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<blockquote data-quote="Zardo" data-source="post: 449291" data-attributes="member: 12490"><p>Thanks for all of your comments. Here's how things look right now, the boarding school he was at is not a Special Education school, but their Special Education supports are unbelievable. I feel it's the best progrma available for a serious executive functioning problem. In the time he was there, he went from getting Fs at the public school and doing no work to getting As and Bs. I remember one day when he called excited to tell me that he got a 94, the highest grade in his class on a science test. In addition, they work with kids who have experienced substance abuse and behavior difficulties. He will be tested every 2 weeks for subs and required to have weekly one-on-one counselring with a Drug and Alch counselor. I also found out that there is a clinic in the neighboring town that offers "multidisciplinary model" of therapy for teens. They have subsance abuse counselors, psychiatrists and adolescent group therapy. Some kids from this school go there for support. The doctors and therapists all share information about the kids to develop a total treatment plan and monitor the kids' progress. The doctors can also communicate with a point person at the school if I sign a consent. If he can "get on the team" for going to this school, I think adding those supports would be huge. He has spent the summer in Wilderness, voices and desire to continue his new found sobriety, so at least it's a chance. I will say that with his refusal to return to this or any other boarding school, he has said that if forced to, he will return to drugs because it would just be too boring. Right now, his therapist and I are not listening as we both view that as just trying to control the situation. He is VERY dertimined to just come home. The therapist and we also agree that that is not in the equation right now. He must first demonstrate the ability to accept structure, limits and sobriety. If he goes to this school, he would be home on the weekends which will give us a chance to work on things to see how things go. Again, he has to be in full acceptance and work with his therapist to devise a plan for success at this school and home or we will have to go the harsh route of sending him somewhere against his will and refinancing the house to pay for it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardo, post: 449291, member: 12490"] Thanks for all of your comments. Here's how things look right now, the boarding school he was at is not a Special Education school, but their Special Education supports are unbelievable. I feel it's the best progrma available for a serious executive functioning problem. In the time he was there, he went from getting Fs at the public school and doing no work to getting As and Bs. I remember one day when he called excited to tell me that he got a 94, the highest grade in his class on a science test. In addition, they work with kids who have experienced substance abuse and behavior difficulties. He will be tested every 2 weeks for subs and required to have weekly one-on-one counselring with a Drug and Alch counselor. I also found out that there is a clinic in the neighboring town that offers "multidisciplinary model" of therapy for teens. They have subsance abuse counselors, psychiatrists and adolescent group therapy. Some kids from this school go there for support. The doctors and therapists all share information about the kids to develop a total treatment plan and monitor the kids' progress. The doctors can also communicate with a point person at the school if I sign a consent. If he can "get on the team" for going to this school, I think adding those supports would be huge. He has spent the summer in Wilderness, voices and desire to continue his new found sobriety, so at least it's a chance. I will say that with his refusal to return to this or any other boarding school, he has said that if forced to, he will return to drugs because it would just be too boring. Right now, his therapist and I are not listening as we both view that as just trying to control the situation. He is VERY dertimined to just come home. The therapist and we also agree that that is not in the equation right now. He must first demonstrate the ability to accept structure, limits and sobriety. If he goes to this school, he would be home on the weekends which will give us a chance to work on things to see how things go. Again, he has to be in full acceptance and work with his therapist to devise a plan for success at this school and home or we will have to go the harsh route of sending him somewhere against his will and refinancing the house to pay for it. :( [/QUOTE]
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