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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="C.J." data-source="post: 245500" data-attributes="member: 1987"><p>My story is a little different - when my difficult child was facing placement in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - after a stealing $18.00 and a misdemeanor assault charge (I was the target), she spent three weeks in a juvenile detention facility. While there, she had a Level II psychological evaluation done by her private psychiatrist, and was seen by a county funded family counseling team. All recommended out of home placement to Residential Treatment Center (RTC).</p><p></p><p>I felt the "system" was being heavy-handed. Her mother, who assaulted a police officer, a felony charge, served no time. Her father owed over $24,000 in child support. Jail time - 24 hours. I successfully lobbied the judge to have her come home, and put her on house arrest for two months and intensive supervised probation (ISP) for a year.</p><p></p><p>N* was going to school, bringing her grades up, and then the lying started again. She met a boy - two years older than herself on the internet and tried to pass him off as someone she met while he was picking up somebody else at her school. Then she started to get sick EVERY DAY - more doctors, more medications. It was N* avoiding school. The ONE day she went to school in a six week period was the day HE graduated from his high school. </p><p></p><p>Fast forward to two weeks prior to N* being done with ISP, and her community service work isn't done (I did not remind her, though I was sick of the "system" by now.) ISP extended for six months and then she ran away again - with a new boy (two years older than herself) she met on the internet, and passed him off as someone she met at our church. When she returned home, I called the police to let them know she was home safe, and they came by and took her in for probation violation.</p><p></p><p>When I went to court after this, I only spoke to say I was present in the courtroom.</p><p></p><p>N* will say she learned a lot while in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - I still doubt that - she still quit high school (now twice), got pregnant at 18 (sperm donor unknown - the possible number is staggering to my brain), no job, no money, no driver's license, no car. What she does have - a lot of ATTITUDE.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C.J., post: 245500, member: 1987"] My story is a little different - when my difficult child was facing placement in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - after a stealing $18.00 and a misdemeanor assault charge (I was the target), she spent three weeks in a juvenile detention facility. While there, she had a Level II psychological evaluation done by her private psychiatrist, and was seen by a county funded family counseling team. All recommended out of home placement to Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I felt the "system" was being heavy-handed. Her mother, who assaulted a police officer, a felony charge, served no time. Her father owed over $24,000 in child support. Jail time - 24 hours. I successfully lobbied the judge to have her come home, and put her on house arrest for two months and intensive supervised probation (ISP) for a year. N* was going to school, bringing her grades up, and then the lying started again. She met a boy - two years older than herself on the internet and tried to pass him off as someone she met while he was picking up somebody else at her school. Then she started to get sick EVERY DAY - more doctors, more medications. It was N* avoiding school. The ONE day she went to school in a six week period was the day HE graduated from his high school. Fast forward to two weeks prior to N* being done with ISP, and her community service work isn't done (I did not remind her, though I was sick of the "system" by now.) ISP extended for six months and then she ran away again - with a new boy (two years older than herself) she met on the internet, and passed him off as someone she met at our church. When she returned home, I called the police to let them know she was home safe, and they came by and took her in for probation violation. When I went to court after this, I only spoke to say I was present in the courtroom. N* will say she learned a lot while in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - I still doubt that - she still quit high school (now twice), got pregnant at 18 (sperm donor unknown - the possible number is staggering to my brain), no job, no money, no driver's license, no car. What she does have - a lot of ATTITUDE. [/QUOTE]
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