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<blockquote data-quote="seaport104" data-source="post: 276944" data-attributes="member: 7455"><p>Hello, I am in a similar situation as well with my soon to be 15 yr old daughter. I too have been considering the wilderness program. I hired an educational consultant and he recommended some options. Please be very careful about putting your child in any wilderness and/or therapeutic boarding school. I started doing research myself, trying to tackle it on my own and it was overwhelming. Since wilderness/boarding schools are for the most part, unregulated on a national level, I became concerned with some of the tactics used in some of them. I personally, do not believe in the break them down to build them up philosophy (although I understand there are circumstances that this is inevitable). I can tell you all wilderness programs (good and bad) costs about $425-$475 per day, min of 45 days, max of about 3 months. Therapeutic boarding schools are at least $4,500-$7,000 month. If your insurance covers mental health or substance abuse residential treatment, there are accredited wilderness programs that qualifies for reimbursement. Here are the handful my educational consultant recommended for my daughter (who has lower level defiant issues in school and home, experimenting with drugs, failing 9th grade, truancy and has very negative peer groups). He recommended Anasazi for my daughter and recommened the other 2 only when I asked him for a couple more for comparisons in approach, philosophy, etc.</p><p> </p><p>1) XXX</p><p>2) XXX</p><p>3) XXX (according to educ. consultant, they specialize in substance abusers)</p><p> </p><p>I have also contacted DYFS (child Services in NJ) and I can give you more info on what they've told me and numbers I have. I didn't pursue it any further since you really can't check out the treatment centers they can potentially put your child in advance and this worried me. But then again, if I had no other options, help is better than no help! </p><p> </p><p>I too am in NJ and see you posted in the middle of the night- you're not alone! I would be happy to talk to you on the phone, just send me a private message.</p><p></p><p>{edited out provider names to limit site's potential liability -TM}</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seaport104, post: 276944, member: 7455"] Hello, I am in a similar situation as well with my soon to be 15 yr old daughter. I too have been considering the wilderness program. I hired an educational consultant and he recommended some options. Please be very careful about putting your child in any wilderness and/or therapeutic boarding school. I started doing research myself, trying to tackle it on my own and it was overwhelming. Since wilderness/boarding schools are for the most part, unregulated on a national level, I became concerned with some of the tactics used in some of them. I personally, do not believe in the break them down to build them up philosophy (although I understand there are circumstances that this is inevitable). I can tell you all wilderness programs (good and bad) costs about $425-$475 per day, min of 45 days, max of about 3 months. Therapeutic boarding schools are at least $4,500-$7,000 month. If your insurance covers mental health or substance abuse residential treatment, there are accredited wilderness programs that qualifies for reimbursement. Here are the handful my educational consultant recommended for my daughter (who has lower level defiant issues in school and home, experimenting with drugs, failing 9th grade, truancy and has very negative peer groups). He recommended Anasazi for my daughter and recommened the other 2 only when I asked him for a couple more for comparisons in approach, philosophy, etc. 1) XXX 2) XXX 3) XXX (according to educ. consultant, they specialize in substance abusers) I have also contacted DYFS (child Services in NJ) and I can give you more info on what they've told me and numbers I have. I didn't pursue it any further since you really can't check out the treatment centers they can potentially put your child in advance and this worried me. But then again, if I had no other options, help is better than no help! I too am in NJ and see you posted in the middle of the night- you're not alone! I would be happy to talk to you on the phone, just send me a private message. {edited out provider names to limit site's potential liability -TM} [/QUOTE]
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