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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 246236" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>Critter, </p><p> </p><p>Don't belive all the horror stories you hear about intensive places....Dude has been in two of them. Yes yes....there are tie downs and yes he was tied down, and there were straight jackets and thorazine. But it sent a message to a very immature person - you act like THIS? THIS will happen. Didn't take too many shots of thorazine to let Dude know when someone says "Calm down" you should CALM down. </p><p></p><p>My thought was if he is OUT of control at present - why NOT send him to the intense place and allow him a goal of working out of there? Step down programs seem to work a lot better with our kids - (Dude being the exception to almost every rule in my humble opinion) but - perhaps that place like the one Dude went to would put the fear in your son (as it did Dude) so that he COULD move to a less restricted environment. </p><p> </p><p>Belive me - NO ONE wants to call the mother of a 13 year old and say "Your son was so out of control we gave him a shot of Thorazine and he's currently tied to a safety bed." - twice. And no Mother (being ME) wanted to hear that either. But the next group home setting the first question he asked was "Do you give shots when you're out of control and tie me up?" and the lady caught my wink and said "Well if that's what someone needs we will, but we like to solve our problems differently." </p><p> </p><p>That level of disruptiveness has NEVER been seen in Dude since. </p><p> </p><p>Thought maybe that would help your hurting and unknowing heart. </p><p> </p><p>Hugs</p><p>Star</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 246236, member: 4964"] Critter, Don't belive all the horror stories you hear about intensive places....Dude has been in two of them. Yes yes....there are tie downs and yes he was tied down, and there were straight jackets and thorazine. But it sent a message to a very immature person - you act like THIS? THIS will happen. Didn't take too many shots of thorazine to let Dude know when someone says "Calm down" you should CALM down. My thought was if he is OUT of control at present - why NOT send him to the intense place and allow him a goal of working out of there? Step down programs seem to work a lot better with our kids - (Dude being the exception to almost every rule in my humble opinion) but - perhaps that place like the one Dude went to would put the fear in your son (as it did Dude) so that he COULD move to a less restricted environment. Belive me - NO ONE wants to call the mother of a 13 year old and say "Your son was so out of control we gave him a shot of Thorazine and he's currently tied to a safety bed." - twice. And no Mother (being ME) wanted to hear that either. But the next group home setting the first question he asked was "Do you give shots when you're out of control and tie me up?" and the lady caught my wink and said "Well if that's what someone needs we will, but we like to solve our problems differently." That level of disruptiveness has NEVER been seen in Dude since. Thought maybe that would help your hurting and unknowing heart. Hugs Star [/QUOTE]
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