New Recovery Program: Working toward Wellness

By Lynne Taetzsch, Health Guide Monday, March 19, 2007

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When young people first come out of a hospital diagnosed with a mental illness, they are often too ill to immediately return to school or work, yet they still need someplace to go and something to do. This is what motivated Carole Stone of Ithaca, New York, to work with others to form a boar...

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houseewife

3/26/07 6:35pm

Dealing with school districts over the best placement for a young person with a mental illness can be exhausting. Compulsory school attendance laws can be met by removing a child from school (permanently or for a period of time) and tailoring the details of their recovery to their exact needs. Programs are great, school special needs programs are free, but you have the most power and most freedom to create a healthy recovery by homeschooling your own child. I have homeschooled my children for over 20 years now and love the flexibility and ability to make the education fit the child.

Lynne Taetzsch, Health Guide

3/28/07 1:42pm

Thanks for you suggestion on homeschooling. Compos Mentis is really for young adults who would be 18 or older, but your idea is a good one for younger children.

Lynne

New Recovery Program: Working toward Wellness

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