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<blockquote data-quote="UpandDown" data-source="post: 710178" data-attributes="member: 19025"><p>When our son was 15, we sent him to a wilderness therapy program for 3 months. It was a very difficult decision but he was completely out of control with raging, reckless behavior, and was unwilling to work with any therapist or doctor here at home. We were digging for answers to why he was so out of control. We also had met with an educational consultant who recommended this program. We were at the point where our home was chaos, daily screaming fights and both my husband and I felt out of control ourselves. We also feared for his safety due to the reckless behavior. </p><p></p><p>Its been 2 years since he came home and I really can't say if we would or wouldn't do it again. The positives were :</p><p></p><p>Our entire family benefited greatly from the time away from his drama. We spent the 3 months working with the staff over the phone on learning how to cope with his behavior in better ways. We also were able to connect with parents of other kids there who had similar problems. The support was priceless. He was able to have a complete assessment along with observing him over weeks to get a handle on what was going on with him. He learned a lot about himself and why he was so angry. They made him take his medicine everyday which allowed them to see if it was helping him at all. </p><p></p><p>The negatives were it was an excruciating 3 months to be away from our son. Also, the changes in behavior were amazing for about a month and then he began to slip back to some of his old habits. They did recommend that he go straight to therapeutic boarding school but we decided against it. We knew that they would likely recommend that before we even sent him. We had already decided that we could not absorb that kind of cost($10,000 a month type cost). Another negative is his wilderness program cost $27,000 for 3 months. </p><p></p><p>There have been several big bumps since coming home but the extreme chaos and out of control behavior is gone. We have peace in our home but are still working hard to get him move forward. It is not a magic fix but it can load both you and your child with tools to cope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpandDown, post: 710178, member: 19025"] When our son was 15, we sent him to a wilderness therapy program for 3 months. It was a very difficult decision but he was completely out of control with raging, reckless behavior, and was unwilling to work with any therapist or doctor here at home. We were digging for answers to why he was so out of control. We also had met with an educational consultant who recommended this program. We were at the point where our home was chaos, daily screaming fights and both my husband and I felt out of control ourselves. We also feared for his safety due to the reckless behavior. Its been 2 years since he came home and I really can't say if we would or wouldn't do it again. The positives were : Our entire family benefited greatly from the time away from his drama. We spent the 3 months working with the staff over the phone on learning how to cope with his behavior in better ways. We also were able to connect with parents of other kids there who had similar problems. The support was priceless. He was able to have a complete assessment along with observing him over weeks to get a handle on what was going on with him. He learned a lot about himself and why he was so angry. They made him take his medicine everyday which allowed them to see if it was helping him at all. The negatives were it was an excruciating 3 months to be away from our son. Also, the changes in behavior were amazing for about a month and then he began to slip back to some of his old habits. They did recommend that he go straight to therapeutic boarding school but we decided against it. We knew that they would likely recommend that before we even sent him. We had already decided that we could not absorb that kind of cost($10,000 a month type cost). Another negative is his wilderness program cost $27,000 for 3 months. There have been several big bumps since coming home but the extreme chaos and out of control behavior is gone. We have peace in our home but are still working hard to get him move forward. It is not a magic fix but it can load both you and your child with tools to cope. [/QUOTE]
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