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- Jan 21, 2022
Do we know if Josh actually received any therapy or guidance counselling from appropriate people when he was a kid/in school?
I think aside from dropping the ball on his education as a kid, Job Corps was the last real chance at helping him managing his difficulties.
Parking him in a group home wouldn't be the solution, he'd be even more volatile than he is on his own and I can't think of any alternative that isn't a lose-lose situation.
I know there are many types of group homes in my country, some are for developmental disorders like downies or autism spectrum people who are on Josh' level of functioning and some group homes are for mental health disorders. I also know some group homes house double diagnoses people, people with a form of substance abuse + a mental health diagnosis.
Depending on the other people in the group home, Josh could flourish or he could be a huge issue due to tantrums, substance abuse and his ODD in general.
The best possible solution for Josh now would be a third-party who have no emotional or familial ties to him coming in X times a week to help him keep his apartment clean, preferably a man who is as far removed from Clint in both personality and his way of interacting with Josh. A Mr. Green type of person but ideally a few years older, as a positive male role model that Josh could mirror his behaviour on. Though sadly I know this is an impossible fantasy.
I think aside from dropping the ball on his education as a kid, Job Corps was the last real chance at helping him managing his difficulties.
Parking him in a group home wouldn't be the solution, he'd be even more volatile than he is on his own and I can't think of any alternative that isn't a lose-lose situation.
I know there are many types of group homes in my country, some are for developmental disorders like downies or autism spectrum people who are on Josh' level of functioning and some group homes are for mental health disorders. I also know some group homes house double diagnoses people, people with a form of substance abuse + a mental health diagnosis.
Depending on the other people in the group home, Josh could flourish or he could be a huge issue due to tantrums, substance abuse and his ODD in general.
The best possible solution for Josh now would be a third-party who have no emotional or familial ties to him coming in X times a week to help him keep his apartment clean, preferably a man who is as far removed from Clint in both personality and his way of interacting with Josh. A Mr. Green type of person but ideally a few years older, as a positive male role model that Josh could mirror his behaviour on. Though sadly I know this is an impossible fantasy.