SLS HEALTH

[Guest guest]

MY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS I CANT SEEM TO FIND ANY INPATIENT LONG TERM

RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENTS FOR MY DAUGHTER AS SHE IS UNDER 18. SEEMS WE CAN ONLY

GET HELP

FOR OUR CHILDREN IS WHEN THEY REACH ADULTHOOD, WHICH IS USUALLY TOO LATE.

[Guest guest]

Help for Troubled Teens. A national directory of resources.

Hope this helps.

Jodi

[Guest guest]

Eckerd Youth Alternative is on which is 12 to 18 months and they are

located all over the country.

[Guest guest]

BE CAREFUL IN CHOOSING A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER. WE SENT OUR GRANDSON

TO AN RTC THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERAPEUTIC BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE ANYTHING

BUT. I SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PLACE HIM THERE. UNFORTUATELY, HE WAS

THERE FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS AND I BELIEVE HE CAME BACK WITH PTSD AS WELL AS BPD,

BI-POLAR AND ADHD. HE IS NOW IN JAIL IN THE MENTAL HEALTH WARD AWAITING

SENTENCING ON A BURGLARY CHARGE SO WAS THE FACILITY. IT HAS BEEN A DISASTER

EVER

SINCE HE CAME HOME IN 2002. HE HAS BEEN TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL - HAS RECEIVED

APPROXIMATELY 25 TRAFFIC TICKETS, HAD ABOUT 6 CARS, 6 JOBS & 4 ARRESTS. HE

WANTS US TO BAIL HIM OUT - SO FAR WE HAVE REFUSED. EVEN IF HE CAME OUT HE HAS

NOWHERE TO GO AS MY DAUGHTER (A SINGLE MOTHER) CANNOT HAVE HIM LIVE WITH HER

AND WE CANNOT HAVE HIM HERE. HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A REHAB CENTER

WHEN HE WAS FIRST ARRESTED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. BECAUSE HE HAD NO INSURANCE IT

DID NOT HAPPEN ALTHOUGH TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED

ANYWAY. THE ONLY REASON HE WANTED TO GO WAS TO GET OUT OF JAIL.

ANN