I have received many comments from readers asking me how it all turned out with my son. January 2011 would have been the first month in over three years that I had not written a blog post. This saved me and it is my attempt to bring you up to date on where we are [...]
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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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This link has references to definitions of some of the common terms used to diagnose teen problems and disorders: Science Reference . New information on the Depression And Anxiety Disorders Of Adolescents The DSM is also another great reference.
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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 [...]
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Visiting My Son In Treatment Just when you thought the visits to treatment centers in Utah are over, I am back again, visiting my son in beautiful Provo, Utah. I had business in Utah so I thought I would sneak in a weekend with my son. Provo really is not that bad. Also coincidentally I [...]
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As you read this blog know there are many families like you out there, through TroubleTeenBlog.com we are creating a community of love and support for families with teens in treatment. Below is a post from a parent that admitted her son last week. Not easy to do and from her remarks it sounds like [...]
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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 [...]
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This is the follow up to my post about the frustrations encountered with my son’s treatment and moving to a step down facility. Now I am going to write about the positive changes I have experienced in my son since his move. Reflecting back, the positives do outweigh the negatives. Sometimes I can get hyper [...]
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