The Meeting with Our Caseworker Went Well
Once we finally got face-to-face contact today, I felt better. We got a lot of good advice and took copious notes. Now we're ready for subsidy negotiation.
The amount of appointments is daunting. We need at least five separate:
1) a comprehensive psychological assessment appointment
2) a psychiatrist
3) a therapist
4) a pediatrician
5) a dentist
This doesn't count any educational or other type of assessment appointment.
We're starting to narrow down the field, but it's going to take a lot of work next week.
During the visit, we'll meet Sunny, his foster family, his caseworker again, maybe a teacher, and his therapist. I want to wait to make a therapist appointment here until we talk with his current therapist and get more of an idea of what to look for.
We're going to bring some small portable games to play with Sunny, like Uno. Our caseworker advised us to get some quality time together with him... low stimulus, like just hanging out in our hotel room or going on a walk.
Foster Care System Perspectives
2 comments:
You'll have so many more appointments. Add ENT, allergist, and opthamologist, please, just because he's got psychiatric diagnoses and is medicated, and so much of that stuff can be exacerbated by physical problems. I know I'm harping on it, but I'd hate for you guys to be blindsided by the same things we were.
Thanks! I will definitely look into those. I think it might be opposite in our case... that any physical problems are exacerbated or caused by the medications. Apparently he is very sensitive to them. But you're right, I shouldn't just take them at their word about physical health/no allergies...
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