Happy Holiday’s and AWOL Teens Don’t Mix Well Together It is almost Christmas and families with teens in residential treatment may be preparing for a home visit. The feelings of both excitement to have the family together and the anxiety that goes with it can be over whelming. The worst parent fear – “will my [...]
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We are rounding the last days of “summer vacation” Back-to-School is only days away. Next week my youngest son will begin his freshman year, how exciting for him. This was the year from hell for my older son that is now at a residential boarding school in Provo, Utah. All the memories just flood in, campus [...]
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I am looking at the timeline since my son has been in residential treatment. Even though we have made great progress I cannot believe it has been a YEAR. I say we, because having a teen in residential treatment impacts the whole family, which feels like the universe. When I say a year in residential treatment I am not talking [...]
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Having a troubled teen comes with a lot of baggage. I have found what makes residential treatment successful is the lack of baggage and the enforcement of consistent consequences. A successful therapeutic program is how they deal with the kids day to day and do not hold on too baggage. All the kids in RTC [...]
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Residential treatment is definitely a parents test of patience. My son has now been away from home for a year and I miss him so much. This is one of the most difficult processes I have ever experienced. Why? As a parent you really have to let go. Letting go of a troubled adolescent teen [...]
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One of the most exciting and also very stressful times when you have a child in residential treatment is your first leave of absence or home visit. I will have to say I was very stressed before my son came home for the first time in 11 months. But after he got here it was payment [...]
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By David Koenig | The Associated Press November 26, 2007 Susan Cole wanted to fly her 12-year-old son Danny from their Maryland home to Houston so he could catch a football game with his dad, who was there on a business trip.Danny had only flown once or twice, and never alone. So Susan, plenty nervous [...]
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