Re: colleges, intensive treatment

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for writing back and giving your suggestions (including IEP

accommodations for taking the SAT).

I looked at the one website address that was given about colleges for kids

with disabilities. It concerned exclusively obvious physical disabilities and

so was discouraging.

I'm wondering if my daughter (16 years old) can overcome the OCD enough to

take the SAT in any meaningful way. This year, for example, she couldn't let

the pen touch the paper. How do you succeed with a problem like that? Also,

she had to read, and reread, and reread again every question. If she had to

write out an answer, she'd write it, cross it out, write it again - - perhaps

seven times. I'm sure you get the picture. She has an IEP now, but even extra

time and other accommodations weren't enough with these kinds of problems.

At 16, I want to think she can be independent and leave to go away to college

like her older brother and sister. I suppose if she overcomes the worst of

the OCD, she could fit in at some small caring college. My thought is that

because of her disability, she could only get into a school that has mostly

kids who did very poorly in high school whereas she's bright but burdened.

I'm hopeful though. Right now she's at the Menninnger Clinic in Topeka -- the

only adolescent intensive OCD program in the country, based upon cognitive

therapy and exposure/response, which includes an afternoon school program.

For any teen with extensive OCD problems, I can't recommend this program

highly enough. I never thought we'd use a residential setting (the usual stay

is about 2-3 months), but our daughter, herself, insisted upon it as she

could no longer bare the pain.

Getting off track, and I know it's best to think one day at a time.

-

(from California)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/16/01 12:37:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,

cjoye16@... writes:

> Hi , Which website were you referring to that was for kids with obvious

> disabilities? I would be interested in looking at it.

>

>

Hi,

This is the website that was mentioned when I asked about colleges and

disabilities. It seemed to be to be for those with obvious physical

disabilites and not the invisible kinds.

<<To and anyone else who is looking for information about colleges that

have specific programs for kids with disabilities, please check out the

following:

http://www.newmobility.com/review_article.cfm?id=122 & action=browse >>

[Guest guest]

Hi , Which website were you referring to that was for kids with obvious

disabilities? I would be interested in looking at it. You know, sometimes life

throws us curves that make us almost stand still in time until we can digest and

get used to what is going on to either ourselves, someone we love or both. It

sounds like you may be in that place right now. I am certain you must miss your

daughter unbearably right now with her being so far away. I would find it

almost impossible to have a child hospitalized and not be able to visit a lot.

Your daughter certainly seems to have the will to win over her OCD if she wanted

to go away to Menninger. That is very much in her favor. Many of our children

either aren't bothered enough by their OCD or are not in a place where they can

recognize symptoms as OCD, therefore treatment for these kids can be quite

taxing also. Don't give up hope on your daughter possible getting through

college. Thre are many of us out there who have taken many, many years to

finish school. It also is possible to find a meaningful life without college -

it is most often harder, but it can be done! My young friend Jon Mooney that I

mentioned in my post to you only scored 900 on his SAT's and he was accepted at

Brown- I'm sure you know that Brown in an Ivy League school. They are more

disability friendly that most. You do have an extremely difficult situation on

your hands and your efforts right now would probably be best spent on keeping

yourself well, and continuing to help your daughter in her recovery. Everything

else will sooner or later fall into place.I will keep you in my thoughts and

prayers. Best wishes, in Southeastern PA

SRFS@... wrote: Hi ,

Thanks for writing back and giving your suggestions (including IEP

accommodations for taking the SAT).

I looked at the one website address that was given about colleges for kids

with disabilities. It concerned exclusively obvious physical disabilities and

so was discouraging.

I'm wondering if my daughter (16 years old) can overcome the OCD enough to

take the SAT in any meaningful way. This year, for example, she couldn't let

the pen touch the paper. How do you succeed with a problem like that? Also,

she had to read, and reread, and reread again every question. If she had to

write out an answer, she'd write it, cross it out, write it again - - perhaps

seven times. I'm sure you get the picture. She has an IEP now, but even extra

time and other accommodations weren't enough with these kinds of problems.

At 16, I want to think she can be independent and leave to go away to college

like her older brother and sister. I suppose if she overcomes the worst of

the OCD, she could fit in at some small caring college. My thought is that

because of her disability, she could only get into a school that has mostly

kids who did very poorly in high school whereas she's bright but burdened.

I'm hopeful though. Right now she's at the Menninnger Clinic in Topeka -- the

only adolescent intensive OCD program in the country, based upon cognitive

therapy and exposure/response, which includes an afternoon school program.

For any teen with extensive OCD problems, I can't recommend this program

highly enough. I never thought we'd use a residential setting (the usual stay

is about 2-3 months), but our daughter, herself, insisted upon it as she

could no longer bare the pain.

Getting off track, and I know it's best to think one day at a time.

-

(from California)

[Guest guest]

,

I so pray that your daughter can receive the help she needs. I see my 14 year

old who could barely cope before the medication and I am so grateful that you

told us about the clinic in MN....so I know that there is somewhere else to go

if the medication stops working.

in Nebraska

Re: colleges, intensive treatment

Hi ,

Thanks for writing back and giving your suggestions (including IEP

accommodations for taking the SAT).

I looked at the one website address that was given about colleges for kids

with disabilities. It concerned exclusively obvious physical disabilities and

so was discouraging.

I'm wondering if my daughter (16 years old) can overcome the OCD enough to

take the SAT in any meaningful way. This year, for example, she couldn't let

the pen touch the paper. How do you succeed with a problem like that? Also,

she had to read, and reread, and reread again every question. If she had to

write out an answer, she'd write it, cross it out, write it again - - perhaps

seven times. I'm sure you get the picture. She has an IEP now, but even extra

time and other accommodations weren't enough with these kinds of problems.

At 16, I want to think she can be independent and leave to go away to college

like her older brother and sister. I suppose if she overcomes the worst of

the OCD, she could fit in at some small caring college. My thought is that

because of her disability, she could only get into a school that has mostly

kids who did very poorly in high school whereas she's bright but burdened.

I'm hopeful though. Right now she's at the Menninnger Clinic in Topeka -- the

only adolescent intensive OCD program in the country, based upon cognitive

therapy and exposure/response, which includes an afternoon school program.

For any teen with extensive OCD problems, I can't recommend this program

highly enough. I never thought we'd use a residential setting (the usual stay

is about 2-3 months), but our daughter, herself, insisted upon it as she

could no longer bare the pain.

Getting off track, and I know it's best to think one day at a time.

-

(from California)