Who would think it would be so difficult to get a minor child with so many behavioral issues into an intensive treatment program? While we mull around what needs to happen after that door was slammed in our faces, can anyone tell me about therapeutic boarding schools or boot camps or anything that you may have tried with your child that made an actual difference? What were the costs?
Thanks
First question: are you in the US? Makes a difference. My comments will be strictly for US stuff.
Sometimes it's not the MD that's the impediment. it's the insurance company. After my daughter's last suicide attempt, the short-term facility she was in was just able to keep her for 10 days, then do the 5 hour IOP thing for a week or so. This was with both them and I negotiating with the insurance company for more care.
I was going to use her college fund and pay cash to send her to a facility that was recommended by her then therapist (who was very helpful). I found a few, but the wait for a bed was going to be 2-3 months, at a cost of about $9-10K/month, which I was willing to pay at that time. The two I found that could get her in with a shorter wait, were going to be about $20-25K/Month, but they required her to be there at least three months, possible for 6.
That was just my experience, I've noticed several folks on here who's child was in for 6 months to a year, and I've always wondered how they were able to make that happen.
I look forward to seeing more responses.