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<blockquote data-quote="Lucedaleblessed" data-source="post: 420083" data-attributes="member: 6747"><p>I couldn't either.</p><p></p><p>When I researched some Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s for our daughter I was surprised that some of them only allowed communication by phone or visit after my daughter should have made some progress in their level system. Well, Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is out of the picture right now, but even if it was necessary I would avoid those where I couldn't talk to her within a month. Coming to think about it not even a month would be acceptable.</p><p></p><p>I remember a book by some Marcus person about a school up north where 5 teenager were followed during their 15 months there. While they did not allow parents to hire a transport company to come with the children, some parents hired the transport firm to drop the child just outside the campus and then the parents dragged the child the rest of the way onto campus so the staff could take it from there.</p><p></p><p>I also got a mail from former employee from our local now-closed Residential Treatment Center (RTC). They seemed to have raided yet another special school in Costa Rica which shared the same owners as our local Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Some parents said that they were surprised to see the standard because it was nothing compared with the brochures. Did they not visit the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)/school before they enrolled their child? They claimed that it was the only option they could find on the Internet. How long did they use? I visited at least 3 places and still did not find the right place. We took a weekend boot camp instead and followed up with parenting classes. Well some problems remain but we can manage.</p><p></p><p>Reality is that there are a lot of places which are in the market for profit and you have to be very alert. It doesn't help our children if a place is too relaxed and it certainly doesn't help our children if a place just want to break our children and then leave it with this.</p><p></p><p>I have heard tons of stories about Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s not working. I have heard just as many stories about cases where nothing was done and life in prison or death became the result. There is no answer for everybody, but to claim that I don't care as a parent it is just wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucedaleblessed, post: 420083, member: 6747"] I couldn't either. When I researched some Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s for our daughter I was surprised that some of them only allowed communication by phone or visit after my daughter should have made some progress in their level system. Well, Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is out of the picture right now, but even if it was necessary I would avoid those where I couldn't talk to her within a month. Coming to think about it not even a month would be acceptable. I remember a book by some Marcus person about a school up north where 5 teenager were followed during their 15 months there. While they did not allow parents to hire a transport company to come with the children, some parents hired the transport firm to drop the child just outside the campus and then the parents dragged the child the rest of the way onto campus so the staff could take it from there. I also got a mail from former employee from our local now-closed Residential Treatment Center (RTC). They seemed to have raided yet another special school in Costa Rica which shared the same owners as our local Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Some parents said that they were surprised to see the standard because it was nothing compared with the brochures. Did they not visit the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)/school before they enrolled their child? They claimed that it was the only option they could find on the Internet. How long did they use? I visited at least 3 places and still did not find the right place. We took a weekend boot camp instead and followed up with parenting classes. Well some problems remain but we can manage. Reality is that there are a lot of places which are in the market for profit and you have to be very alert. It doesn't help our children if a place is too relaxed and it certainly doesn't help our children if a place just want to break our children and then leave it with this. I have heard tons of stories about Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s not working. I have heard just as many stories about cases where nothing was done and life in prison or death became the result. There is no answer for everybody, but to claim that I don't care as a parent it is just wrong. [/QUOTE]
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