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Question by Michelle: Trying to get a kid a IEP or placement for day treatment?
I am family advocate and am having trouble getting a mom help at her school, Her daughter has been DX with major depression, a few other things and it is was all caused by a trauma she went thru… sexual abuse by a family member. she is having a very hard time in school, she was in the 80’s now in the 60’s and misses school because she has a hard time facing other people. she has dr’s saying she needs day treatment instead of goingto a regular school, all the support she would need are right there at day treatment. the school did an eval on her but said she is not qualified for special education, they put a 504 plan in place but it is not working that great and the young girl is having alot of difficulty. the school told the mom that if them mom disclosed what trauma the girl had suffered they would consider day treatment. mom does not feel the school has any business knowing what happen as long as they are aware she has suffered trauma and has all the diagnosis’s from her dr’s. mom and I are trying to get her an IEP under the catagory Emotional disturbances, which i feel she falls under, or other mental health but the school just wont do it. Any help or any advice????
I never said I was a special ed advocate 1st of all, I said I was a FAMILY ADVOCATE.. I advocate for the parents, I go to family court, go to CSE meeting to help support the parents. I do not agree that mom does not want to tell the school what her daughters trauma was, i am not in that place to tell them either I do know IDEA.. Wrights law and thats not what I was asking, I am fully aware of the evaluation process for an IEP or 504 plan, I am fully aware that even though mom did not agree with the eval done at the school she can request an IEE at the schools expence by provider that the mom chooses even if the school does not want that evaluator. I amd fulyl aware of child find and all the other special ed laws out there so before you say things know your facts so you dont look like an idiot. An FYI she went from 85’s to 60’s and the school still says they dont see a problem with that, I do!! pretty clear her mental state is effecting her learning it does not take a genius to

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Answer by CathyD
Keep pushing the school. And keep calling over heads who tell you no. I don’t believe the school needs yo know what the trauma is. You have Dr confirmation saying she has x issue and needs x treatment. The school has no business in her medical record more then you allow.

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Jack Conway | Treating drug abuse essential
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Question by : Why are my parents doing this to me ? Help please !!?
Yes, my parents are literally ruining my life. They are sending me to what they call a “residential treatment centre” for four or more months. They think I can’t handle my “problems” on my own. They are sending me there for OCD, which I have been living with my whole life so why should anything help now; PTSD just because every once in a while I will have a bad dream about my best friend who died; and for eating disorders, and while did have anorexia for two years and bulimia for one year I am seeing a therapist and it’s helping so much. All I have done is improved for all of these symptoms in the past few months, so why did they decide to all of the sudden send me to a “residential treatment center” in Illinois? I don’t think they realize how much worse that’s going to make everything. When my life is unstable that tends to trigger my OCD severely and I start to purge again too. And you can’t get any more unstable than sending me from Georgia to Illinois to a mental facility with no one I know and all alone. And on top of that, my brother’s wedding is in a month and I was suppose to be a bridesmaid. I’m supposed to be at this place until at least January if not later and there’s no way they can reschedule just for me. I’m going to miss a huge milestone in my family all because of my parents. I made an elite club volleyball team and now I have to give up my position because of this. To top it all off, my birthday is on Sunday and I’m leaving Friday. I can’t believe this. I’m only almost fifteen and it’s not like I’m a social outcast just because I have a few issues. I have a social life, friends, good grades. Why do they think this is so good for me if I am already improving so well just with my therapist? How do I convince them by Friday to let me stay home with my family and friends and my older sister and older brother who mean so much to me? I seriously might go through depression if they do this. Help how do I tell them to let me stay?!

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Answer by Bianca
Get your parents to read everything you just typed right here ^ that’s crazy! or talk to them I know you’re gonna be like wtf but really you should talk to them or get your brothers and sisters to help have them help you convince your parents. That’s like the best thing you can do ?..:/ Sorry

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Rosecrance wants triage, crisis residential services at one Rockford address
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