Everything is a first now, prior to my son’s discharged from residential treatment everything was a last, the last night at Heritage, his last meal at Heritage, his last day at Heritage. We took two driving days to get there, Mom, Dad, Brother and Dog, we were a pretty comfortable unit. We picked him on [...]
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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.
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First, Adolescent Residential Treatment is not a Mental Hospital or Correctional Institution. They are dealing with teens that may be experiencing emotional and/or behavioral difficulties and because of these difficulties are not able to function what is commonly thought of as normal teenage behavior. They may be harming themselves or others but are NOT criminals [...]
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