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I'm in a quandary re. attny's
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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 244690" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>I have not read the rest of people's posts, but wanted to answer your question - yes, at rtcs they should have a therapist they see a couple of times a week, and are on call as needed, and a psychiatrist they see once a week. However, a lot of the counseling and group work is done by the "staff" as well. Whenever Matt is having a problem, I ask him if he has talked to "staff" about it - or his counselor. It would be a very similar setting to what you are seeing - although the level of actual qualified medical personnel might be less. For instance the "staff" are usually not mastered degreed counselors - but people that have lot's of training in psychiatric. It varies by Residential Treatment Center (RTC).</p><p></p><p>If anything - your difficult children stability at this phosph compared to his instability at home shows he needs placement. He obviously responds well to structure, and NEEDS it. In contrast Matt would have thrown chairs by now, and threatened to kill people - which in the past obviously has always <em>shown</em> people he needed help - but I was never completely convinced (until now) on what that help looked like. The fact your difficult child is not acting violent there, shows he is malleable and ready for the help. HUGE plus. And a HUGE reason for him to NOT go to juvy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 244690, member: 3301"] I have not read the rest of people's posts, but wanted to answer your question - yes, at rtcs they should have a therapist they see a couple of times a week, and are on call as needed, and a psychiatrist they see once a week. However, a lot of the counseling and group work is done by the "staff" as well. Whenever Matt is having a problem, I ask him if he has talked to "staff" about it - or his counselor. It would be a very similar setting to what you are seeing - although the level of actual qualified medical personnel might be less. For instance the "staff" are usually not mastered degreed counselors - but people that have lot's of training in psychiatric. It varies by Residential Treatment Center (RTC). If anything - your difficult children stability at this phosph compared to his instability at home shows he needs placement. He obviously responds well to structure, and NEEDS it. In contrast Matt would have thrown chairs by now, and threatened to kill people - which in the past obviously has always [I]shown[/I] people he needed help - but I was never completely convinced (until now) on what that help looked like. The fact your difficult child is not acting violent there, shows he is malleable and ready for the help. HUGE plus. And a HUGE reason for him to NOT go to juvy. [/QUOTE]
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