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<blockquote data-quote="JKF" data-source="post: 484031" data-attributes="member: 12470"><p>I agree 100% that the FT is a total waste of time! In difficult child's old Residential Treatment Center (RTC) I went to weekly family therapy sessions. What a joke these sessions were. We would rarely ever talk about any family issues due to the fact that difficult child was constantly changing the subject to things HE wanted to talk about. Like video games and computers! It was such a waste of time and money and I'm not looking forward to doing it again. I will see how the first couple of sessions go and if I feel like they are a waste of time I will let them know that I can do it via phone instead of taking time off of work and spending money on gas to travel there for nothing.</p><p></p><p>I also need to continue to make it clear to the CMO that he is not returning home after this PCR program. They need to find him a transitional program and then when he's ready independent living. The CMO is so focused on "reunification" that they are missing the big picture which is that difficult child needs to learn life skills and he needs professionals to teach him those skills. We have tried but it just doesn't work with him. He also needs constant supervision that we can't provide for him here. The fact that he tried to steal his brother's video game on Thanksgiving proves to me that we still can't and never will be able to trust him. So frustrating and sad but I need to think about his future and stop letting the CMO try to guilt me into bringing him home which will be a disaster for ALL of us, including difficult child!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JKF, post: 484031, member: 12470"] I agree 100% that the FT is a total waste of time! In difficult child's old Residential Treatment Center (RTC) I went to weekly family therapy sessions. What a joke these sessions were. We would rarely ever talk about any family issues due to the fact that difficult child was constantly changing the subject to things HE wanted to talk about. Like video games and computers! It was such a waste of time and money and I'm not looking forward to doing it again. I will see how the first couple of sessions go and if I feel like they are a waste of time I will let them know that I can do it via phone instead of taking time off of work and spending money on gas to travel there for nothing. I also need to continue to make it clear to the CMO that he is not returning home after this PCR program. They need to find him a transitional program and then when he's ready independent living. The CMO is so focused on "reunification" that they are missing the big picture which is that difficult child needs to learn life skills and he needs professionals to teach him those skills. We have tried but it just doesn't work with him. He also needs constant supervision that we can't provide for him here. The fact that he tried to steal his brother's video game on Thanksgiving proves to me that we still can't and never will be able to trust him. So frustrating and sad but I need to think about his future and stop letting the CMO try to guilt me into bringing him home which will be a disaster for ALL of us, including difficult child! [/QUOTE]
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