Crisis Interrupted: A Parent's Guide to Residential Treatment for Children,Teens & Young Adults

by Lucy Pritzker

Overview

Have you tried everything to help your struggling child but nothing seems to work? Is your family suffering because of your child's school-related problems, behavior problems, drugs and alcohol use or chronic mental health issues? In Crisis Interrupted: A Parents' Guide to Residential Treatment for Children, Teens and Adults, renowned educational and therapeutic consultant, Lucy Pritzker, provides parents with expert details about the process of placing a child in residential treatment. A Professional member of the Independent Educational Consultant Association, Lucy compassionately and succinctly guides you through treatment options and what to expect. In this book you will discover: • How to navigate the complex world of residential treatment • Why some kids don't need therapeutic placement • How to know if your child needs to be in a psychiatric hospital • How to identify when you need help from an educational consultant • How to get your resistant child to a program • Why residential treatment works • What to expect while your child is in a residential program Lucy includes advice from parents who have had children in wilderness programs, supportive boarding schools, therapeutic boarding schools, residential treatment centers and psychiatric hospitals. Help is out there, but only if you know where to find it. If you are the parent of a child or young adult who is out of control and you haven't found the right help, this book is for you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781098300784
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	01/20/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	98
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Lucy Pritzker is an Educational Consultant and founder of Elm Street Placements, Inc. Her experience advising parents on academic and therapeutic placements for their children brings unparalleled expertise to her book "Crisis Interrupted: A Parents' Guide to Residential Placement for Children, Teens and Young Adults." Lucy travels extensively to visit and evaluate schools and treatment programs in the USA and beyond. She has a Master's degree in addiction counseling and over 25 years of experience working in educational and therapeutic settings. Lucy is a member of the Independent Educational Consultant Association (IECA) and is a member of the IECA board. She is also on the Board of Trustees at Hampshire Country School. In her free time, Lucy can be found creating art in her stained-glass studio, working in her garden, enjoying her donkeys and horses on her miniature horse farm and spending time with her husband and three children on their sailboat.

Table of Contents

Introduction x

Chapter 1 Working with an Educational Consultant 1

Chapter 2 Outpatient Mental Health 10

Chapter 3 Residential Treatment Options 17

Chapter 4 Therapeutic Wilderness and Outdoor Programs 20

Chapter 5 Short Term Stabilization and Assessment Programs 29

Chapter 6 Residential Treatment Centers 32

Chapter 7 Therapeutic Boarding Schools 39

Chapter 8 Specialized Supportive Boarding Schools 42

Chapter 9 Young Adult Programs 49

Chapter 10 Decision Time 55

Chapter 11 How to Get Your Child to a Therapeutic Program 60

Conclusion 65

Guest Chapter What is an Assessment and Why Your Child Should Have One 67

Words of Wisdom 82