Comments on: Treating Troubled Teens: When holding on means sending your teen to residential treatment

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:22:51 +0000

It is very difficult to find an appropriate safe placement for a troubled teen. There are so many options available for parents to choose from. I have found this site very helpful to narrow the search. http://www.teenboardingschools.info/ If the teen is really defiant parents may even want to consider a boot camp here is a good link to help with that. http://www.bootcampsforteens.com/ In either case it is important for parents to stay close to their teen, and monitor what they are doing. It is not unusual for parents tot find that their teen is in much worse shape than they really know.

By: troubled youths

troubled youths — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:56:30 +0000

Really it is very difficult to find out best treatment center for struggling teen as nowadays I also facing such type of problems as I am father of troubled child and but I think residential treatment center is best option for troubled child as these healing centers mainly designed for troubled teenager help. All the programs which are offered by these centers are beneficial and designed according the distressed teens requirements. Informative article and nice discussion.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:26:41 +0000

The best advise I can give you is to look for a program that is licensed and accredited. Lots of troubled teen programs in Canada are not regulated because they are neither a school or a residential care facility. Programs that are incorporating distance education are a case in point. The distance education provider is the school (not the program that you are in). Programs that are placing youth in private homestays are another case in point. Residential care facilities are only licensed if they are caring for more than 2 youth at a time. Do your research. Depending on the nature of your troubled teen's problem you would likely be eligible for funding from your local school districts while your daughter is in treatment – drug, alcohol, or mental health issues and/or can get a referral to a govt subsidized program. Hope this helps.

By: school troubled girl

school troubled girl — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:40:42 +0000

As a father of a troubled teen girl I have been looking around at different boarding schools and I don’t know how to choose the right one that will help her the most. How do I choose?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:47:00 +0000

It’s good that you have evidences presented which would verify that residential programs are indeed helpful for troubled teens. Thanks!

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:38:55 +0000

Excellent post, I’ll be passing this along to others- thanks!

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:43:00 +0000

My child had a major issue with substance abuse, and asked for me to help him in finding a treatment and getting away from the peer pressure he was having. I found West Ridge Academy Private School. When I speak to my child they state that everything is going great, and thankful for my help.

By: Junk Science Detector

Junk Science Detector — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:42:11 +0000

“The study followed 1,027 adolescents, ages 13 to 18, for one year after discharge from a participating treatment program.”

Mr. Hay, this statement is patently false. This work surveyed children at intake into these programs and before their release. There was never any post-program examination of these children and the proposed “one year follow up” described as “phase 2″ in the study was never done. You should check your facts more carefully or at least read the study you are holding out as valid, which it clearly is not.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:40:25 +0000

Residential treatment can make a big difference but do your research well before sending you child to a center. Our son is in a great program now but we originally sent him to a school in Salt Lake City, Utah and had a terrible experience. We were concerned that the school could not handle a boy with our son's issues (BPD traits) but they assured us that they could. Ten weeks later, they kicked him out of the program and abandoned him and us (his parents). They indicated that they didn't think he would still be having these BPD behavioral issues ten weeks into the program and couldn't work with him. If we had known he was only on a ten week trial program we certainly wouldn't have sent him to the school.

Not only did they kick him out but they abandoned him with no support leaving us to scramble to find another placement ASAP. He had a bad weekend and they took him to the emergency room to admit him to the hospital psych ward because they couldn't handle him. Then they called us up and said they wouldn't take him back and we needed to figure out where to send him. We live across the country and so we scrambled to find him alternatives, toured those alternatives and transferred him after about a week. When we picked our son up at the hospital we were shocked to find that they didn't even bring him a change of clothes or his glasses for the week he was in the psych ward. They didn't even call to consult with the Dr. to see how he was or if they could give some input. They offered no help to us in figuring out the next placement for our son.

This may be cynical but the school admitted our son when they had a lot of open beds and kicked him out when they were pretty full. Also, you would think they would at least compensate us for the extra expense we incurred to scramble to find him another placement plus part of the cost of the psych ward since he calmed down right away and the psych ward was just expensive baby sitting for the week. No...they didn't refund a dime beyond our deposit. They stuffed his dirty clothes in his bags, had us pick them up and said good riddance. The management at the school does not appear to care much about the kids they care for - at least not once they kick them out and stop getting paid.

A long explanation to say that you should ask a lot of questions prior to sending your kid to a residential center and check references. But...if you find a good place it is worth it!!

By: Private Boarding Schools

Private Boarding Schools — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:18:11 +0000

There are alternative way that you could consider aside from boot camps or residential treatment, one possible ways is with boarding school. Boarding school is an institution that gives/cater that support and guide them to develop their intellect, curiosity and creativity but also the school will help your child to build up her self-discipline and
decision making skills and abilities. Boarding school also help to have a proper intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual growth.

Don't close your option on considering boarding school for your troubled teens.