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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 326273" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>This is approximately where we were with our son last year in 9th grade. Although he was medically stable, he was academically underachieving, socially withdrawn and therapy resistant. We decided to have him undergo psychological testing last April to get a read on what was going on his head because he wouldn't talk to us or this therapist. The psychologist who tested him determined that J had an emergent Avoidant Personality Disorder that would develop within 2 to 3 years without intensive therapeutic intervention.</p><p> </p><p>Our mental health team urged us to send J away from home because we had exhausted all of our local therapeutic options. We used an educational consultant to locate programs that would be a good fit for J.</p><p></p><p>J spent 8 weeks over the summer in a wilderness program in Georgia. Wilderness promotes internal change away from all distraction in a 24/7 therapeutic milieu that my son clearly needed and benfited from. J is now continuing to build on the internal changes begun in wilderness at an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) in Utah. We expect him to be there for a total of 9 to 12 months. He is making solid progress, and we are optimistic about his prognosis for the first time in years. </p><p></p><p>I will not kid you -- these programs are expensive. We took out a loan to pay for J's year away. Some insurance companies will cover residential therapeutic placements (ours didn't) so you should check with a benefits representative. Depending on whether your son has an IEP and how he is doing in school, some SDs will fund residential placements (ours wouldn't). </p><p> </p><p>I am not saying this is what you should or should not do, but this is one route that you could consider and that has worked for us. Our son was absolutely not making any progress at home, and it was painful to watch and to experience. We are all a lot happier now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 326273, member: 2423"] This is approximately where we were with our son last year in 9th grade. Although he was medically stable, he was academically underachieving, socially withdrawn and therapy resistant. We decided to have him undergo psychological testing last April to get a read on what was going on his head because he wouldn't talk to us or this therapist. The psychologist who tested him determined that J had an emergent Avoidant Personality Disorder that would develop within 2 to 3 years without intensive therapeutic intervention. Our mental health team urged us to send J away from home because we had exhausted all of our local therapeutic options. We used an educational consultant to locate programs that would be a good fit for J. J spent 8 weeks over the summer in a wilderness program in Georgia. Wilderness promotes internal change away from all distraction in a 24/7 therapeutic milieu that my son clearly needed and benfited from. J is now continuing to build on the internal changes begun in wilderness at an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) in Utah. We expect him to be there for a total of 9 to 12 months. He is making solid progress, and we are optimistic about his prognosis for the first time in years. I will not kid you -- these programs are expensive. We took out a loan to pay for J's year away. Some insurance companies will cover residential therapeutic placements (ours didn't) so you should check with a benefits representative. Depending on whether your son has an IEP and how he is doing in school, some SDs will fund residential placements (ours wouldn't). I am not saying this is what you should or should not do, but this is one route that you could consider and that has worked for us. Our son was absolutely not making any progress at home, and it was painful to watch and to experience. We are all a lot happier now. [/QUOTE]
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