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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 513263" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I don'typical teen know what all the specifics are, and I do know that some have placed kids in foster care. PLEASE be aware that therapeutic foster care does NOT mean that the foster parents are trained any more than any of us are. Often they have VERY little actual training but have had basic parenting classes and that certificate of completion is used to designate them as 'therapeutic'. I know some who have had worse results from therapeutic foster parents than reg, and of course that is not to say they didn't try their best. Sadly, being designated as therapeutic foster parents does NOT eman they are equipped to handle a difficult child, esp not one with serious psychiatric problems. In my area there are quite a few who got the therapeutic designation because they were willing to take tough kids and did a class that was 1 hr a week for 5 weeks. Period. that was it. </p><p></p><p>So before you put stock into that "therapeutic", make sure you see some qualifications and verify licenses. </p><p></p><p>I don't know if Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or another placement is best, but Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a tough problem and there is no real "best" way to handle it unless you can get to very very skilled Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) experts. I wish I knew where to find those off the top of my head but I don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 513263, member: 1233"] I don'typical teen know what all the specifics are, and I do know that some have placed kids in foster care. PLEASE be aware that therapeutic foster care does NOT mean that the foster parents are trained any more than any of us are. Often they have VERY little actual training but have had basic parenting classes and that certificate of completion is used to designate them as 'therapeutic'. I know some who have had worse results from therapeutic foster parents than reg, and of course that is not to say they didn't try their best. Sadly, being designated as therapeutic foster parents does NOT eman they are equipped to handle a difficult child, esp not one with serious psychiatric problems. In my area there are quite a few who got the therapeutic designation because they were willing to take tough kids and did a class that was 1 hr a week for 5 weeks. Period. that was it. So before you put stock into that "therapeutic", make sure you see some qualifications and verify licenses. I don't know if Residential Treatment Center (RTC) or another placement is best, but Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a tough problem and there is no real "best" way to handle it unless you can get to very very skilled Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) experts. I wish I knew where to find those off the top of my head but I don't. [/QUOTE]
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