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Anyone have their difficult child in an out of home placement?
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<blockquote data-quote="goldenguru" data-source="post: 294413" data-attributes="member: 1545"><p>HI crabby erin -</p><p></p><p>We placed our daughter in an EGBS when she was 15 years old. She was there for almost 16 months.</p><p></p><p>We made such a drastic decision for several reasons. She was very suicidal, and we just couldn't ensure her safety 24/7. She had so many emotional issues that weekly therapy just wasn't touching the surface. She needed daily, intensive, live with the therapists kind of help.</p><p></p><p>The facility that we chose was on the other side of the country. It was faith based. It was VERY small. Maxed out at 30 girls. Their philosophy was therapy first, education second, character building third.</p><p></p><p>It was VERY expensive. We drained our savings to send her.</p><p></p><p>In hindsight I still don't know if I would do it again. I'm not sure that these programs fix our kids, if our kids don't want fixing. It gives them a set of tools. Some kids use the tools in real life. Some don't. There aren't very good empirical studies to address the efficacy of out of home placements vs. keeping kids in the home with intensive community resources.</p><p></p><p>I love the idea of sending a kid to grandparents if possible. In hindsight, I wish we would have tried that first.</p><p></p><p>Tough decisions. Good luck to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goldenguru, post: 294413, member: 1545"] HI crabby erin - We placed our daughter in an EGBS when she was 15 years old. She was there for almost 16 months. We made such a drastic decision for several reasons. She was very suicidal, and we just couldn't ensure her safety 24/7. She had so many emotional issues that weekly therapy just wasn't touching the surface. She needed daily, intensive, live with the therapists kind of help. The facility that we chose was on the other side of the country. It was faith based. It was VERY small. Maxed out at 30 girls. Their philosophy was therapy first, education second, character building third. It was VERY expensive. We drained our savings to send her. In hindsight I still don't know if I would do it again. I'm not sure that these programs fix our kids, if our kids don't want fixing. It gives them a set of tools. Some kids use the tools in real life. Some don't. There aren't very good empirical studies to address the efficacy of out of home placements vs. keeping kids in the home with intensive community resources. I love the idea of sending a kid to grandparents if possible. In hindsight, I wish we would have tried that first. Tough decisions. Good luck to you. [/QUOTE]
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