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urgent help sort..child in crisis

jez6742

Hi.

My 14 year old daughter has been in residential school for 2 yrs but placement has broken down due to her extreme violence towards staff .

They cannot cope.

She has been assessed under mha but not sectioned. 

It has been stated by cahms and social workers that she urgently needs to move  to a place she can be assessed but there are no beds.

She was arrested on Fri after unit called police when she attacked staff.

She was cuffed n legs secured with straps and carried out. After assessment she was returned to the Unit

Because she feels hated she is fixated on moving elsewhere and all her behaviours are targeted to getting away.

She is trying to hurt others to be arrested. She is trying to damage school to be arrested.

 She is like a wild animal.

 We have been at unit since Friday as staff are no longer working with her. I'm exhausted.

 There are no beds apparently. We have great relationship with camhs n social services but nothing is being done.

The residential unitvare refusing to give notice...They want her removed by social services.

 Social services won't do that as nowhere available.

 There is no care plan in place to get her through tomoz.. its just us n her in a room in a residential unit.

Camhs have maxed out her meds n given diazepam but she has been in and out of crisis 8 times today. These have lasted for up to 2hrs.

I am waiting for local m.p. to respond.

Don't know what to do..

Help us pls someone

 Jez and a very broken princess.

 Love to u all

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  • It might also be useful if you can give more information on here, as some parents may be able to help if they recognise similar circumstances.

    Has she any learning disability, speech difficulties or other impediments to explaining her own needs?

    Has she any associated mental health issues such as depression, bipolar disorder?

    As Recombinantsocks asked, is the unit she is in specialising in autism, has staff qualified in autism support, or is it just a general facility where she has been put with a variety of other disabled? It sounds like the unit she is in has no training in autism care and support.

    If someone on the autistic spectrum gets stressed, and particularly where there are meltdowns or aggression, it is usually better to provide a quiet room where they can calm down. Manhandling someone, especially mobbing her (three or four staff crowded round her), cuffing her or using other restraints is hardly likely to improve the situation. It does sound like the unit staff aren't trained to work with people with autism.

    Does she have sensitivities to noise, complex visual stimuli, touch or smell? Could it be that they are placing her in situations which exacerbate her sensitivities.

    There may be a lot of bullying going on, either other residents or staff. This may be producing escalating anxiety.

    Hence my reason for recommending informed advocacy. If the staff in the unit don't know enough about autism care you cannot realistically find any sensible solution.

    Legally they took her on, knowing her autism and other status. If they now feel they cannot cope, that is to some extent their responsibility. They cannot just start preventing her continued support. I suspect there is some legally testable misconduct.

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  • It might also be useful if you can give more information on here, as some parents may be able to help if they recognise similar circumstances.

    Has she any learning disability, speech difficulties or other impediments to explaining her own needs?

    Has she any associated mental health issues such as depression, bipolar disorder?

    As Recombinantsocks asked, is the unit she is in specialising in autism, has staff qualified in autism support, or is it just a general facility where she has been put with a variety of other disabled? It sounds like the unit she is in has no training in autism care and support.

    If someone on the autistic spectrum gets stressed, and particularly where there are meltdowns or aggression, it is usually better to provide a quiet room where they can calm down. Manhandling someone, especially mobbing her (three or four staff crowded round her), cuffing her or using other restraints is hardly likely to improve the situation. It does sound like the unit staff aren't trained to work with people with autism.

    Does she have sensitivities to noise, complex visual stimuli, touch or smell? Could it be that they are placing her in situations which exacerbate her sensitivities.

    There may be a lot of bullying going on, either other residents or staff. This may be producing escalating anxiety.

    Hence my reason for recommending informed advocacy. If the staff in the unit don't know enough about autism care you cannot realistically find any sensible solution.

    Legally they took her on, knowing her autism and other status. If they now feel they cannot cope, that is to some extent their responsibility. They cannot just start preventing her continued support. I suspect there is some legally testable misconduct.

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