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<blockquote data-quote="C.J." data-source="post: 75549" data-attributes="member: 1987"><p>I have a very limited experience with an Residential Treatment Center (RTC), but I'd be surprised if most didn't operate in the same general way for accreditation.</p><p></p><p>1. Do you have family therapy time? This would allow you to share your concerns with your son while a therapist/counselor is present to discuss the different behaviors your son displays. He's talking the talk at Residential Treatment Center (RTC), but walking a different walk while at home with you.</p><p></p><p>2. There should be a "home visit survey" for you to complete at the end of each home visit for the staff at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC). They need to gauge what is going on at home, too.</p><p></p><p>3. Don't expect miracles. N* has been home for almost two months now, and asks frequently if I have noticed the changes she has made. I tell her that I see that she's completing her homework on the days she makes it to school. I don't see her going to school when she is the least bit under the weather. I still see notices that she arrives to a lot of classes late. I still see the unfinished chores when I come home from work. The change that I don't mention to her, is that I've noticed she doesn't explode when I say no to a request. That is one of the more positive changes she came home with.</p><p></p><p>4. Does your son have a case manager involved who can provide both you and him options available to him if he doesn't return to live with you? Since N* was placed at Residential Treatment Center (RTC) by the court, there were other group homes, supervised independent living, and perhaps a foster home setting presented as available options.</p><p></p><p>You're not a bad mother if you don't want chaos and destruction to take over your life and the lives of the rest of your family. Work on detaching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C.J., post: 75549, member: 1987"] I have a very limited experience with an Residential Treatment Center (RTC), but I'd be surprised if most didn't operate in the same general way for accreditation. 1. Do you have family therapy time? This would allow you to share your concerns with your son while a therapist/counselor is present to discuss the different behaviors your son displays. He's talking the talk at Residential Treatment Center (RTC), but walking a different walk while at home with you. 2. There should be a "home visit survey" for you to complete at the end of each home visit for the staff at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC). They need to gauge what is going on at home, too. 3. Don't expect miracles. N* has been home for almost two months now, and asks frequently if I have noticed the changes she has made. I tell her that I see that she's completing her homework on the days she makes it to school. I don't see her going to school when she is the least bit under the weather. I still see notices that she arrives to a lot of classes late. I still see the unfinished chores when I come home from work. The change that I don't mention to her, is that I've noticed she doesn't explode when I say no to a request. That is one of the more positive changes she came home with. 4. Does your son have a case manager involved who can provide both you and him options available to him if he doesn't return to live with you? Since N* was placed at Residential Treatment Center (RTC) by the court, there were other group homes, supervised independent living, and perhaps a foster home setting presented as available options. You're not a bad mother if you don't want chaos and destruction to take over your life and the lives of the rest of your family. Work on detaching. [/QUOTE]
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