Dazed n Confused
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As my difficult child finishes up his time at wilderness in Hawaii, we were told about a place in Costa Rica for kids with Anxiety, Social Phobia, Depression, Some Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), etc.
Anyone have any thoughts about Costa Rica, anyone send their child there?
If you PM me, I can give you the name of the place that was recommended.
It is a year long program, he will be 18 in January but they will have him sign an agreement to stay. He can't come home, we had our first family phone call about a week ago and wow.........like nothing had changed.
The counselors and staff couldn't figure out why we had even sent him there because he is so polite, respectful, does his chores, etc. They could tell he had anxiety and some depression but not the ANGER that we told them about. We after the phone call the counselor actually said he now understood why. Apparently he is perfect away from family its just his parents and grandparents that he can't communicate with.
The other place that we were told about was in Utah, I'm not so impressed with that one, just from what I have read on the internet. I have yet to talk to the "admin" at either place.
He had a psychological exam about 2 weeks ago and basically it was what we thought.
Sorry now I am just rambling...............I don't know how some of you have made it through all of this. You are strong people.
Thanks
Anyone have any thoughts about Costa Rica, anyone send their child there?
If you PM me, I can give you the name of the place that was recommended.
It is a year long program, he will be 18 in January but they will have him sign an agreement to stay. He can't come home, we had our first family phone call about a week ago and wow.........like nothing had changed.
The counselors and staff couldn't figure out why we had even sent him there because he is so polite, respectful, does his chores, etc. They could tell he had anxiety and some depression but not the ANGER that we told them about. We after the phone call the counselor actually said he now understood why. Apparently he is perfect away from family its just his parents and grandparents that he can't communicate with.
The other place that we were told about was in Utah, I'm not so impressed with that one, just from what I have read on the internet. I have yet to talk to the "admin" at either place.
He had a psychological exam about 2 weeks ago and basically it was what we thought.
Sorry now I am just rambling...............I don't know how some of you have made it through all of this. You are strong people.
Thanks