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<blockquote data-quote="ck1" data-source="post: 64308" data-attributes="member: 3767"><p>Wow! You all have been a great resource! I am happy to hear some positive outcomes and I will definitely check out the questions to ask Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)'s. </p><p></p><p>I guess, right now, the outcomes that I'm looking for would be: 1. He must acknowlege that he is responsible for his own actions and stop blaming everyone else for everything. He doesn't seem to ever say, "I screwed up..."</p><p>2. Living by house rules, school rules, and society's rules are non-negotiable. He truly believes that if we would all just do what he wants, his way, everything would be fine (very narcissistic).</p><p></p><p>3. He must accept there are consequences to his actions. </p><p></p><p>I think there's more, but I can't think of them right now.</p><p></p><p>I'm truly not sure if an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) placement is the right thing to do at this time, but why would I want to wait for everything to get worse and maybe hopeless?? When I read other peoples experiences, ours really doesn't seem that bad. Unless, we're in the middle of a crisis, which over the summer hasn't been too bad but that's because he hasn't had the demands placed on him like he will when school starts again which I'm really nervous about.</p><p></p><p>We had our first family meeting today at the Respite and they agree that we should pursue an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) placement (maybe I'm in a little bit of denial regarding how bad our situation is?). It will take a few months to get it together and there's a possiblity, with a lot of hard work, that he may not have to go by the time the placement is finalized. In that case, we'd just say no thanks.</p><p></p><p>Today I was told that his current/possible diagnosis is: ADHD, ODD (first time I actually heard that out loud referring to my son but I guess I'm not too surprised), and Mood Disorder (not otherwise specified) with rule out Bi-Polar I. This psychiatrist has only seen him once but I believe he's also relying a lot on what the counselors tell him since they observe my son 24 hours a day. </p><p></p><p>I just don't know what to do now, this may sound silly, but it seems like life with my difficult child is pretty ok until suddenly it's REALLY BAD and then it just all falls apart. It's not a constant that things are bad with him.</p><p></p><p>When he comes out of this placement while we're pursuing the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), we're going to continue the wrap-around four hours per week (it's also continuing while he's there) and we're going to add drug and alcohol counseling. Thankfully, the director at the center recognizes that although we caught him fairly soon (three weeks) after he started self-medicating, he does have an addictive personality and without some D&A intervention we will surely find ourselves in more trouble. So far, I'm happy with this director and feel confident that she knows what she's talking about. Time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ck1, post: 64308, member: 3767"] Wow! You all have been a great resource! I am happy to hear some positive outcomes and I will definitely check out the questions to ask Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)'s. I guess, right now, the outcomes that I'm looking for would be: 1. He must acknowlege that he is responsible for his own actions and stop blaming everyone else for everything. He doesn't seem to ever say, "I screwed up..." 2. Living by house rules, school rules, and society's rules are non-negotiable. He truly believes that if we would all just do what he wants, his way, everything would be fine (very narcissistic). 3. He must accept there are consequences to his actions. I think there's more, but I can't think of them right now. I'm truly not sure if an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) placement is the right thing to do at this time, but why would I want to wait for everything to get worse and maybe hopeless?? When I read other peoples experiences, ours really doesn't seem that bad. Unless, we're in the middle of a crisis, which over the summer hasn't been too bad but that's because he hasn't had the demands placed on him like he will when school starts again which I'm really nervous about. We had our first family meeting today at the Respite and they agree that we should pursue an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) placement (maybe I'm in a little bit of denial regarding how bad our situation is?). It will take a few months to get it together and there's a possiblity, with a lot of hard work, that he may not have to go by the time the placement is finalized. In that case, we'd just say no thanks. Today I was told that his current/possible diagnosis is: ADHD, ODD (first time I actually heard that out loud referring to my son but I guess I'm not too surprised), and Mood Disorder (not otherwise specified) with rule out Bi-Polar I. This psychiatrist has only seen him once but I believe he's also relying a lot on what the counselors tell him since they observe my son 24 hours a day. I just don't know what to do now, this may sound silly, but it seems like life with my difficult child is pretty ok until suddenly it's REALLY BAD and then it just all falls apart. It's not a constant that things are bad with him. When he comes out of this placement while we're pursuing the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), we're going to continue the wrap-around four hours per week (it's also continuing while he's there) and we're going to add drug and alcohol counseling. Thankfully, the director at the center recognizes that although we caught him fairly soon (three weeks) after he started self-medicating, he does have an addictive personality and without some D&A intervention we will surely find ourselves in more trouble. So far, I'm happy with this director and feel confident that she knows what she's talking about. Time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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