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.
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 [...]
When A Teen Is In Residential Treatment Holiday Traditions May Change
Every Thanksgiving now marks a milestone. Thanksgiving seems to be the time of year when there have been major shifts in the tide at our home. It was Thanksgiving two years ago, unbeknownst to me my son was spiraling downward and I was launched into [...]
Recently we moved our son to a step down residential treatment program near our home. Before deciding where he would go I toured a few level 12 facilities, one that is very popular for many teens is Family Life Center. From what I have heard many of the teens from Island View in Utah transfer [...]
In my last post I mentioned the numbering system with the different levels of care by facility. Touring the different locations there is a noticeable difference between the different levels. I have often thought it would be nice to understand the parameters to determine the classification levels. No one has ever been able to explain it to me and [...]
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