Miles was finally accepted into a new placement. He has been there since June 2015. At first things seemed to go smoothly. We kept waiting for his therapist to gain his trust and for our family sessions to begin addressing his issues.
I could never get the education department to follow through with getting his IEP updated. It still hasn’t happened. I gave up on that and tried to focus on some more priority issues first.
Within the first weeks after he arrived, the psychiatrist contacted me regarding his mediations and wanted to make some major changes. Major changes have never happened. My latest phone call with him I realize he doesn’t plan to make major changes, even with his meds for psychosis which needs to be done. He continues to struggle with voices, hallucinations, and paranoia.
His insurance company has been pressing to move him to step-down facility, however he has not been accepted by any because they don’t feel they can provide the level of care that he needs.
His personal items that we provide on a regular basis are constantly being stolen. The RTC claims no responsibility in preventing this and shows no interest in replacing any of his items.
He has been placed in stabilization unit several times but nothing like in previous RTC placements. He tells me he is just playing their game trying not to make waves in order to just get by.
In April Miles was attacked and called a nigger by a staff that had been harassing him. We argued with the facility for a week to get him examined at a hospital. Miles had been complaining of headaches and dizziness since the assault. When he was finally seen, the emergency room doctor contacted me an told me that Miles had a concussion. We have yet to be able to get him relocated and it is still not safe for him to be at home.
I was lied to by the acting director multiple times over the situation. I was informed by the therapist that they are severely understaffed and that staff witnesses to the assault and the therapist were told to keep their mouths shut or they would lose their jobs.
CPS was involved. I was told by the RTC that police had been notified , but when I contacted them, they knew nothing of the incident.
I was finally contacted last week by the detective and told that the city’s attorneys office would be prosecuting the staff that attacked our son. He was fired by the RTC but I want to make sure he is never able to work with children again. I would also love for him to do community service in an area that might teach him some tolerance to the black race.
Miles is 15 1/2 years old. We are losing the battle to try to get him help. He is stuck in an unsafe facility that is doing nothing but preparing him to survive in a prison one day. I have been in contact with one former resident/patient at the facility that tells me he was raped while in the facility and that we need to get Miles out as soon as possible.
We now fear Miles is in danger due to the fact that the staff that attacked him still has friends that work there and it is common for staff to bribe kids to harm other kids that they have issues with.
As a parent, I have never felt so lost.
Losing Miles 