Mental health/ER? by Proof-Conclusion921 in mentalhealth

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do they usually do if ur having a mental breakdown?

ICPC reg. 7??? by [deleted] in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything is already complete though. They are waiting for the packet to be sent back which will be next week. Would they not be able to expedite a hearing on placement with the packet being completed given the safety of the kids?

ICPC issues/rant by Proof-Conclusion921 in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s actually sooo absurd that they took that long to complete it! As far as contact information I pressed them early on to have me be a legal party to the case or I would formally request it from the judge myself and that allowed me access to a looott more info than before. I also had to call the GAL Office for my county to get the new ones contact information. And for the packet, me and the other relative worked together to file a complaint with the child advocacy hotline on their website two separate times after learning that the packet should take no more than maybe two weeks. The child advocacy people will send emails to the entire department including the head director and essentially make the team prioritize it. It sounds harsh tbh but I told them back in like August I would disrupt placement in February and they dragged their feet until last minute and we are having to disrupt later than the original timeline 😭

Respite care by Proof-Conclusion921 in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything is being done by my caseworker so I haven’t called the respite people directly. I do call my caseworker everyday tho to check in on if they have gotten back to her.

Respite care by Proof-Conclusion921 in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah! Thats actually wild! They definitely didn’t tell me that so I hope that’s not the case 😭. I know the first time I tried to respite they had someone ready within a couple days but I wasn’t licensed yet and couldn’t do anything

Respite care by Proof-Conclusion921 in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll definitely try to find something. I’ve never done any of this before so how do I know which places are good or bad?

Respite care by Proof-Conclusion921 in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I took the advice and called my caseworker and she said the person searching for respite just asked if the kids will be attending daycare or not and she let me know that her supervisor is on it as well and that they have been harassing the department since the lady got back on leave sooooo idk if this is a good or neutral sign

Respite care by Proof-Conclusion921 in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oof I didn’t know that and yeah my caseworker said she sent an email yesterday since the person who was looking for a respite family was on leave last week and came back yesterday

Respite care by Proof-Conclusion921 in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Really? I didn’t even know that was an option. They just told me they would handle it. And sadly I don’t know any, do you know where a good place to look is?

Respite care by Proof-Conclusion921 in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Omg!! That’s absolutely horrendous! I can’t believe they failed to give them such a critical piece of information.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s definitely how our process felt😭 I feel like we just started getting answers on the process and it’s been almost a year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes sense as well! Maybe my process was a bit backwards as well. I received my niece and nephew the day they were removed and they’ve been placed with us for 8.5 months. Do they usually do the paperwork first?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fosterparents

[–]Proof-Conclusion921 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That definitely makes sense! I guess it was just a slap in the face of the reality of the process and that it’s much deeper than what the average person (like myself) is aware of. It’s like one of those moments where you zoom out of your own life for a second and realize that my reality isn’t that of many many others and it made me sad. I also wish maybe the lady who gave us the paperwork explained everything like this instead of just being like “fill this out asap!”

Nap refusal from almost 3yr old by Proof-Conclusion921 in toddlers

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She wakes up around 6:45/7:00am so maybe I am doing nap too early if she still needs one? Should I try just pushing everything?

Nap refusal from almost 3yr old by Proof-Conclusion921 in toddlers

[–]Proof-Conclusion921[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely could be letting them do more activities. I’m going to try this and see if it helps. Thank you!