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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 64360" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Hmmm, so what you're telling me is this is a never-ending situation, hunh? Egads... :wink: Deb, absolutely - much easier to feel comfortable in them not being home when you know they're locked down. I've been repeating over and over that it's not about my comfort level, it's about his. I think it's too early for him to mess up but... oh my gosh, the stomach-churning worry! Who knew? </p><p></p><p>Marcie - he's up in the big city and we're in the corn fields... thankfully, I cannot hear the sirens, LOL. </p><p></p><p>Sunny - he's asking about when he can get his license. I'm so not even remotely ready to go there. Have told him I'm not wild about him learning how to drive in the big city - he'll have to wait until he comes back to our little village. </p><p></p><p>Great Janet - now I can start obsessing about the anxiety level when Wee heads off to college (in 5 years, LOL)... and then Diva... on top of whatever thank you is doing... gasp!</p><p></p><p>Susan - the TLP thank you is in is for kids age 16-21 (still in public school) who have mental health issues. I believe all the kids in thank you's house have been in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and rather than going straight back home, they step down to this program. They work on independent living skills (cooking, budgeting, housekeeping, jobs, transportation, social skills, etc.) plus there's a therapeutic component. In Chicago it's run by the same agency that runs the main adult mental health supported living/working program - kind of a bonus in that if thank you still needs some level of supervision when he graduates, his foot will be in the door to move on to the adult program. Of course, it's all voluntary so if he gets a bee in his bonnet and decides he can make it on his own, we can't force him to stay. The idea is to get him a solid period of time in a less restrictive environment than Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (the most recent one was actually very similar to a hospital - extremely secure) but one where he will have more structure and supports than we can provide at home. Right now the goal is if he can get a good 6 months in without problems, we'll seriously consider trying to have him live here again. He came home in 2003 and again in 2004. Both times he crashed and burned within 3 months, so we're trying a different strategy this time around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 64360, member: 8"] Hmmm, so what you're telling me is this is a never-ending situation, hunh? Egads... [img]:wink:[/img] Deb, absolutely - much easier to feel comfortable in them not being home when you know they're locked down. I've been repeating over and over that it's not about my comfort level, it's about his. I think it's too early for him to mess up but... oh my gosh, the stomach-churning worry! Who knew? Marcie - he's up in the big city and we're in the corn fields... thankfully, I cannot hear the sirens, LOL. Sunny - he's asking about when he can get his license. I'm so not even remotely ready to go there. Have told him I'm not wild about him learning how to drive in the big city - he'll have to wait until he comes back to our little village. Great Janet - now I can start obsessing about the anxiety level when Wee heads off to college (in 5 years, LOL)... and then Diva... on top of whatever thank you is doing... gasp! Susan - the TLP thank you is in is for kids age 16-21 (still in public school) who have mental health issues. I believe all the kids in thank you's house have been in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and rather than going straight back home, they step down to this program. They work on independent living skills (cooking, budgeting, housekeeping, jobs, transportation, social skills, etc.) plus there's a therapeutic component. In Chicago it's run by the same agency that runs the main adult mental health supported living/working program - kind of a bonus in that if thank you still needs some level of supervision when he graduates, his foot will be in the door to move on to the adult program. Of course, it's all voluntary so if he gets a bee in his bonnet and decides he can make it on his own, we can't force him to stay. The idea is to get him a solid period of time in a less restrictive environment than Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (the most recent one was actually very similar to a hospital - extremely secure) but one where he will have more structure and supports than we can provide at home. Right now the goal is if he can get a good 6 months in without problems, we'll seriously consider trying to have him live here again. He came home in 2003 and again in 2004. Both times he crashed and burned within 3 months, so we're trying a different strategy this time around. [/QUOTE]
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