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"Therapeutic Boarding Schools", any experience?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 618447" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>My difficult child is now 29. We sent him to a therapeutic boarding school when he was 13 for almost 2 yrs. It definitely stopped the downward spiral and taught him a great deal about accepting responsibility. He was getting so far removed from reality that I feared he would be institutionalized. No private school would take him and public was doing the best they could. The program didn't cure his basic thinking issues and executive function issues that are secondary to AS. Not having to deal with minute to minute meltdown, drama and school functioning gave us a chance to regroup. He came home better and over the years a lot of what he learned, he processed and uses. </p><p>It was horrendously expensive. His college fund paid for it as well as coming from our retirement funds. If he had cancer I would have done anything to help him. This program helped my difficult child. You must be extremely careful that it is a healthy environment. Discipline in everyday life is important but no physical discipline should ever, ever be used. Read reviews, ask to talk to parents, make sure you understand what to expect and what your expectations from the program are. He will get tools to use and support but it will always be a choice for him to use them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 618447, member: 3"] My difficult child is now 29. We sent him to a therapeutic boarding school when he was 13 for almost 2 yrs. It definitely stopped the downward spiral and taught him a great deal about accepting responsibility. He was getting so far removed from reality that I feared he would be institutionalized. No private school would take him and public was doing the best they could. The program didn't cure his basic thinking issues and executive function issues that are secondary to AS. Not having to deal with minute to minute meltdown, drama and school functioning gave us a chance to regroup. He came home better and over the years a lot of what he learned, he processed and uses. It was horrendously expensive. His college fund paid for it as well as coming from our retirement funds. If he had cancer I would have done anything to help him. This program helped my difficult child. You must be extremely careful that it is a healthy environment. Discipline in everyday life is important but no physical discipline should ever, ever be used. Read reviews, ask to talk to parents, make sure you understand what to expect and what your expectations from the program are. He will get tools to use and support but it will always be a choice for him to use them. [/QUOTE]
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