What I would like to discuss is the parents exclusively, there involvement leading up to the placement day. The relationship between the parents and the child, what went on, what is going on and overall how did the decision come about.
So there are probably several topics to choose from, I did this on purpose so hopefully this thread will not be easily de-railed. Especially when posting becomes contentious.
Examples of topics;
1. Parents being neglectful- abandoning their child
2. Parents being overwhelmed- feeling of hopeless, scared, not knowing what to do
3. Parents being tired of being parents- drug addictions/alcohol, divorce, boyfriends and girlfriends
4. Parents being manipulated by programs- gullible or tricked
5. Parents being incapable of being parents- emotional/mental issues, physical issues, financial issues
6. Parents not being able to control child- Child with severe emotional/ mental handi-caps, ei; severe bi-polar, ADHD, autism, violent personality disorder, rebellion issues, severe drug and alcohol use, truancy....ect.
Why are so many parents placing there kids in various programs. I believe some of the reasons are above, if not what say you.
My daughter was struggling on many fronts. I think the last straw was when our communication broke down and she refused to go to school. We tried different counseling and worked with friends. So our choice was to just let her stay in her room the rest of her life or do something to help her.
We were never approached by a door to door marketing guy for the TTI. We never barely knew these schools existed. We reached out for help and we had friends and family who eventually pointed us to ASR. I looked into it and started researching it and spoke to some professionals about what was involved.
The first step was to get her evaluated by a professional (or Aspen would not even talk to us). So we had her evaluated locally and they recommended wilderness to see how she would respond and progress. She went from there to ASR… the rest is History.
So the industry fulfilled a need that
we had, not the other way around.
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