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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 400877" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>Kanga will most definitely NOT stay in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) once she hits 18. She may stay in a group home or TLP if she has the freedom to come and go as she pleases. She does not know it, but she will have all of her credits for graduation as long as she attends school through her 18th birthday. She likes school so it is possible that she will stay in school as long as she has her "adult freedoms" outside the school day. </p><p></p><p>I'm not opposed to her going to a group home eventually. My fears in pushing her into a group home too quickly is that (1) she will engage in dangerous, probably illegal, activities once she has the freedom to do so and (2) that once she has been in a group home, that there will be a push to get her placed in our home again. I would like to see her move into a group home in late spring 2012 and they are pushing for summer 2011 so we are about 1 year away from each other. My biggest fear is that she will harm someone or commit statatory rape on a young boy -- the longer I can keep her supervised, the better. </p><p></p><p>I'd be THRILLED if they would let us quit spinning our wheels in family therapy but they see "sweet, lovable Kanga" and have this overwhelming desire to help us "fix" our relationship with her. And she feeds into it by playing the victim, "I don't know why they won't let me see my siblings. I don't know why they are all scared of me. I try so hard... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> "</p><p></p><p>I would like her to establish ties in the community where her last Residential Treatment Center (RTC) was. So it is possible that I will be "convinced" to change her placement to a group home back in the city in the far NW of our state (starts with an R). I do not want her to have easy public transportation back to our county. This places group homes are too close for comfort.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 400877, member: 1169"] Kanga will most definitely NOT stay in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) once she hits 18. She may stay in a group home or TLP if she has the freedom to come and go as she pleases. She does not know it, but she will have all of her credits for graduation as long as she attends school through her 18th birthday. She likes school so it is possible that she will stay in school as long as she has her "adult freedoms" outside the school day. I'm not opposed to her going to a group home eventually. My fears in pushing her into a group home too quickly is that (1) she will engage in dangerous, probably illegal, activities once she has the freedom to do so and (2) that once she has been in a group home, that there will be a push to get her placed in our home again. I would like to see her move into a group home in late spring 2012 and they are pushing for summer 2011 so we are about 1 year away from each other. My biggest fear is that she will harm someone or commit statatory rape on a young boy -- the longer I can keep her supervised, the better. I'd be THRILLED if they would let us quit spinning our wheels in family therapy but they see "sweet, lovable Kanga" and have this overwhelming desire to help us "fix" our relationship with her. And she feeds into it by playing the victim, "I don't know why they won't let me see my siblings. I don't know why they are all scared of me. I try so hard... :( " I would like her to establish ties in the community where her last Residential Treatment Center (RTC) was. So it is possible that I will be "convinced" to change her placement to a group home back in the city in the far NW of our state (starts with an R). I do not want her to have easy public transportation back to our county. This places group homes are too close for comfort. [/QUOTE]
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