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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 102781" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>While my daughter didn't have ADHD/BiPolar (BP) some of the kids in her Residential Treatment Center (RTC). It was successful for some, not so successful for others. A lot depended on how willing the child was to work the program. My daughter still chats online with many of her group. Most are succeeding today (not necessarily successful but at least not dropping out of life). Those that aren't came in with horrific family situations (one child had father allegedly committing suicide and then mother was arrested for his murder 4 years later and she died in prison; another was tossed from one Residential Treatment Center (RTC) to boarding school, to whatever just so she wouldn't be home; etc.). While most of the kids resented being sent away they did admit that they did much better in the structured environment and gained tools to help them as they are reaching adulthood.</p><p></p><p>Had I known then what I know now, I would have sent her during middle school rather than high school. I think that in the long run it would have helped more. </p><p></p><p>Most schools will work with you in arranging financing. However, the cost is prohibitive -- more expensive than a year at an Ivy League college and that's without factoring in therapy, medication, clothing, etc. I used my daughter's college fund to pay for her Residential Treatment Center (RTC). It means that if she decides to go to college, she is going to have to go the route of student loans and grants and working. Not what I wanted or had planned, but she's alive and well, which I doubt would have been the case if I had let her continue on the path she was on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 102781, member: 3626"] While my daughter didn't have ADHD/BiPolar (BP) some of the kids in her Residential Treatment Center (RTC). It was successful for some, not so successful for others. A lot depended on how willing the child was to work the program. My daughter still chats online with many of her group. Most are succeeding today (not necessarily successful but at least not dropping out of life). Those that aren't came in with horrific family situations (one child had father allegedly committing suicide and then mother was arrested for his murder 4 years later and she died in prison; another was tossed from one Residential Treatment Center (RTC) to boarding school, to whatever just so she wouldn't be home; etc.). While most of the kids resented being sent away they did admit that they did much better in the structured environment and gained tools to help them as they are reaching adulthood. Had I known then what I know now, I would have sent her during middle school rather than high school. I think that in the long run it would have helped more. Most schools will work with you in arranging financing. However, the cost is prohibitive -- more expensive than a year at an Ivy League college and that's without factoring in therapy, medication, clothing, etc. I used my daughter's college fund to pay for her Residential Treatment Center (RTC). It means that if she decides to go to college, she is going to have to go the route of student loans and grants and working. Not what I wanted or had planned, but she's alive and well, which I doubt would have been the case if I had let her continue on the path she was on. [/QUOTE]
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