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Hi all - I am wondering if any of you live in CA, and have successfully gotten your child services thru Regional Centers? How do they decide who they accept? Any advice?

Hi. I wonder if anyone can point me to a good resource to learn more about schizophrenia? My son is finally under the county's care. I guess after a few too many trips to the ER, the system thankfully takes notice. He was living in a group home for a few weeks, stopped taking Risperdal, and...

last night the voices in my son's head told him to kill himself. he took a handful ? of aspirin and called 911. (he lives with his dad) the ambulance and police came. i spent all day sitting by his bedside, being there. he didn't talk much at all, he's a very quiet person. but when the nurse...

I am just curious. Is it just me? So my daughter agreed to do intake at a psychiatry/therapy practice. One of those larger places that take medi-caid. So it was like a parent interview w one lady, 3 intake sessions w this other therapist. My daughter agreed, because she wants medications. She, to be...

he thinks there is a chip in his head and the government is listening to his thoughts. i am on the phone w him. any advice? he is not high.

Hi. Ok, this post is about my youngest daughter, who is a sweetheart. (Yay!) She is extremely anxious, probably agoraphobic, she has autism, upper average intelligence, and just holes up in her room. Her old psychiatrist wouldn't prescribe anything but Prozac, even tho she was not functional...

I just want to share. I started going to NAMI (finally!!!). It is just a friendly class, information sharing and support for people who are close to someone w a mental illness. Or for someone who has one. There is no dogma, or religiosity at all. What I learned is the mean behavior often is...

Hi. My daughter is 16.5, severe social anxiety. She is also depressed. She is on 60 mg Prozac for about 2 years. I don't think it is working at all. She is now enrolled in a non public school but has only gone one day in two weeks, plus anther day that she "eloped" after 2 hours. Her...

Hi all. Do any of you struggle with guilt? I have two difficult kids - one my son w the autism like traits and maybe "perseverative" is the word for his obsession w growing marijuana. On his terms. My daughter has autism and extreme social anxiety. Both are high average iq. I feel guilty because...

if he was in treatment from january until late september of 2016? the school paid. then he was released to me. i think it is a No..., right?

My daughter, who is not the reason I am here has an IEP meeting tomorrow. She is 17. When she was 13, she stopped attending her school, too anxious, I took her for an evaluation, and she ended up in day treatment for anxiety, and was never able to attend regular school again, despite attempts.That was...

hi! I want to get your thoughts - I work in a sped classroom - first grade-ish; kids have pretty severe needs. Anyway the teacher and two of the aides (there are like 4 or 5 of us) just talk pretty much all day. About...life, love, what they did over the weekend, recipes, gossip, they mock...

hi. I have posted here before and i am so grateful to all the advice and encouragement. I guess I need more. My son was released from the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) in September. They were very clear that he was to go with me, and not his dad. But he would see his dad on weekends. My son is almost 18. He has autistic...

ok, my son has been at an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) since winter. he is on a home visit.the plan was for him to be w me. (his dad and i divorced when he was in kindergarten.) he ended up staying at his dad's. I visited him at his Residential Treatment Center (RTC), and we have been having family therapy sessions over the phone since he was...

hi all. thank you ALL for being here for me on this very emotional week. Monday I got home after visiting my son at his Residential Treatment Center (RTC). His diagnosis over the years - Conduct Disorder, Cannabis Addiction, Schizophreniform, Major Depressive Disorder with Possible Psychosis. His behavior got out of control...

I just got back from visiting my son in his residential treatment center in another state. He is doing very well. Very well. But then when I got back I reread his psychiatric evaluations from over the years, since he was 13 and changed so drastically. I am not sure my son has a conscience anymore. But he...

omg. So I am seeing a therapist and she is helping me see that i was verbally abused during my marriage. I have been divorced for years now. I never thought verbal abuse was a big deal, but i was reading a book about it, and had this weird physical reaction, shaking and feeling like i needed to...

hi all I am new here. I have a long sad story, of course. My son is almost 17 and finally has been put in a pretty nice (looks like it from the website) residential treatment center by his school district. They said until he is 18. I am beyond grateful. When we have talked on the phone, he was...