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It appears my son will graduate from high school or finish all his credits by the middle of next month. I am not celebrating yet, because we all know with troubled teens anything can happen in the wink of an eye. Right now he is on the path of having all his units completed. How [...]
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In one week my son is discharging after 1 year 8 months from the Heritage Schools in Provo, Utah. Prior to Heritage he had a short stint at another RTC, where he was asked to leave because “they did not feel they could keep him safe”. Before that he was in Wilderness for 3 months [...]
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Last week I attended the parent conference for my sons RTC in Provo, Utah. They have them twice a year. I think this was my third conference and at first I was not going to attend. But then my conscious got the best of me and I decided I should be there.
It is always nice [...]
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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 [...]
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One Month Milestone, Will My Family Ever Be Normal?
It has been four weeks since our son moved into a group home or step down program from residential treatment in Provo, Utah. This is proof that the process continues, the transition has been an adjustment for everyone. What is different now than when he was in [...]
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No one ever said this was going to be easy or quick or have any guarantees, but we are in for the long haul and entering a new phase of adolescent rehabilitation and residential treatment with our teen son. It was June 2007 that he went to Wilderness, unsure of what it meant or what they [...]
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I just read the story of child abuse at Rancho Valmora in New Mexico. As a parent with a child in a therapeutic boarding school, I always cringe when I read these stories. Why do I continue to place my son at a school that may be similar? It is my belief that if my [...]
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