What is the name of your state? IL
I am a single parent of a 12 yo boy. He is in special education and qualifies with a diagnosis of ADHD and "emotional disability". He is extremely violent at home. He has destroyed all my dining room chairs (smashed), phones, pictures, clocks and a computer (smashed the tower onto the floor), punched holes in the wall, kicked down my bedroom door and destroyed in all about $500.00 worth of our property. He has hit me, punched me, spit in my face, poured milk on me while I was sleeping.. I could go on but you get the picture. He has a psychiatrist and no amount of counseling or behavior therapy has helped. He is on medication for the ADHD but he refuses to take the antipsychotic medication that was prescribed for his violent behavior. He has absolutely no impulse control. I am personally afraid of him and it is obvious to me that he needs to live in a much more structured environment than I can provide. I need to know how to go about making him a ward of the state so that he can live in a residential facility or group home. Do I need to contact DCFS? Do I need to hire a lawyer? How long does this process take? The police have been called 3 times in the past because of his violence. His school and my family are well aware of his violent behavior. He has been suspended from school once already this year for fighting. Temporary psychiatric hospitalization does not help. We need to be permanently seperated. Any advice? Thanks
I am a single parent of a 12 yo boy. He is in special education and qualifies with a diagnosis of ADHD and "emotional disability". He is extremely violent at home. He has destroyed all my dining room chairs (smashed), phones, pictures, clocks and a computer (smashed the tower onto the floor), punched holes in the wall, kicked down my bedroom door and destroyed in all about $500.00 worth of our property. He has hit me, punched me, spit in my face, poured milk on me while I was sleeping.. I could go on but you get the picture. He has a psychiatrist and no amount of counseling or behavior therapy has helped. He is on medication for the ADHD but he refuses to take the antipsychotic medication that was prescribed for his violent behavior. He has absolutely no impulse control. I am personally afraid of him and it is obvious to me that he needs to live in a much more structured environment than I can provide. I need to know how to go about making him a ward of the state so that he can live in a residential facility or group home. Do I need to contact DCFS? Do I need to hire a lawyer? How long does this process take? The police have been called 3 times in the past because of his violence. His school and my family are well aware of his violent behavior. He has been suspended from school once already this year for fighting. Temporary psychiatric hospitalization does not help. We need to be permanently seperated. Any advice? Thanks
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