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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 543989" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Kaz24- I would like to add that 9th grade is notoriously a bad year for many kids and especially those with issues when they transition to high school. I would proceed with a new evaluation and I would monitor his medications.By the way Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s do these evaluations if you go that route. We simply put a lock on a hall closet and kept everything protected (even Tylenol there as well as cleaners).</p><p></p><p>The drug problem to me is big. We did not want to square off with my daughters MJ use at first (a bit of denial that it was a big problem to start with)- we knew it was underlying mental problems but using and then taking medication can be dangerous. Her psychiatric took her off all medications and told her (this was before 1st Residential Treatment Center (RTC)), that until she had 2 months of clean UAs, he would not give her medications because what she was doing was illegal, not healthy in anyway. Eventually he pushed us to Residential Treatment Center (RTC).</p><p></p><p>We have used collaborative problem solving (There are 2 books about this method, one for teachers and one for families-the school one is more explicit in the method and I think easier to read)with her-it has only been effective when she was sober and motivated. We could never predict when or what would help it work. I personally think you will need more than coaching-but you could try. Our daughter's 1st Residential Treatment Center (RTC) used couching-she still returns to get coaching once in awhile. That is not to say counseling is better-it really has not helped my kid and was limited in what it did for our family as well. Again the FA-12 steps has been the most helpful for everyone. I think the drug problem has to be dealt with or you have a teenage, hormone washed, under developed frontal cortex, drug altered brain-there is no way to teach or change that mind. I hope I am not being too rough-I wish someone would have gotten real for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 543989, member: 11001"] Kaz24- I would like to add that 9th grade is notoriously a bad year for many kids and especially those with issues when they transition to high school. I would proceed with a new evaluation and I would monitor his medications.By the way Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s do these evaluations if you go that route. We simply put a lock on a hall closet and kept everything protected (even Tylenol there as well as cleaners). The drug problem to me is big. We did not want to square off with my daughters MJ use at first (a bit of denial that it was a big problem to start with)- we knew it was underlying mental problems but using and then taking medication can be dangerous. Her psychiatric took her off all medications and told her (this was before 1st Residential Treatment Center (RTC)), that until she had 2 months of clean UAs, he would not give her medications because what she was doing was illegal, not healthy in anyway. Eventually he pushed us to Residential Treatment Center (RTC). We have used collaborative problem solving (There are 2 books about this method, one for teachers and one for families-the school one is more explicit in the method and I think easier to read)with her-it has only been effective when she was sober and motivated. We could never predict when or what would help it work. I personally think you will need more than coaching-but you could try. Our daughter's 1st Residential Treatment Center (RTC) used couching-she still returns to get coaching once in awhile. That is not to say counseling is better-it really has not helped my kid and was limited in what it did for our family as well. Again the FA-12 steps has been the most helpful for everyone. I think the drug problem has to be dealt with or you have a teenage, hormone washed, under developed frontal cortex, drug altered brain-there is no way to teach or change that mind. I hope I am not being too rough-I wish someone would have gotten real for me. [/QUOTE]
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