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Too good at fosterhome, they are talking about her being transferred to Residential.
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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 443481" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Jody - there are several RTCs in IL, some good, some not so much. thank you was in 4 placements from age 9 to 18 - 2 excellent, 1 awful (subsequently shut down by the state), and 1 that was just the wrong placement from the start. </p><p></p><p>The good RTCs had consistent staff who were well trained, excellent structure, good communication with us, and an obvious familiarity in dealing with- children who had mental illness and extremely challenging behaviors.</p><p></p><p>It's just a starting point, but here is a list of questions to ask potential RTCs - http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/questions-to-ask-an-residential-treatment-center-Residential Treatment Center (Residential Treatment Center (RTC))-need-input.200/</p><p></p><p>Add your own questions as they apply to your situation. I think a discussion that needs to be ongoing with any Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is discharge planning, supports, and services available. In my experience, even with- the best of the RTCs, there was not meaningful supports for thank you and our family after discharge. We went back to therapist/psychiatrist and sped services, but in my humble opinion there needs to be more support once your child is back in the community - respite, crisis team, etc. Those services just didn't exist in our area, and while thank you did return home twice between ages 9 and 18, he didn't last more than 3 month either time before reverting to his old violent behaviors.</p><p></p><p>I'd also highly recommend that you visit in person any potential placement (assuming you can have input on her placement).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 443481, member: 8"] Jody - there are several RTCs in IL, some good, some not so much. thank you was in 4 placements from age 9 to 18 - 2 excellent, 1 awful (subsequently shut down by the state), and 1 that was just the wrong placement from the start. The good RTCs had consistent staff who were well trained, excellent structure, good communication with us, and an obvious familiarity in dealing with- children who had mental illness and extremely challenging behaviors. It's just a starting point, but here is a list of questions to ask potential RTCs - [URL]http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/questions-to-ask-an-residential-treatment-center-Residential Treatment Center (RTC)-need-input.200/[/URL] Add your own questions as they apply to your situation. I think a discussion that needs to be ongoing with any Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is discharge planning, supports, and services available. In my experience, even with- the best of the RTCs, there was not meaningful supports for thank you and our family after discharge. We went back to therapist/psychiatrist and sped services, but in my humble opinion there needs to be more support once your child is back in the community - respite, crisis team, etc. Those services just didn't exist in our area, and while thank you did return home twice between ages 9 and 18, he didn't last more than 3 month either time before reverting to his old violent behaviors. I'd also highly recommend that you visit in person any potential placement (assuming you can have input on her placement). [/QUOTE]
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