Meeting for Anika

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone, My meeting for Anika went well yesterday. There were

eight adults (six from the program, myself and her childrens mental

health social worker present) and of course Anika at this meeting.

It took an hour and 15 minutes. Anika looked only slightly nervous,

not ready to crawl out of her skin like she usually does at these

meetings. Her social worker also noted a huge improvement and

praised Anika for this after the meeting. Anika was actually able to

hold it together!!! Praise the Lord. They basically said that Anika

had adjusted well to the program (better than average) and was

motivated to go through all of the initial requirements (and there

are a lot of them as this place runs a really tight ship). They

outlined what they expected Anika to work on in family, group and

individual therapy. Mostly revolving around managing anxiety and

coping better with disappointments. And social skills, like

communicating her feelings and anxieties better, especially to her

family, rather that resorting to self mutilating behavior. Nothing

earth shattering. I get the impression that they consider her stuck

at the emotional maturity level of a much younger child and the goal

is to teach her skills to get her needs met in a more constructive

manner and basically grow up and mature. Fortunately she is above

average intelligence with no learning issues other than anxiety.

Though she would like some indication of how long this is going to

take, they are not willing to give her an answer at this point.

This is fine with me. God is in control and I have good insurance

LOL.