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Moving from therapeutic wilderness to therapeutic boarding school
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<blockquote data-quote="sushideluxe" data-source="post: 747289" data-attributes="member: 21956"><p>Hi! R is doing well has his therapeutic boarding school. He has reached the highest behavioral level (level 5) and is allowed some privileges. I see a lot of growth in him. He has better coping skills. While we still do occasionally have conflict, it is less frequent, less intense, and shorter in duration. The last time we had conflict, the next day he not only apologized for the previous day but also for how he had treated me last year. His therapist there is helping him work through some ideas for positive ways to engage with others and keep busy when he transitions home, which I expect will be this summer. I know that we will have challenges during and after the transition, so we are putting scaffolding in place to support him. I am hoping the district offers a specific program that I think would be a good fit for him. For that I have retained our excellent special education attorneys.</p><p></p><p>I feel the school we chose for him has been good fit for him behaviorally, therapeutically, and socially. I don't think it has been the best fit academically. I expect we will have some work to do in supporting him with that next year as well.</p><p></p><p>Having him away at school has been really good for the rest of us in other ways. My daughter is having a very strong academic year for her junior year of high school. The house is quiet, calm, and clean(er). With that said, I actually miss the little bugger.</p><p></p><p>I couldn't tell you if R has changed to the extent that he no longer wants to do the stuff that got him in trouble, or if he has just decided that the consequences outweigh the benefits. Not sure it really matters in the long run.</p><p></p><p>We are going to work with a parenting coach to put ourselves in a position to be able to parent R more productively as well once he is home.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes and I hope your son makes some good progress. Until he goes away, if you have any access to a DBT skills group for him, that has been very helpful with our daughter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sushideluxe, post: 747289, member: 21956"] Hi! R is doing well has his therapeutic boarding school. He has reached the highest behavioral level (level 5) and is allowed some privileges. I see a lot of growth in him. He has better coping skills. While we still do occasionally have conflict, it is less frequent, less intense, and shorter in duration. The last time we had conflict, the next day he not only apologized for the previous day but also for how he had treated me last year. His therapist there is helping him work through some ideas for positive ways to engage with others and keep busy when he transitions home, which I expect will be this summer. I know that we will have challenges during and after the transition, so we are putting scaffolding in place to support him. I am hoping the district offers a specific program that I think would be a good fit for him. For that I have retained our excellent special education attorneys. I feel the school we chose for him has been good fit for him behaviorally, therapeutically, and socially. I don't think it has been the best fit academically. I expect we will have some work to do in supporting him with that next year as well. Having him away at school has been really good for the rest of us in other ways. My daughter is having a very strong academic year for her junior year of high school. The house is quiet, calm, and clean(er). With that said, I actually miss the little bugger. I couldn't tell you if R has changed to the extent that he no longer wants to do the stuff that got him in trouble, or if he has just decided that the consequences outweigh the benefits. Not sure it really matters in the long run. We are going to work with a parenting coach to put ourselves in a position to be able to parent R more productively as well once he is home. Best wishes and I hope your son makes some good progress. Until he goes away, if you have any access to a DBT skills group for him, that has been very helpful with our daughter. [/QUOTE]
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