http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/ A counselor in a group home for disturbed children chronicles his day-to-day experiences trying to help his kids, to whatever extent they can be helped. en Copyright 2008 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:34:32 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It was our normal house recreation hour and this afternoon we took the kids down to the basketball courts for a game. We had all the kids except the new kid, James, who was in therapy. The staff was me,... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/the_don_juan_of.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/the_don_juan_of.phtml Blog Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:20:01 -0600 A Message from Stokie I want to thank everyone who has written in and those of you who didn't for being patient in waiting for my updates. I know it has been a long time, but I will be updating... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/who_are_these_p.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/who_are_these_p.phtml Blog Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:42:34 -0600 Ahh, Summer. What a wonderful time of year. School is out, ...the whole world opens up ... Unless you're an emotionally disturbed boy growing up in a group home. In that case, you're a couple of years behind other kids... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/entrance_of_fir.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/entrance_of_fir.phtml Blog Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:25:44 -0600 "You want a piece of me!?! You want a fuckin' piece of me!?!" JD was screaming his lungs out at his basketball teammate and Special Counselor, me. We were participating in a house game of basketball for our hourly... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/better_and_bett.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/better_and_bett.phtml Blog Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:27:14 -0600 I stepped into Yolanda's office in front of Miyako and Pete Post, who shut the door behind him. Yolanda was already sitting down. Pete began, "Stokie, you know that as a veteran staff, the organization values your investment and... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/masters_part_4.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/masters_part_4.phtml Blog Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:18:27 -0600 I didn't really think about my intervention with Brian and Miyako after that. There was a staff meeting to get prepared for, kids to be taken to school and a house to get cleaned up. I told Mel that I... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/masters_part_3.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/masters_part_3.phtml Blog Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:31:00 -0600 While Mel went into the laundry room to mix up what I'm sure was going to be a potent cleansing potion, I went to Brian's room to wake him up. He earned some work details overnight because the Night... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/masters_part_2.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/masters_part_2.phtml Blog Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:42:25 -0600 It was a beautiful Sunday morning in Spring. This morning's team consisted of myself, Mel, Guru and a brand new staff named Candace, who, and I'm being as sensitive and as politically correct as possible, was a fat dyke.... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/canned_ass.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/canned_ass.phtml Blog Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:56:55 -0600 I pulled into the parking lot at 6am ready to start my shift as usual. It was Tuesday morning, so that means we'll have staff meeting after we've gotten the boys up and off to school. So my mind... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/masters.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/masters.phtml Blog Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:59:59 -0600 I pride myself on being able to get along with many different types of people, but I have to say getting along with Guru has been challenging from the very beginning. He has this very strange, "salt of the... http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/guru_lets_me_in.phtml http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/archives/guru_lets_me_in.phtml Blog Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:59:55 -0600