Last week we (my husband and I) met with our parent support group for teens that have been in Residential Treatment, more specifically Heritage School in Provo, Utah. This is an informal group of parents that live in our community; five families (including us) that have had teens in an RTC at the same time; [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Today I am filled with gratitude, I don’t think I would have said this a year ago when my son first went into residential treatment. At that time I felt like we were being robbed, I was losing my son I wanted him at home. Today my son is getting his life back, all the [...]
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Transitions – Don’t Worry About Tomorrow A testimonial – Our family is now entering a new phase with adolescent residential treatment. I have avoided writing about this since it is still very raw and an unknown for me at this time. You may have noticed that it has taken me a year to post our [...]
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