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second-guessing our decision to bring our son home from Residential Treatment Center (RTC)
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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 245450" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>My dtr did great at her Residential Treatment Center (RTC), she was like a different person. Our educational consultant recommended she attend a step-down boarding school after that--he did not think she should come home. We could not afford a boarding school so we brought her home and she was great for about a month, then relapsed worse than ever. I had a nagging little thought that she would probably regress and in fact we were warned that she would regress but I didn't know she'd be worse than before the Residential Treatment Center (RTC).</p><p></p><p>She ended up living on the streets and had a warrant out for her arrest so we could get her put back in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (she was 17 at this time). She did go to a dual diagnosis facility in our state and did well there but went back to her wild life when she came out. By then she was nearly 18 and we had to let her go.</p><p></p><p>She is now 20 but greatly improved, is living on her own and we haven't supported her in over a year. She has changed greatly so I am hoping the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) experiences actually had an impact on her, just a delayed one!</p><p></p><p>Sorry to not be able to give you a positive experience but I have not heard of many kids coming home from an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and doing well--we just don't have that bubble environment to keep them in and there are so many temptations and triggers at home. Also, I found myself very "watchful" and worried that she would relapse. It was very stressful--I wanted so much for her to be "cured" and any little lapse would upset me. I think I forgot that it was her responsibility to stay clean, not mine.</p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 245450, member: 3450"] My dtr did great at her Residential Treatment Center (RTC), she was like a different person. Our educational consultant recommended she attend a step-down boarding school after that--he did not think she should come home. We could not afford a boarding school so we brought her home and she was great for about a month, then relapsed worse than ever. I had a nagging little thought that she would probably regress and in fact we were warned that she would regress but I didn't know she'd be worse than before the Residential Treatment Center (RTC). She ended up living on the streets and had a warrant out for her arrest so we could get her put back in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (she was 17 at this time). She did go to a dual diagnosis facility in our state and did well there but went back to her wild life when she came out. By then she was nearly 18 and we had to let her go. She is now 20 but greatly improved, is living on her own and we haven't supported her in over a year. She has changed greatly so I am hoping the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) experiences actually had an impact on her, just a delayed one! Sorry to not be able to give you a positive experience but I have not heard of many kids coming home from an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and doing well--we just don't have that bubble environment to keep them in and there are so many temptations and triggers at home. Also, I found myself very "watchful" and worried that she would relapse. It was very stressful--I wanted so much for her to be "cured" and any little lapse would upset me. I think I forgot that it was her responsibility to stay clean, not mine. Jane [/QUOTE]
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