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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 477471" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi.</p><p>I have a son with Asperger's too and I have a little bit of nervousness thinking about this.</p><p></p><p>What are the other kids at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) like? Are they juvenile delinquents? Predators? Kids who can prey on him? Do you know that Asperger's is not a mental health problem but a neurological difference and that usually community at-home interventions are helpful? My son is forced to go to various places and he doesn't want to go, but he does. Aspies are never not Aspie nor should anyone expect any Residential Treatment Center (RTC) to produce a totally functional child in any period of time. There MAY be improvement, but not always and sometimes it is short lived. The experience can be helpful or it can be traumatic...depends on the kid, the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), the staff, and the circumstances. </p><p></p><p>I wish you luck and support any decision you make. I just want you to think it over carefully. I've been in Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s for foster kids and there were numerous "emergencies" where I saw kids grabbed and put into rooms while screaming their lungs out...but they had behavioral problems. One parent wanted to take her child out, but was not allowed to. Please be careful. ((((Hugs))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 477471, member: 1550"] Hi. I have a son with Asperger's too and I have a little bit of nervousness thinking about this. What are the other kids at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) like? Are they juvenile delinquents? Predators? Kids who can prey on him? Do you know that Asperger's is not a mental health problem but a neurological difference and that usually community at-home interventions are helpful? My son is forced to go to various places and he doesn't want to go, but he does. Aspies are never not Aspie nor should anyone expect any Residential Treatment Center (RTC) to produce a totally functional child in any period of time. There MAY be improvement, but not always and sometimes it is short lived. The experience can be helpful or it can be traumatic...depends on the kid, the Residential Treatment Center (RTC), the staff, and the circumstances. I wish you luck and support any decision you make. I just want you to think it over carefully. I've been in Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s for foster kids and there were numerous "emergencies" where I saw kids grabbed and put into rooms while screaming their lungs out...but they had behavioral problems. One parent wanted to take her child out, but was not allowed to. Please be careful. ((((Hugs)))) [/QUOTE]
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