Yay! Support!
We have a lot of professionals in our lives.
1 foster care worker
1 foster care intern
2 boys’ caseworkers
2 boys’ doctors
2 adoption workers
1 counselor
and now….1 parent support specialist!
Apparently there is this program in our county where DHS has parent support peeps to come out and help stressed out parents. We were referred by an awesome DHS person after some major trauma, and when he asked if I would be interested I told him abso-stinkin’-lutley! Anyone who is coming to SUPPORT ME is a plus.
So we had our first meeting today, and it went marvelously. The program is really flexible, so we can use the 2 hours a week however I need to . HOWEVER I NEED TO! If that’s working on resources and new ideas for discipline techniques, cool! If it’s me breaking down in a heap of tears to someone who doesn’t think I’m nutso, AWESOME! She’s mine! For 2 whole hours! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!
The funny thing is that this program is through our licensing agency, who we’ve been working for/with for 6 years now, and our foster care worker didn’t tell me about it, which is really not like her. Maybe she just didn’t think it was necessary, I don’t know. But as much as I can’t wait to get all these caseworkers on their merry way, I don’t mind adding one more professional in for the moment. Especially this one.
YAY!
Blessings!
Hannah
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Is the information that you share with this parent support person confidential? I once spoke frankly to a Presbytery supplied counselor who simply took my self-criticism and put it in his final report to Presbytery as if it was his observations. Be careful, until you know for sure.
Yes, it’s confidential. The only people she can share information with are our caseworker and CPS if there was a complaint.
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