Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Not sure where to turn
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 423763" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Welcome Marksae. I too have a 16 1/2 year old-but female. We have been through hell as well-mostly the last few years. Mine got out of an 18 month stay in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC), which cost an arm and a leg, only to be worse off. She is also court involved. She has just been placed in another Residential Treatment Center (RTC) with DBT therapy-she is still in detention awaiting a "bed". ( We begged for this!) We turned her in for everything so we could get before a judge and claim dependency and get her help. She runs, cuts school, began stealing, and uses pot. After her last run, she was positive for cocaine-she swore she would never use hard drugs and it never showed in her drug testing (we tested her for 6 months before Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and after) until now-blew us away but.....</p><p> </p><p>Teachers always loved her-shes really smart and obedient at school. Therapists were snowed by her. She is well behaved when she wants something at home. They think she's great at detention center and at the start of the first Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Eventually her true colors came out and she gave the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) a run for their money. It actually was a relief, because I thought I was the problem (she told me I was). Your boy's true colors will show to others at some point. How did he get court involved?</p><p> </p><p>I wonder about drugs as well. Does he have some diagnosis? Are you getting therapy for him or family (my older son was very resentful of difficult child and he needed to talk about this)? Have you asked the judge or PO for support-many schools have youth in custody programs and trackers for court involved kids. Is there gang involement? How do you take care of your self?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 423763, member: 11001"] Welcome Marksae. I too have a 16 1/2 year old-but female. We have been through hell as well-mostly the last few years. Mine got out of an 18 month stay in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC), which cost an arm and a leg, only to be worse off. She is also court involved. She has just been placed in another Residential Treatment Center (RTC) with DBT therapy-she is still in detention awaiting a "bed". ( We begged for this!) We turned her in for everything so we could get before a judge and claim dependency and get her help. She runs, cuts school, began stealing, and uses pot. After her last run, she was positive for cocaine-she swore she would never use hard drugs and it never showed in her drug testing (we tested her for 6 months before Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and after) until now-blew us away but..... Teachers always loved her-shes really smart and obedient at school. Therapists were snowed by her. She is well behaved when she wants something at home. They think she's great at detention center and at the start of the first Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Eventually her true colors came out and she gave the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) a run for their money. It actually was a relief, because I thought I was the problem (she told me I was). Your boy's true colors will show to others at some point. How did he get court involved? I wonder about drugs as well. Does he have some diagnosis? Are you getting therapy for him or family (my older son was very resentful of difficult child and he needed to talk about this)? Have you asked the judge or PO for support-many schools have youth in custody programs and trackers for court involved kids. Is there gang involement? How do you take care of your self? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Not sure where to turn
Top