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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 394591" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>There may not be much difference depending on where you live. In my state, an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) has 24/7 supervision of the clients, provides milieu therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, recreation therapy, etc; a quite room for isolation as needed, and medical staff on site 24/7 including the daily (but not 24/7) presence of an psychiatrist. A group home doesn't have the quiet room, the high level of medical staff and may or may not have 24/7 supervision. Technically, the last Residential Treatment Center (RTC) Kanga was at was licensed as a group home due to the lack of the quiet room and 24/7 medical staff but was run like an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) with 24/7 supervision and staffing levels. </p><p></p><p>If the group home that he will be at has 24/7 supervision, that is very good. As you know, false allegations can destroy you. That is a huge issue with Kanga as well. Did the change in your difficult child come with puberty? or could something have happened at biomoms? sometimes the genetic issues and an environmental trigger shove these kids over the edge (Kanga comes from two mentally ill birthparents and was neglected/abused from birth to age 5.)</p><p></p><p>So, to answer your original question, yes, it has been helpful -- primarily in keeping the rest of us safe from Kanga; at a smaller level, it has helped her learn some skills for her adult life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 394591, member: 1169"] There may not be much difference depending on where you live. In my state, an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) has 24/7 supervision of the clients, provides milieu therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, recreation therapy, etc; a quite room for isolation as needed, and medical staff on site 24/7 including the daily (but not 24/7) presence of an psychiatrist. A group home doesn't have the quiet room, the high level of medical staff and may or may not have 24/7 supervision. Technically, the last Residential Treatment Center (RTC) Kanga was at was licensed as a group home due to the lack of the quiet room and 24/7 medical staff but was run like an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) with 24/7 supervision and staffing levels. If the group home that he will be at has 24/7 supervision, that is very good. As you know, false allegations can destroy you. That is a huge issue with Kanga as well. Did the change in your difficult child come with puberty? or could something have happened at biomoms? sometimes the genetic issues and an environmental trigger shove these kids over the edge (Kanga comes from two mentally ill birthparents and was neglected/abused from birth to age 5.) So, to answer your original question, yes, it has been helpful -- primarily in keeping the rest of us safe from Kanga; at a smaller level, it has helped her learn some skills for her adult life. [/QUOTE]
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