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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 166472" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>1. One staff person takes one resident out to dinner.</p><p><span style="color: red">Occasionally if a staff member had an errand to run and a psychiatrist or counselor felt a one on one outing was appropriate or could be beneficial, sure. However I have never heard this with kids who have a hx of accusations. Maybe you need to put that in writing and send a registered, return receipt letter. </span></p><p>2. Each resident gets $110 once a month as spending money.</p><p><span style="color: red">In all the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s and group homes Dude has been in over the years (13 I think) I never heard of such a thing. I would ask the staff HOW this is possible. </span></p><p>3. Summer school is only 2.5 hours of academics with a 10:30am lunch and a gym class to get to the advertised 4 hours.</p><p><span style="color: magenta">My concern here is that the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is billing for 4 hours. Have you seen a bill? Can you call your SD and ask to see a copy of what they have been billed for? It IS harder in the Summer time to get these kids to class for 4 hours and a teacher that will be there. My larger concern is are they accredited? Is Kanga getting credits towards a diploma (Carnegie Units) or are they going to do her like they did Dude and tell him at 17 - nothing counted towards a diploma and dumped him in Adult Ed after telling us - YES they are ALL accredited. Bologna! </span></p><p>4. My child is the only non-DCFS ward at her Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Is this bad? or irrelevant?</p><p>So was Dude the majority of the time - it's actually GOOD because kids will talk to each other and the last time Dude EVER whined about his situation - the other kids (mostly girls) told him about THEIR lives and well, that ended the pity part. </p><p></p><p>These things all concern me</p><p>1. As a teacher we were NEVER allow to be along with a child (especially one with a history of false allegation like Kanga). </p><p><span style="color: blue">I think again, a letter stating her history with return receipt. </span></p><p>2. I feel this is setting her up, when she comes home she won't be getting $110 a month nor will she be allowed to keep most of the (inappropriate) things she has bought. </p><p><span style="color: blue">If the $$ is earned - or a reward and she can use it to go on outings to buy herself goal oriented rewards - this is good. I wasnt' sure you were going to bring her home. But you are correct this AMOUNT $27.50 a week for a kids allowance is very unrealistic for 13 yo.</span> </p><p>3. They are billing our school district for 4 hours of summer school, plus Kanga needs summer school and with breakfast at 8am and lunch at 10:30am, she'll never make it to a 5:30pm dinner without gorging on snacks in between, that just seems wrong.</p><p><span style="color: blue">This needs to be addressed to the director. No butts.</span> <span style="color: deepskyblue">Most of our kids NEED snacks to stave off the meanies. It's not just a snack going from 10:30 - 5:30 without food is UNHEALTHY....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 166472, member: 4964"] 1. One staff person takes one resident out to dinner. [COLOR=red]Occasionally if a staff member had an errand to run and a psychiatrist or counselor felt a one on one outing was appropriate or could be beneficial, sure. However I have never heard this with kids who have a hx of accusations. Maybe you need to put that in writing and send a registered, return receipt letter. [/COLOR] 2. Each resident gets $110 once a month as spending money. [COLOR=red]In all the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s and group homes Dude has been in over the years (13 I think) I never heard of such a thing. I would ask the staff HOW this is possible. [/COLOR] 3. Summer school is only 2.5 hours of academics with a 10:30am lunch and a gym class to get to the advertised 4 hours. [COLOR=magenta]My concern here is that the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is billing for 4 hours. Have you seen a bill? Can you call your SD and ask to see a copy of what they have been billed for? It IS harder in the Summer time to get these kids to class for 4 hours and a teacher that will be there. My larger concern is are they accredited? Is Kanga getting credits towards a diploma (Carnegie Units) or are they going to do her like they did Dude and tell him at 17 - nothing counted towards a diploma and dumped him in Adult Ed after telling us - YES they are ALL accredited. Bologna! [/COLOR] 4. My child is the only non-DCFS ward at her Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Is this bad? or irrelevant? So was Dude the majority of the time - it's actually GOOD because kids will talk to each other and the last time Dude EVER whined about his situation - the other kids (mostly girls) told him about THEIR lives and well, that ended the pity part. These things all concern me 1. As a teacher we were NEVER allow to be along with a child (especially one with a history of false allegation like Kanga). [COLOR=blue]I think again, a letter stating her history with return receipt. [/COLOR] 2. I feel this is setting her up, when she comes home she won't be getting $110 a month nor will she be allowed to keep most of the (inappropriate) things she has bought. [COLOR=blue]If the $$ is earned - or a reward and she can use it to go on outings to buy herself goal oriented rewards - this is good. I wasnt' sure you were going to bring her home. But you are correct this AMOUNT $27.50 a week for a kids allowance is very unrealistic for 13 yo.[/COLOR] 3. They are billing our school district for 4 hours of summer school, plus Kanga needs summer school and with breakfast at 8am and lunch at 10:30am, she'll never make it to a 5:30pm dinner without gorging on snacks in between, that just seems wrong. [COLOR=blue]This needs to be addressed to the director. No butts.[/COLOR] [COLOR=deepskyblue]Most of our kids NEED snacks to stave off the meanies. It's not just a snack going from 10:30 - 5:30 without food is UNHEALTHY....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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