Just to keep you updated, the girl i was talking about yesterday who made me want to pull my hair out, got in a fight with five boys at lunch. She apparently threw her lunch tray, hit them with a lunch tray, and then jumped on some of them and started punching them. She's now coming in for a crisis assessment and may be hospitalized. Sometimes that's our only way of getting them out of their home situation to get to the root of the problem. I was told that I needed to let people know what exactly it is I do so that some of my posts make more sense. I work for a community mental health agency as a case manager for children with mental health diagnosis. I typically explain it to a new parent as step above a mentor and a step below a counselor. I work with children in foster homes, residential placements, children who have long history of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. I help kids with anger management problems, children who lack social skills, and children who have educational problems. I don't remove kids from their homes, but do make recommendations for that to happen or not happen. I did have to testify in court a few weeks ago about removing a kid, that was a terrifying experience. You definitely see the harder side of life in this field and sometimes you have to remind yourself that there are people out there without major problems who lead a semi-calm life. Anyways, just a stressful week at work, normally it's not this crazy, but state people are coming in to do their yearly monitoring next week!!! Hope everyone is having a good week!!