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First visit with difficult child in Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)
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<blockquote data-quote="ck1" data-source="post: 85373" data-attributes="member: 3767"><p>Thanks for the comments...everything is helpful! My difficult child is in Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), on their website they call it psychosocial rehabilitation. </p><p></p><p>I'll see him on Monday along with the entire treatment team to set his treatment plan. The reason why his therapist feels he may get through the program a little bit faster is because he is very open to listening and working on helping himself. Surprisingly, he readily acknowledges that his thinking is distorted. He's being given the tools and coping strategies to help him get his distorted thinking straightened out and I'm hoping to be able to continue working with him on that when he comes home.</p><p></p><p>I'm really unsure about what to do about school when he returns. LVM, I'm considering cyberschool, but not sure that he'll really be motivated to do his part. Also, I don't know how much I would need to do...is it like homeschooling? I'm not sure I would be able to devote several hours a day just to teach him. I'd like to, but I don't think my toddlers would go for that! They need a lot of attention as well.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully, my difficult child has always picked good friends. When he was smoking pot at home it was mostly alone. He's not friends with the kid he bought it from, unfortunately, though, that kid lives across the street! The only real questionable friends he has live where we used to live. He became friends with the questionable ones after we moved or via meeting on myspace. difficult child sees them when he visits my parents, obviously, he won't be doing that alone anytime soon!</p><p></p><p>Susie: Thanks for the input about the triggers, unfortuntely, I'm unsure of how to do that. What triggered him at home was hearing "no" in regards to something he wanted. Excellent point that the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) can only treat what they see. The only thing I can think of to help them with that is to write scenarios that he would have to answer so that they can see his thought process. I'm going to keep trying to come up with ideas though.</p><p></p><p>One more thing about his Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), more specifically, his therapist. I'm very happy so far because almost every time I've called, she's answered the phone, or called me back quickly. I haven't asked to speak with anyone else yet, but I'll meet the psychiatrist on Monday at the treatment plan meeting, however, I'm not sure what to expect at that meeting, I've never been to one before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ck1, post: 85373, member: 3767"] Thanks for the comments...everything is helpful! My difficult child is in Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), on their website they call it psychosocial rehabilitation. I'll see him on Monday along with the entire treatment team to set his treatment plan. The reason why his therapist feels he may get through the program a little bit faster is because he is very open to listening and working on helping himself. Surprisingly, he readily acknowledges that his thinking is distorted. He's being given the tools and coping strategies to help him get his distorted thinking straightened out and I'm hoping to be able to continue working with him on that when he comes home. I'm really unsure about what to do about school when he returns. LVM, I'm considering cyberschool, but not sure that he'll really be motivated to do his part. Also, I don't know how much I would need to do...is it like homeschooling? I'm not sure I would be able to devote several hours a day just to teach him. I'd like to, but I don't think my toddlers would go for that! They need a lot of attention as well. Thankfully, my difficult child has always picked good friends. When he was smoking pot at home it was mostly alone. He's not friends with the kid he bought it from, unfortunately, though, that kid lives across the street! The only real questionable friends he has live where we used to live. He became friends with the questionable ones after we moved or via meeting on myspace. difficult child sees them when he visits my parents, obviously, he won't be doing that alone anytime soon! Susie: Thanks for the input about the triggers, unfortuntely, I'm unsure of how to do that. What triggered him at home was hearing "no" in regards to something he wanted. Excellent point that the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) can only treat what they see. The only thing I can think of to help them with that is to write scenarios that he would have to answer so that they can see his thought process. I'm going to keep trying to come up with ideas though. One more thing about his Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), more specifically, his therapist. I'm very happy so far because almost every time I've called, she's answered the phone, or called me back quickly. I haven't asked to speak with anyone else yet, but I'll meet the psychiatrist on Monday at the treatment plan meeting, however, I'm not sure what to expect at that meeting, I've never been to one before. [/QUOTE]
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