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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 662259" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>This is wonderful! I realize he most likely is very angry over not coming home to the luxuries you work hard to provide, but he NEEDS a no frills place, in my opinion. It helps them realize what luxuries they really have, and they learn to appreciate them. My son spent time in a no frills psychiatric hospital and it was awesome for him. He hated it, and for a while hated us for putting him there. But he EARNED that placement and he did learn while he was there.</p><p></p><p>Your son is older than mine was, but one thing I LOVED about the place my son was in was that they addressed even personal hygiene, which the fancy expensive place didn't, No frills place even had 'Shower school" where the kids got a list of steps to take a shower and they were supervised as they did every step. They wore swim suits, one male orderly watched them from right by the shower to see them do each step and one nurse (a real stickler for rules and making everyone from the psychiatrists to the kids follow alll of them) watched the orderly to see that he was not inappropriate in any way), and if they skipped even the last step they had to go do every one over again until they did it right. Boy did we hear gripes about how dumb that was. We laughed and laughed over those gripes (later,on the way home) because Wiz needed that. he would try to skip showering every way he could, and he just couldn't escape it there. </p><p></p><p>I hope the no-frills place is truly helpful to your son. I often think some of the frills get in the way of the lessons, but that is just me and what we experienced with Wiz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 662259, member: 1233"] This is wonderful! I realize he most likely is very angry over not coming home to the luxuries you work hard to provide, but he NEEDS a no frills place, in my opinion. It helps them realize what luxuries they really have, and they learn to appreciate them. My son spent time in a no frills psychiatric hospital and it was awesome for him. He hated it, and for a while hated us for putting him there. But he EARNED that placement and he did learn while he was there. Your son is older than mine was, but one thing I LOVED about the place my son was in was that they addressed even personal hygiene, which the fancy expensive place didn't, No frills place even had 'Shower school" where the kids got a list of steps to take a shower and they were supervised as they did every step. They wore swim suits, one male orderly watched them from right by the shower to see them do each step and one nurse (a real stickler for rules and making everyone from the psychiatrists to the kids follow alll of them) watched the orderly to see that he was not inappropriate in any way), and if they skipped even the last step they had to go do every one over again until they did it right. Boy did we hear gripes about how dumb that was. We laughed and laughed over those gripes (later,on the way home) because Wiz needed that. he would try to skip showering every way he could, and he just couldn't escape it there. I hope the no-frills place is truly helpful to your son. I often think some of the frills get in the way of the lessons, but that is just me and what we experienced with Wiz [/QUOTE]
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