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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 315237" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>Why wouldn't the goals be psychologically oriented as opposed to things like earning privileges like going out with friends at night?</p><p></p><p>For example, establishing better control over anger as demonstrated by only raising his voice to family members once a day? or stopping the use of threats/bullying to get his way? or whatever is the outward manifestation of his lack of control and inability to conform to reasonable social expectations?</p><p></p><p>What about being able to conform to the terms of his parole? So it might be that his goal is to reduce behaviors that might lead to violating the terms of his parole like skipping school because he's bored or has been encouraged to do so by friends. Or that he seeks help when confronted with such temptations and isn't sure he can resist that tempation?</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how to word or construct some of these things but it seems to me a good therapist should be able to do so.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps you should give the therapist a heads up about your expectations regarding the goals so she is not surprised at your next appointment if you have a fundamental disagreement about goals.</p><p></p><p>You don't have a signature line so it's a little hard to offer more specific advice based on your son's age or diagnosis, etc.</p><p></p><p>The other thing I would say is how much do you know about the tdocs level of experience working with troubled youth? Because I would want someone with a lot of depth of experience in that arena - as in 15+ years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 315237, member: 7948"] Why wouldn't the goals be psychologically oriented as opposed to things like earning privileges like going out with friends at night? For example, establishing better control over anger as demonstrated by only raising his voice to family members once a day? or stopping the use of threats/bullying to get his way? or whatever is the outward manifestation of his lack of control and inability to conform to reasonable social expectations? What about being able to conform to the terms of his parole? So it might be that his goal is to reduce behaviors that might lead to violating the terms of his parole like skipping school because he's bored or has been encouraged to do so by friends. Or that he seeks help when confronted with such temptations and isn't sure he can resist that tempation? I'm not sure how to word or construct some of these things but it seems to me a good therapist should be able to do so. Perhaps you should give the therapist a heads up about your expectations regarding the goals so she is not surprised at your next appointment if you have a fundamental disagreement about goals. You don't have a signature line so it's a little hard to offer more specific advice based on your son's age or diagnosis, etc. The other thing I would say is how much do you know about the tdocs level of experience working with troubled youth? Because I would want someone with a lot of depth of experience in that arena - as in 15+ years. [/QUOTE]
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