Life is good.
1. I'm finally recovered from my nasty cold. I had it for over a week. Yay for being able to breathe!
2. I stepped WAY out of my comfort zone today and stood up for myself. Although it might cause some future tension. Scratch that - it WILL cause future tension.
3. I installed the special window stuff to keep Chase safe in his room. No more worries about broken window during rages.
4. The discovery channel show is called Bipolar Mysteries: Families in Crisis. It will be on discovery health channel on may 6 at 9pm. I'm nervous but excited to share our story.
5. Aimee is finally getting a grasp on manners.
6. Chase's TBS worker, Natalie, came over today. She is really experienced and I liked her right away. She calls herself a "behavioral coach" and will start observations next week.
7. Chase is doing better than I could have imagined.
Days like today are what keep me going.
Showing posts with label TBS. Show all posts
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
IEP results
Chase is in the RTC. He got there around dinner time tonight and settled in quickly.
The IEP was really hard. I was an emotional wreck and it took everything inside of me not to strangle the necks of the women from the county mental health. After two hours of blah blah blah, we did have one good result.
Chase will have a TBS worker when he comes home, even though its a service that is generally not offered except to Medi-cal patients.
"Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) is a short-term supplemental service offered in coordination with other mental health services. It helps in decreasing behavior or symptoms that are jeopardizing a child’s current living situation or by assisting in a planned transition to a lower level of placement. TBS helps the child learn new adaptive behaviors and skills to replace dysfunctional or dangerous ones, is cognitive-behavioral based, and is delivered in the child’s every day living environment. Therapeutic interventions that occur in locations where children experience the greatest problems; and a fade-out or transition plan to consolidate therapeutic gains. "
Basically we will have a TBS worker in the house for up to 20 hours/week. I hope this works. I don't want Chase to have to go to longer term RTC but I'm willing to try whatever help they send our way.
The IEP was really hard. I was an emotional wreck and it took everything inside of me not to strangle the necks of the women from the county mental health. After two hours of blah blah blah, we did have one good result.
Chase will have a TBS worker when he comes home, even though its a service that is generally not offered except to Medi-cal patients.
"Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) is a short-term supplemental service offered in coordination with other mental health services. It helps in decreasing behavior or symptoms that are jeopardizing a child’s current living situation or by assisting in a planned transition to a lower level of placement. TBS helps the child learn new adaptive behaviors and skills to replace dysfunctional or dangerous ones, is cognitive-behavioral based, and is delivered in the child’s every day living environment. Therapeutic interventions that occur in locations where children experience the greatest problems; and a fade-out or transition plan to consolidate therapeutic gains. "
Basically we will have a TBS worker in the house for up to 20 hours/week. I hope this works. I don't want Chase to have to go to longer term RTC but I'm willing to try whatever help they send our way.
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