The Mindstorm

Category: ICG

  • The Social Services Oxymoron

    The Social Services Oxymoron

    Why must I hand hold Tim’s case manager through everything?  The man has been a licensed clinical social worker employed by our county health department for at least 6 years, yet he acts as if he has never had a single client before Tim. Two weeks ago I asked him about permanent supportive housing options…

  • Trying To Re-Integrate

    Man, what a month.  Six weeks, actually. Tim is home, for good, but we had him discharged from his RTC so fast that we didn’t have time to make any transition plans for school / doctors / therapy that weren’t part of the RTC.  I really wouldn’t recommend doing it that way.  We had a…

  • Value Options is Neither – And A Judge Agrees

    I’m going to post this without commentary. Ok, one thing. Value Options,  your days of taking our tax dollars to deny children services are numbered. Any emphasis is mine. P.G. BY AND THROUGH HIS MOTHER, ) K.G., AND S.K. BY AND THROUGH HIS ) MOTHER, A.K. ) ) PLAINTIFFS, ) VS. ) ) JULIE HAMOS,…

  • Value Options is Neither – An Open Letter to Tom Warburton, Vice President of Corporate Communications, Value Options, Inc.

    Perhaps you read about Pickles, the eight-year-old girl with Schizoaffective Disorder that Value Options is trying to have removed from her residential treatment facility against the medical advice of her treatment team.  Adrienne Jones of No Points For Style wrote this brilliant blog post about the situation, which is still ongoing. Adrienne and Pickle’s mom are dear…

  • Nothing Is What It Seems – Part One

    Image by Detlef C Tim moved to a new residential program in June, as he would be aging out of his previous program when he turned 18 in July.  We were happy to find one we liked with a program similar to the one he was used to, much, much closer to home.  As with…

  • Hospitalization #12

    Hospitalization #12

    It’s gotta be some kind of record. Not that we’re trying to set a record, or anything. Tim’s been destabilizing all week – two admissions on his part of hearing voices, two other that we’ve recognized (pacing, talking to himself). Hygene refusal. MAJOR bed-wetting – his room smells like a bus terminal. Irritation. Paranoia. This…