of the residence.  So I told them that he was running away from us. In his anger, he left behind all of his toys.  So his sister brought them out to the door by his cottage.  David erupted.  Said that she was stealing his stuff.  His sister engaged and

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Happy PRTF Placement Anniversary

David has been in his current placement for a whole year.  How fast a year has gone. We have had numerous challenges this year. Changes in meds. struggles with school. Changes in diagnosis. Changes in the treatment plan. Changes in the IEP. Unsubstantiated reports of inappropriate behavior toward David. Aggressive behaviors from David. Manic mood swings. It has been challenging to say the least.  Now, with a new placement on the horizon, I am starting to feel like we are more or less just along for the ride. It is odd, they report “new” behaviors, that we told them about a year ago when he was first placed there. Related articles Frustrated with Frustrating PRTF’s and Frustration with Bureaucracy (whynotfathers.com) PRTF Update and sadness (whynotfathers.com) Medicaid policy change? (whynotfathers.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

David – Attention seeking or something more?

We received the following update about David. David began acting out last night around 20:00. David was licking his hands and wiping them on furniture and the white board. Staff directed David to wash his hands. He complied at first, but repeated the behavior multiple times in an attention seeking manner. We attempted to ignore the behavior, but David did not stop. He was given a grounding after he refused his academies. David ran into his room and began banging on his door. Staff opened his door to make sure David was not banging his head and offered David his brushing and weighted blanket. David refused. David ran to the other side of the cottage. Staff prompted David to return to his side of the cottage, per his safety plan. David complied. David ran into his room and began banging against the wall, telling staff it was his head. Staff

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