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<blockquote data-quote="goldenguru" data-source="post: 84302" data-attributes="member: 1545"><p>Hello eandk</p><p></p><p>A couple of thoughts:</p><p></p><p>Is your sense this is a drug addiction? or is your son experimenting?</p><p></p><p>Is this involvement with drugs a form of rebellion?</p><p></p><p>Could he be self medicating some emotional pain?</p><p></p><p>Would some type of community resource help your son?</p><p></p><p>Would you consider pulling him out of his current high school and putting him in a different environment?</p><p></p><p>What type of programs are offered by your juvenile care facilities? </p><p></p><p>We put our daughter in a community based outpatient facility. 3 days a week. </p><p></p><p>We tried intensive inpatient( residential) drug program. Because it wasn't a locked facility ... she ran away.</p><p></p><p>Finally we had to put her in a long term residential facility. It wasn't drug specific.</p><p></p><p>You might want to contact an 'educational consultant'. I can give you some links if you would like to go that route. They will talk with you and assess your child and then help you find the best placement based on his issues.</p><p></p><p>I'll be honest .... If I had to do it over again I don't know that I would place my daughter outside of our home as we did. I don't know that it was helpful ... except that it removed her from her environment for a year and a half. When she returned home she also returned to the same lifestyle. Running ... cutting ... drugging ... rebellion.</p><p></p><p>It was very, very expensive (upwards of $4000.00 per month). We had to drain her college account and a large portion of our savings to fund it. </p><p></p><p>There are parents who swear that it saved their child's life. For some that may be true. The empirical evidence does not support the efficacy of these programs.</p><p></p><p>In hindsight, I wish we would have tried sending her to live with relatives outside of our community. </p><p></p><p>Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Feel free to PM if you need to.</p><p></p><p>Hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goldenguru, post: 84302, member: 1545"] Hello eandk A couple of thoughts: Is your sense this is a drug addiction? or is your son experimenting? Is this involvement with drugs a form of rebellion? Could he be self medicating some emotional pain? Would some type of community resource help your son? Would you consider pulling him out of his current high school and putting him in a different environment? What type of programs are offered by your juvenile care facilities? We put our daughter in a community based outpatient facility. 3 days a week. We tried intensive inpatient( residential) drug program. Because it wasn't a locked facility ... she ran away. Finally we had to put her in a long term residential facility. It wasn't drug specific. You might want to contact an 'educational consultant'. I can give you some links if you would like to go that route. They will talk with you and assess your child and then help you find the best placement based on his issues. I'll be honest .... If I had to do it over again I don't know that I would place my daughter outside of our home as we did. I don't know that it was helpful ... except that it removed her from her environment for a year and a half. When she returned home she also returned to the same lifestyle. Running ... cutting ... drugging ... rebellion. It was very, very expensive (upwards of $4000.00 per month). We had to drain her college account and a large portion of our savings to fund it. There are parents who swear that it saved their child's life. For some that may be true. The empirical evidence does not support the efficacy of these programs. In hindsight, I wish we would have tried sending her to live with relatives outside of our community. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Feel free to PM if you need to. Hugs. [/QUOTE]
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