Which do you trust more for residential programs for at-risk teens?
A. State run programs 2 (1%)
B. Private state funded programs 1 (1%)
C. Private parent choice programs 48 (25%)
D. There should not be any residential programs for these students 135 (71%)
E. Unsure 5 (3%)
Just a first cut at looking at the results.
I am not familiar with the people doing the survey, but I think the results are interesting and tell a little about the industry, what we don?t know is how the survey population is broken out (parents of kids, kids, at-risk kids, interested third parties)
Assume your survey population was
?All Parents of at-risk teens?I see the results as saying:
71% or more of the parents feel they should work their kids issues at home and are willing to do so.
25% of the parents either tried unsuccessfully (originally part of the 71% previously) to work the problems at home or felt they could not be successful and did not attempt initially and chose a private out placement for their child as they saw their attempts not working(i.e. local therapist, counseling, personal/ family, lifestyle changes).
Only 2% were willing to trust the state and their regulations/ oversight (or lack there of) or their children. I believe this is the most interesting result, no trust in oversight at all.
Assume your survey population was
?Not parents of at risk teens?I see the results as saying:
25% of the at risk teens would trust their parents to chose a residential program
71% would not want to go at all.
Assume your survey population was
?A mix of parents and teens?I see the results as saying:
Greater than 25% of the respondents see a benefit of a residential treatment plan of some type. Which I see as high. Every parent I have spoken to attempted to solve the issues at home or locally, so over 25% of the respondents have passed this point and are actively looking for outside help. I would have guessed this to be down around 15%.
If this was a controlled study it would be interesting to see how many parents in the (71%) group would be successful working the issues at home and how many moved on to consider placement after their attempt failed in follow-up surveys.
How do others see this?