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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 335607" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p>DadFirst,</p><p>"Reasonably well behaved" and "he ... committed some property crimes" don't seem to go well together, so it seems things are getting worse. </p><p> </p><p>Apparently the property crimes, shooting, and other "unraveling" seem to roughly coincide with "hanging with the wrong kids". That is a big flag suggesting drug abuse, with the source being the "wrong kids". Until that is addressed nothing will be effective to help your son ... and the longer the drug use, the harder and longer it takes to overcome.</p><p> </p><p>Reflecting on others' posts, your son might well benefit first from some residential anti-drug + detox program, then from a potentially short (possibly as little as 3 months or so - but still subject to achieving agreed goals) stay in an appropriate Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (with strong psychiatric staff), followed by time in a well-supervised boarding school (not specifically therapeutic) with a mentoring/big brother program. Unfortunately there is no magic solution.</p><p> </p><p>If you do settle on a particular Residential Treatment Center (RTC)/TBS to do it all, so to speak, you would benefit from visiting it and discussing things before committing your son's attendance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 335607, member: 5707"] DadFirst, "Reasonably well behaved" and "he ... committed some property crimes" don't seem to go well together, so it seems things are getting worse. Apparently the property crimes, shooting, and other "unraveling" seem to roughly coincide with "hanging with the wrong kids". That is a big flag suggesting drug abuse, with the source being the "wrong kids". Until that is addressed nothing will be effective to help your son ... and the longer the drug use, the harder and longer it takes to overcome. Reflecting on others' posts, your son might well benefit first from some residential anti-drug + detox program, then from a potentially short (possibly as little as 3 months or so - but still subject to achieving agreed goals) stay in an appropriate Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (with strong psychiatric staff), followed by time in a well-supervised boarding school (not specifically therapeutic) with a mentoring/big brother program. Unfortunately there is no magic solution. If you do settle on a particular Residential Treatment Center (RTC)/TBS to do it all, so to speak, you would benefit from visiting it and discussing things before committing your son's attendance. [/QUOTE]
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