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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 174579" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>I think a lot depends on how long the behavior has been going on. For my daughter, I'm not convinced that 16 months was actually enough. It took her 16 years to learn all of her little tricks. The first 3 months at her Residential Treatment Center (RTC) she was on a honeymoon. The next 6 months really was a tearing down of her self. The next 7 months were a rebuilding and a relearning. I think to have been truly successful instead of just partially, she would have needed at least 24 months, if not a bit more.</p><p> </p><p>I know other kids at her Residential Treatment Center (RTC) that would have been successful in a much shorter period -- they were more of the adolescence acting out and experimenting. There were some that no amount of an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) would have truly helped. Those were the ones that desparately needed medication but either refused to take it, could not take or had parents that refused to drug their child (the most common).</p><p> </p><p>Another factor is whether the child truly wants the help and wants to change. </p><p> </p><p>I think the hardest (and least successful) are the kids who manipulate the program but don't really work to change. They talk the walk but don't do the work. They look good, get home and go right back to their old ways. They had no intention of ever changing and were good enough actors to convince people or at least their they had changed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 174579, member: 3626"] I think a lot depends on how long the behavior has been going on. For my daughter, I'm not convinced that 16 months was actually enough. It took her 16 years to learn all of her little tricks. The first 3 months at her Residential Treatment Center (RTC) she was on a honeymoon. The next 6 months really was a tearing down of her self. The next 7 months were a rebuilding and a relearning. I think to have been truly successful instead of just partially, she would have needed at least 24 months, if not a bit more. I know other kids at her Residential Treatment Center (RTC) that would have been successful in a much shorter period -- they were more of the adolescence acting out and experimenting. There were some that no amount of an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) would have truly helped. Those were the ones that desparately needed medication but either refused to take it, could not take or had parents that refused to drug their child (the most common). Another factor is whether the child truly wants the help and wants to change. I think the hardest (and least successful) are the kids who manipulate the program but don't really work to change. They talk the walk but don't do the work. They look good, get home and go right back to their old ways. They had no intention of ever changing and were good enough actors to convince people or at least their they had changed. [/QUOTE]
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