Most teens that are sent to treatment centers are hurting due in part to some life experience. It is from this pain they have gone off track and learned negative ways of getting attention trying to numb the pain. This is where some may be confused in thinking their teen needs a “Juvenile Boot Camp” to set them straight. This is also how I have come to the conclusion that most teens are not “bad” but are in need of guidance and help, which our society does not do well, they only punish.
Visiting My Son In Treatment Just when you thought the visits to treatment centers in Utah are over, I am back again, visiting my son in beautiful Provo, Utah. I had business in Utah so I thought I would sneak in a weekend with my son. Provo really is not that bad. Also coincidentally I [...]
When my son ran away five weeks ago and we sent him back to Heritage Schools in Provo, Utah it was another experience of feeling somewhat lost and relieved. I felt like he was returning home to the place where he belonged and could be taken care of. We knew Heritage, we know the staff [...]
I feel I am in a unique position to ease the worry a parent may have when placing their teen with our program and perhaps more broadly at other RTC’s as well. I felt I could share a bit of where I am coming from as a residential staff, I take pride in the Treatment Team meetings, I consider them a powerful demonstration of the care and concern that the staff has for each individual teen.
As you read this blog know there are many families like you out there, through TroubleTeenBlog.com we are creating a community of love and support for families with teens in treatment. Below is a post from a parent that admitted her son last week. Not easy to do and from her remarks it sounds like [...]
Interestingly the past few days I have received a number of comments and personal emails from families that are currently struggling with troubled teens and facing the dilemma of having to place their teen in treatment or have just placed their teen at an RTC. The questions that go through your mind at this time [...]
This is the follow up to my post about the frustrations encountered with my son’s treatment and moving to a step down facility. Now I am going to write about the positive changes I have experienced in my son since his move. Reflecting back, the positives do outweigh the negatives. Sometimes I can get hyper [...]
Their really is a honeymoon phase when your kid first comes home from residential treatment. Everything is perfect and everyone is on their best behavior and it is amazing that I did thought it would be different for us. I am always asking when will my teen learn but when will I learn? Am I [...]
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