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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 478879" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Here's the group home info- it is also a program/placement used when a difficult child messes up while on probation, as an alternate to prevent going into Department of Juvenile Justice. It's too bad difficult child never had an option like this. But, why put him thru this 'sentence' after just working his way thru anger management treatment and his incarceration at Department of Juvenile Justice?</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Here's the re-entry program difficult child will have when he comes to live with me, whether it is right away or after the group home placement:</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>The Commission's Intensive Supervision models features electronic monitoring, drug testing, using laboratory confirmed urine drug screens, curfew monitoring, 24-hour/day counselor availability for crisis intervention, and face to face client contacts at a minimum of three to four times per week in the home and the community. These measures provide the counselor with reliable information on parental supervision and provide support to the family, ensuring the youth's accountability and compliance with the expectations of the Court and the Intensive Supervision Program.</em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em></em></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><em>Individual and family support is a core component of Intensive Supervision. At the onset of services, the counselor works to stabilize the family, empower the parents, and establish higher levels of structure and supervision in the family. Connecting families with needed resources is critical, both while the youth is in the program and especially after the youth is no longer receiving services. </em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em></em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>Program Objectives:</em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>To provide intensive supervision to ensure youth accountability. </em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>To assure the youth's availability for court.</em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>To prevent new criminal charges while in the program.</em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>To prevent out of home placement and strengthen individual and family protective factors.</em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>To assure that only those youth presenting a threat to themselves or others are kept in secure confinement.</em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>To utilize community resources to enable families to manage their own lives without further involvement from the court. </em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em>To prevent further delinquency through a system of program incentives and progressive consequences. </em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><em></em></strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>This sounds similar to MST with additional monitoring- similar to what DF and some others here have tried and I don't recall hearing any success stories. This is the area where I asked the lady what better plan than calling 911 she could come up with if difficult child used a knife to rob me again. I got no answer to that, of course. And with this, we'd still have required meetings with PO. The only benefit I can see to this is <em>maybe</em> if difficult child messed up while on this program, he then could get in that program instead of detention or recommitment.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The only other thing PO brought up was to chuck these re-entry people altogether and go with electronic monitoring (the ankle bracelet) for 30 days of house arrest, then a curfew, and the whole while difficult child having a therapeutic mentor. Basicly, the same as last time except with the ankle bracelet (this is welcomed by me), and he wants to use a company for the mentor that has a good reputation for being dependable and providing good services (I've even heard good things about this company from a board member here), instead of us ending up with a mentoring program where they didn't even have anyone available for weeks after difficult child's release, like last year. Also, they understood when I explained why difficult child needed the mentor more on weekends than on week nights.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The thing is, difficult child wasn't even trying last year. It's impossible to know if he'll try this time.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 478879, member: 3699"] Here's the group home info- it is also a program/placement used when a difficult child messes up while on probation, as an alternate to prevent going into Department of Juvenile Justice. It's too bad difficult child never had an option like this. But, why put him thru this 'sentence' after just working his way thru anger management treatment and his incarceration at Department of Juvenile Justice? [B] Here's the re-entry program difficult child will have when he comes to live with me, whether it is right away or after the group home placement: [B][I]The Commission's Intensive Supervision models features electronic monitoring, drug testing, using laboratory confirmed urine drug screens, curfew monitoring, 24-hour/day counselor availability for crisis intervention, and face to face client contacts at a minimum of three to four times per week in the home and the community. These measures provide the counselor with reliable information on parental supervision and provide support to the family, ensuring the youth's accountability and compliance with the expectations of the Court and the Intensive Supervision Program. Individual and family support is a core component of Intensive Supervision. At the onset of services, the counselor works to stabilize the family, empower the parents, and establish higher levels of structure and supervision in the family. Connecting families with needed resources is critical, both while the youth is in the program and especially after the youth is no longer receiving services. Program Objectives: To provide intensive supervision to ensure youth accountability. To assure the youth's availability for court. To prevent new criminal charges while in the program. To prevent out of home placement and strengthen individual and family protective factors. To assure that only those youth presenting a threat to themselves or others are kept in secure confinement. To utilize community resources to enable families to manage their own lives without further involvement from the court. To prevent further delinquency through a system of program incentives and progressive consequences. [/I][/B] This sounds similar to MST with additional monitoring- similar to what DF and some others here have tried and I don't recall hearing any success stories. This is the area where I asked the lady what better plan than calling 911 she could come up with if difficult child used a knife to rob me again. I got no answer to that, of course. And with this, we'd still have required meetings with PO. The only benefit I can see to this is [I]maybe[/I] if difficult child messed up while on this program, he then could get in that program instead of detention or recommitment. The only other thing PO brought up was to chuck these re-entry people altogether and go with electronic monitoring (the ankle bracelet) for 30 days of house arrest, then a curfew, and the whole while difficult child having a therapeutic mentor. Basicly, the same as last time except with the ankle bracelet (this is welcomed by me), and he wants to use a company for the mentor that has a good reputation for being dependable and providing good services (I've even heard good things about this company from a board member here), instead of us ending up with a mentoring program where they didn't even have anyone available for weeks after difficult child's release, like last year. Also, they understood when I explained why difficult child needed the mentor more on weekends than on week nights. The thing is, difficult child wasn't even trying last year. It's impossible to know if he'll try this time.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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