Post by mooster on Mar 25, 2014 12:21:35 GMT
Just wondering whether anyone has any experience of more intensive therapeutic support for their LO? Our AD (17) is currently in fostercare but engaging really well with us at home, visiting and now staying regularly.
Hubby and I have always felt that she needed something more to help her but have only ever been offered weekly sessions. The last lot was in 2013, ten weeks with CAMHS, with very little parental input because of her age and then back on the waiting list! It is attachment difficulties she needs parental involvement, oh no, let’s put her in total control of who knows what, that is really going to work!!!!!!! Oh, ranting a bit, sorry.
We know that between sessions she just goes on as usual and puts everything discussed at the session back in her huge battered suitcase which, bless her, she carries on dragging around with her. She is not able to put the work done into her conscious thoughts as it is all too hard. There may be some sub conscious thinking going on but……….. She is bright, charming, articulate and seems to want to understand what is going on inside her but transferring the understanding into actions is another matter, the problem with so many attachment affected children.
Hence our thoughts about something more intensive. It needs external input but with family involvement, which means we open the suitcase a bit more often and in a safe way!
Any thoughts or suggestions gratefully received.
Thank you for reading
Mooster x
Hubby and I have always felt that she needed something more to help her but have only ever been offered weekly sessions. The last lot was in 2013, ten weeks with CAMHS, with very little parental input because of her age and then back on the waiting list! It is attachment difficulties she needs parental involvement, oh no, let’s put her in total control of who knows what, that is really going to work!!!!!!! Oh, ranting a bit, sorry.
We know that between sessions she just goes on as usual and puts everything discussed at the session back in her huge battered suitcase which, bless her, she carries on dragging around with her. She is not able to put the work done into her conscious thoughts as it is all too hard. There may be some sub conscious thinking going on but……….. She is bright, charming, articulate and seems to want to understand what is going on inside her but transferring the understanding into actions is another matter, the problem with so many attachment affected children.
Hence our thoughts about something more intensive. It needs external input but with family involvement, which means we open the suitcase a bit more often and in a safe way!
Any thoughts or suggestions gratefully received.
Thank you for reading
Mooster x
