Good Morning to my few faithful followers. You all should get a prize for your commitment to something that is so inconsistent. I always say that I will be better at blogging updates since I'm bad about not calling. Maybe this summer...

Today I wanted to share an answer to prayers. Yesterday morning before work I woke up early and spent time reading and praying that God would give me strength in knowing that He has not left me in this battle alone. This year has been pretty miserable at work. I'm overloaded and constantly exhausted--both physically and emotionally. Part of this is due to getting a student on my caseload who has serious emotional disorders. My heart breaks for this little girl because she is only 6 and is constantly at battle with her emotions. You can tell that it is exhausting for her too because she will sleep for a couple of hours after each episode. Her meltdowns have been getting more intense throughout the year and we have been struggling to find any local mental health services for her. She was receiving counseling from one agency but they dropped her saying that they couldn't meet her needs. Really?! So you just drop her?? I don't get the complete mental health void that exists in a city full of individuals with PTSD from Katrina. That's a whole other post though.

The plan we have in place for my student is a series of different things but when she reaches a certain intensity in her meltdown we call a mobile crisis team (the cops) after 10 minutes at that intensity. She came in full force yesterday morning and we had to call in the team shortly after she arrived. They actually had to cuff her to take her out safely and all I can think of at this point is that I'm so glad she didn't get to the gun holstered to the cop's hip. The hospital that she was taken to finally had an open bed to admit her for observation and by God's grace, mom agreed. My student has been taken out like this before but the hospital has never had room and mom has never been in agreement before so this in itself is a sheer miracle.

She was put into isolation last night because her behaviors were so intense and she was threatening to kill herself and us teachers. Pray that the doctors will have wisdom in treating her and show her grace. Also pray that God will give her and her mom peace. I imagine it is scary not having any familiar faces around. This is an incredible first step to put mom into action to get services for her daughter and to get my student on some medication that would allow her to function through life. I am encouraged!