PS to Re: Help me understand my five year old

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In my dd's regular high school she is in a program that has mental health

services as part of it. A therapist comes to the school 3 days a week and does

both individual and group therapy with the kids specifically in this program.

The program is specifically for kids with neurobiological illnesses and is

considered a special ed program. Each kid has to have an IEP to be involved. It

has been a good fit for my dd who has both bipolar and OCD. I am not sure if

they have the same type programs in the younger grades, though, because she

didn't need those services back then. Stormy

Subject: PS to Re: Help me understand my five year old

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Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 11:56 AM

Jordana, well I was thinking of non-school providers. But, yes, if

school qualifies them, they can get services there. Not like ABA

though, unless in a special classroom set up for that (younger

kids). Generally there's a mix of dx/kids in the special

ed/alternate classes here. And the only school therapies are really

OT and speech...maybe PT. Behaviorally, it seems it's more

accommodations and modifications, IEP goals, behavior plan, etc., a

1:1 aide if needed and lucky to get one. For schools here, their

goal to educate not treat, mental health is referred to outside

sources (or have sources who see them at school), though they should

all work together as a team. Ahhh, don't get me going on this topic,

LOL, lots more to improve around here although they are working on

it. I help out as a " secretary " to a collaborative of agencies and

providers for youth/kids getting mental health services. The

providers work with the school system but it's still " separate " . Hope

I didn't get too confusing, trying to explain that.

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> I guess it differs by location.  Here you can get the services

through your local school district, and she could get some behavioral

therapy, a la ABA, from them as well.  

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Stormy, that sounds great! Don't think they have that here. They

have what they call " day treatment " programs but those are like a

different school setting. Don't know that they do what your school

does for just the typical/regular high school setting/location. I

know they have mental health people (from outside) that go to the

school (are in the student health centers) but think if they get

services (ongoing ones) they are really being seen by outside

providers, not actually employed by school. I remember once

telling me he'd told a nurse something during an

evaluation/questionnaire and I thought " oh, he'll get referred to

someone here " where I worked at the mental health center. People

from there would go to the schools. (He didn't get referred, by the

way) Again, that is really great schools you have offer that!!

Would have gotten to go.

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> In my dd's regular high school she is in a program that has mental

health services as part of it. A therapist comes to the school 3 days

a week and does both individual and group therapy with the kids

specifically in this program. The program is specifically for kids

with neurobiological illnesses and is considered a special ed

program. Each kid has to have an IEP to be involved. It has been a