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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 332349" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>We do have the list of questions to ask an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) prior to placement in the archives. I think that's a good place to start for things to be aware of.</p><p> </p><p>I do want to say that it is incredibly difficult to keep a clear head when we're dealing with- Residential Treatment Center (RTC) staff. In my experience, our thinking can be clouded by so many things - the severity of our child's illness, the fact that we know what our children are capable of (for the ones who are violent), the trust that I think we must implicitly give Residential Treatment Center (RTC) staff when we hand over our child, knowing that our kids are manipulative and not always terribly reality-based, and yes, the fear of how to deal with- our child if the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) isn't appropriate. There are so many emotions involved here, it's easy to lose rational logical thoughts.</p><p> </p><p>Somehow we have to do our best to keep our eye on the ball. In my world, my #1 priority was his safety. #2 was treatment. #3 was education. (Just based on my life with thank you - certainly your priorities might be different based on your child's needs). Did I always keep that in mind? Nope. Was he in a bad placement at some point? Yep. Did I lose sight of the goal? Yep. I let the lesser concerns of what on earth would happen to him/my family if I pulled him, as well as the despair and hopelessness of having had a kid who at that point had near 20 hospitalizations and 4 years in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) under his belt, cloud my judgement. </p><p> </p><p>We learn. Again, the advice I would give any parent who is concerned about an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) placement but who cannot put a finger on a specific issue is to follow their gut, after careful thought and examination as unemotionally as possible. It's hard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 332349, member: 8"] We do have the list of questions to ask an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) prior to placement in the archives. I think that's a good place to start for things to be aware of. I do want to say that it is incredibly difficult to keep a clear head when we're dealing with- Residential Treatment Center (RTC) staff. In my experience, our thinking can be clouded by so many things - the severity of our child's illness, the fact that we know what our children are capable of (for the ones who are violent), the trust that I think we must implicitly give Residential Treatment Center (RTC) staff when we hand over our child, knowing that our kids are manipulative and not always terribly reality-based, and yes, the fear of how to deal with- our child if the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) isn't appropriate. There are so many emotions involved here, it's easy to lose rational logical thoughts. Somehow we have to do our best to keep our eye on the ball. In my world, my #1 priority was his safety. #2 was treatment. #3 was education. (Just based on my life with thank you - certainly your priorities might be different based on your child's needs). Did I always keep that in mind? Nope. Was he in a bad placement at some point? Yep. Did I lose sight of the goal? Yep. I let the lesser concerns of what on earth would happen to him/my family if I pulled him, as well as the despair and hopelessness of having had a kid who at that point had near 20 hospitalizations and 4 years in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) under his belt, cloud my judgement. We learn. Again, the advice I would give any parent who is concerned about an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) placement but who cannot put a finger on a specific issue is to follow their gut, after careful thought and examination as unemotionally as possible. It's hard. [/QUOTE]
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