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difficult child at PRTC doing very badly..
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<blockquote data-quote="WNC Gal" data-source="post: 76140" data-attributes="member: 3783"><p>Well...we are still debating whether to pull her out. NOT to any lower level of care, but to perhaps move her to a different PRTF which would be closer to our home. There is one which has an opening right now which is 3 hours away (vs. 6.5 where she is now) and another PRTF program only 30 minutes from us (not sure about their openings). </p><p></p><p>I have no idea if we can expect significant progress in 3.5 months, but I would have thought that a highly intelligent kid might show SOME tiny improvement. She does seem to be worse... she claims she wants to die, she is restricting her food intake (she lost 15 pounds in two weeks) and trying VERY hard to put everything off on others. She blames us, her parents, for not trying a lower level placement (none would accept her!). She blames the staff at the PRTF because they don't know "how to help her". And yet, she spends most of her therapy time venting about wanting to leave instead of working on goals. </p><p></p><p>I would be ALL in favor of her moving somewhere closer to us - but I fear that she might feel that she succesfully "manipulated" herself out of her current placement - and that is behavior that we cannot afford to reward. Yet, we agree that we need more intensive family involvement which is challenging to do with a 13 hour round trip every time we go for a family therapy session!!</p><p></p><p>Anyone have success when making a lateral move with their child to a different program of the same level?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WNC Gal, post: 76140, member: 3783"] Well...we are still debating whether to pull her out. NOT to any lower level of care, but to perhaps move her to a different PRTF which would be closer to our home. There is one which has an opening right now which is 3 hours away (vs. 6.5 where she is now) and another PRTF program only 30 minutes from us (not sure about their openings). I have no idea if we can expect significant progress in 3.5 months, but I would have thought that a highly intelligent kid might show SOME tiny improvement. She does seem to be worse... she claims she wants to die, she is restricting her food intake (she lost 15 pounds in two weeks) and trying VERY hard to put everything off on others. She blames us, her parents, for not trying a lower level placement (none would accept her!). She blames the staff at the PRTF because they don't know "how to help her". And yet, she spends most of her therapy time venting about wanting to leave instead of working on goals. I would be ALL in favor of her moving somewhere closer to us - but I fear that she might feel that she succesfully "manipulated" herself out of her current placement - and that is behavior that we cannot afford to reward. Yet, we agree that we need more intensive family involvement which is challenging to do with a 13 hour round trip every time we go for a family therapy session!! Anyone have success when making a lateral move with their child to a different program of the same level? [/QUOTE]
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