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First visit with difficult child in Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)
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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 84499"><p>I agree with the others, this is the honeymoon phase. 3 weeks just isn't enough time. In a few weeks he will still be saying those things but you'll know for sure that he doesn't mean it.</p><p></p><p>FYI: in terms of transition to home, it's a transition, not a send him home and it's over. He'll come home for weekends for awhile and they'll test when he goes back to see if he used over the weekend. So he has a chance to prove he's going to change with the old kids still around.</p><p></p><p>I understand that this may be only a short program but a week can make a lot of difference. They also take the kids out in the community to observe what they do.</p><p></p><p>The probation comment is just proof that he still doesn't get it, doesn't admit he has a problem. Give it time.</p><p></p><p>Don't worry about school yet, too soon.</p><p></p><p>One other note, he won't be ready to come home until he faces his mental illness, learns his trigger points, skills to use when he's facing temptation, recognizes his moods, etc. As other said, it's virtually never one stint in rehab and they're "cured".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 84499"] I agree with the others, this is the honeymoon phase. 3 weeks just isn't enough time. In a few weeks he will still be saying those things but you'll know for sure that he doesn't mean it. FYI: in terms of transition to home, it's a transition, not a send him home and it's over. He'll come home for weekends for awhile and they'll test when he goes back to see if he used over the weekend. So he has a chance to prove he's going to change with the old kids still around. I understand that this may be only a short program but a week can make a lot of difference. They also take the kids out in the community to observe what they do. The probation comment is just proof that he still doesn't get it, doesn't admit he has a problem. Give it time. Don't worry about school yet, too soon. One other note, he won't be ready to come home until he faces his mental illness, learns his trigger points, skills to use when he's facing temptation, recognizes his moods, etc. As other said, it's virtually never one stint in rehab and they're "cured". [/QUOTE]
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