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<blockquote data-quote="WSM" data-source="post: 248797" data-attributes="member: 5169"><p>If it's just for a Scared Straight program, I think those can be very effective. Our difficult child went to one for a weekend called Weekend Wilderness for 3 days. It was run military style. We were told to have him drink lots of fluids and eat well the week beforehand, and not to tell him he was going. He got dropped off thinking he was doing a orientation for his military school. He left at 9 am Friday morning and we got him back about 1 on Sunday. Then entire time he had 4 hours of sleep and one baloney sandwich the whole time. The rest of the time was exercise, endurance, being yelled at, and if they didn't follow the rules, punishment. We aren't all sure of everything that happened, but do know that one punishment was to hog tie the kid and drag him on the sand at the beach.</p><p> </p><p>It was a state sanctioned program and in our case paid for by the state as a part of an ESE scholarship and the military school he goes to. </p><p> </p><p>It was effective--for a while. But it wears off. And the associated military school is small and difficult child is the smallest kid there just about, and his problems don't include overt aggression, or hostility--so compared to the other kids, he seems sweet. They let him get away with a lot; and we suspect they think we neglect and mistreat him and are too harsh with him.</p><p> </p><p>Just today the director told my husband (who called to inform her that this weekend difficult child put his brand new birthday GPS system in the dishwasher and ruined it), that difficult child needs to spend alone time with him--just an hour a week. That's what difficult child needs.</p><p> </p><p>Why don't they listen? They've been told that difficult child and husband spend almost all day Sunday together working on projects...but... <shrug></p><p> </p><p>Anyway, that's our experience with Scared Straight and Juvenile Detention. I'm sure it's different all over tho.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WSM, post: 248797, member: 5169"] If it's just for a Scared Straight program, I think those can be very effective. Our difficult child went to one for a weekend called Weekend Wilderness for 3 days. It was run military style. We were told to have him drink lots of fluids and eat well the week beforehand, and not to tell him he was going. He got dropped off thinking he was doing a orientation for his military school. He left at 9 am Friday morning and we got him back about 1 on Sunday. Then entire time he had 4 hours of sleep and one baloney sandwich the whole time. The rest of the time was exercise, endurance, being yelled at, and if they didn't follow the rules, punishment. We aren't all sure of everything that happened, but do know that one punishment was to hog tie the kid and drag him on the sand at the beach. It was a state sanctioned program and in our case paid for by the state as a part of an ESE scholarship and the military school he goes to. It was effective--for a while. But it wears off. And the associated military school is small and difficult child is the smallest kid there just about, and his problems don't include overt aggression, or hostility--so compared to the other kids, he seems sweet. They let him get away with a lot; and we suspect they think we neglect and mistreat him and are too harsh with him. Just today the director told my husband (who called to inform her that this weekend difficult child put his brand new birthday GPS system in the dishwasher and ruined it), that difficult child needs to spend alone time with him--just an hour a week. That's what difficult child needs. Why don't they listen? They've been told that difficult child and husband spend almost all day Sunday together working on projects...but... <shrug> Anyway, that's our experience with Scared Straight and Juvenile Detention. I'm sure it's different all over tho. [/QUOTE]
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