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A month in the hospital and no sign of improvement
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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 58919" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>I think one month is too soon to see progress. My dtr was in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for 8 1/2 months--she didn't start working with the program til she had been there about 3 months. This was after she did everything she could think of to get them to send her home. She was in a lockdown facility in Utah so she finally got the message that she couldn't come home til she worked. She became one of their model kids but I don't think she really internalized it at the time--she did fine as long as she was in the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) but couldn't maintain when she got out. Hers was also a positive peer culture facility and I think that was good--those other kids all had each other's numbers so they couldn't pull anything on each other.</p><p></p><p>We spent a fortune on this place and she relapsed when she came home and ended up in another facility by court order. It was full of tough kids (versus the middle class kids at the one in Utah) but I think that was what she needed at the time.</p><p></p><p>She is now 19 and on her own and functioning quite well as far as I know. I don't know how much can be attributed to her Residential Treatment Center (RTC) experiences or if she would be doing okay anyway. I sure hope she learned something--she can talk like a therapist so she does know the lingo and she is great at analyzing other people.</p><p></p><p>Someone else asked if your difficult child knows this is a 6 month program and she will be released regardless of what happens. I know the staff at my dtr's first Residential Treatment Center (RTC) were very adamant about the kids knowing there was no time limit, they would be there as long as needed. I'm sure if my dtr had been given info on a release time she would have just faked her way through. I have asked her if indeed she did fake it but she says no, she really did work, she just couldn't do it once she left.</p><p></p><p>Take care,</p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 58919, member: 3450"] I think one month is too soon to see progress. My dtr was in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for 8 1/2 months--she didn't start working with the program til she had been there about 3 months. This was after she did everything she could think of to get them to send her home. She was in a lockdown facility in Utah so she finally got the message that she couldn't come home til she worked. She became one of their model kids but I don't think she really internalized it at the time--she did fine as long as she was in the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) but couldn't maintain when she got out. Hers was also a positive peer culture facility and I think that was good--those other kids all had each other's numbers so they couldn't pull anything on each other. We spent a fortune on this place and she relapsed when she came home and ended up in another facility by court order. It was full of tough kids (versus the middle class kids at the one in Utah) but I think that was what she needed at the time. She is now 19 and on her own and functioning quite well as far as I know. I don't know how much can be attributed to her Residential Treatment Center (RTC) experiences or if she would be doing okay anyway. I sure hope she learned something--she can talk like a therapist so she does know the lingo and she is great at analyzing other people. Someone else asked if your difficult child knows this is a 6 month program and she will be released regardless of what happens. I know the staff at my dtr's first Residential Treatment Center (RTC) were very adamant about the kids knowing there was no time limit, they would be there as long as needed. I'm sure if my dtr had been given info on a release time she would have just faked her way through. I have asked her if indeed she did fake it but she says no, she really did work, she just couldn't do it once she left. Take care, Jane [/QUOTE]
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