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
Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) may send him home
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="Tezzie" data-source="post: 90750" data-attributes="member: 2964"><p>Thanks for the thoughts. Here's some clarification.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps it is not a true TREATMENT facility in the psychiatric ward sense. He lives there on the campus in a house with 7 other boys, 2 house parents & 3 Resident Assistants. Adults rotate who's on duty, always at least 2-3. Social worker for each house who works with groups of the boys daily & meets with each kid weekly.</p><p></p><p>They have a point system for daily chores, school work, behavior that earns them privileges.</p><p></p><p>The house he is in is the only non-court ordered residence on the campus.</p><p></p><p>He is still lying, possibly stealing, threatening others & has resurrected running as his way to deal with what he doesn't like.</p><p></p><p>They are having difficulty with the threats to others, & the running primarily. According to their regulations, they have to follow a kid who runs which for difficult child is just going to make him keep going. If he could be left alone, he wouldn't go farther than ~ a block away & would come back on his own.</p><p></p><p>They called once during his second week there to tell us they didn't think they could continue to work with him if he couldn't de-escalate quicker & start making better choices. (I thought that was why we had sent him there, to work on those things!!!)</p><p></p><p>So anyway, I'm feeling frustrated, guilty, depressed & looking for other options.</p><p></p><p>I don't even want to think what he would be like without medications so I'm not in favor of a medication wash, although, he needs prescriptions as written, not generics... I know he is getting at least 1 generic now.</p><p></p><p>Not sure how a psychiatric ward would help since when he isn't pushed, he approximates a normal kid.</p><p></p><p>We see him tomorrow so we'll get the most recent update.</p><p></p><p>Tezzie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tezzie, post: 90750, member: 2964"] Thanks for the thoughts. Here's some clarification. Perhaps it is not a true TREATMENT facility in the psychiatric ward sense. He lives there on the campus in a house with 7 other boys, 2 house parents & 3 Resident Assistants. Adults rotate who's on duty, always at least 2-3. Social worker for each house who works with groups of the boys daily & meets with each kid weekly. They have a point system for daily chores, school work, behavior that earns them privileges. The house he is in is the only non-court ordered residence on the campus. He is still lying, possibly stealing, threatening others & has resurrected running as his way to deal with what he doesn't like. They are having difficulty with the threats to others, & the running primarily. According to their regulations, they have to follow a kid who runs which for difficult child is just going to make him keep going. If he could be left alone, he wouldn't go farther than ~ a block away & would come back on his own. They called once during his second week there to tell us they didn't think they could continue to work with him if he couldn't de-escalate quicker & start making better choices. (I thought that was why we had sent him there, to work on those things!!!) So anyway, I'm feeling frustrated, guilty, depressed & looking for other options. I don't even want to think what he would be like without medications so I'm not in favor of a medication wash, although, he needs prescriptions as written, not generics... I know he is getting at least 1 generic now. Not sure how a psychiatric ward would help since when he isn't pushed, he approximates a normal kid. We see him tomorrow so we'll get the most recent update. Tezzie [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) may send him home
Top