My niece has PDD and is in a rough situation. She is very much loved and physically taken care of. With that said her Father, a single dad, isn’t nor was ever ready to be a father. He himself has some emotional issues that tend to get in the way of him being able to do the things he should. He doesn’t have insurance for her because he is lazy and hasn’t filled out the paperwork.
Beyond the fact that he needs to get her insurance and to a psychologist because she has never exactly “been right” he also needs to attend parenting classes. He works a very hard schedule of 55 hours a week during the times most are off.
I tried to research on when parenting classes are online but ran into some difficulty. Is there a good resource for information on raising a child with PDD? Is there a solid resource to find parenting classes?
I feel as though we need to have an intervention with him but this tends to push him further away from doing what he should. I don’t want to call the authorities because she will be put into a worse situation. What do we do?
Need help with niece
He doesn’t exactly sound like the type to be motivated enough to take a parenting class. And to find a parenting class specifically for parents of PDD kids would be almost impossible. Is there perhaps another family member who could offer to take this child during the week, especially since he works so much?
Have you tried the council for exceptional children? You can go to http://www.cec.sped.org and type in pervasive developmental disorder in the search box at the top right of the page. PDD is part of the autism spectrum.