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.

Parent teacher conference for David

Positive comments regarding David at the conferences tonight. He still doesn’t like mathematics. Does well in reading, writing and art. Does well in PE.  And then the primary teacher said “we have told David that if he doesn’t behave, they are going to call an IEP meeting with his home school in Garrison.” Not sure we agree with that considering all of the problems we had there. And I am sure the local school doesn’t want David any where near their building. Tweet #fighting4answrs

obstinate and non-compliant

Received a call today from staff at the residential facility where David lives.  Evidently he got sent back to residence for being non-compliant in the classroom.   From there, things escalated. Once back at the cottage, David was angry.  Started digging in the cupboards that contained belongings of other residents.  Name calling, yelling, verbal threats against staff.  Evidently David thinks that he can get people fired now, as well threatening to kill them. David ended up being restrained in the time out room.  When the cottage social worker contacted me to let me know that they had to restrain  him to keep him from hurting himself or others, I could hear David in the background yelling at staff. The cottage is doing the same things that I would have ended up doing here at home with David.  Many times I have had to restrain David because he was a danger to

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Identity issues

Since David’s placement I have experieced something of an identity crisis. For a long time our lives were all about him.  David did this. David did that. David needs to see his psychiatrist. David needs a different med. David assaulted so and so. David poisoned the dog. David took.  Somedays I am lost without him getting into things and causing trouble.  Other days I am so very thankful for the residential placement that he is in now. Today we are staffing David at the residential faciility. Maybe Tweet #fighting4answrs