Watson Talks about Signs of Residential Treatment Programs Primarily In It for the Money!

Parent Choices for Struggling Teens discussed what a parent should look for while searching for a program for their child.  Everyone should know the people responsible for running the program.

“The most important thing anybody should do when checking out a school or program is to check the credentials and longevity of the key staff,” said Watson, August 8th on Lon Woodbury’s Internet Talk Show “Parent Choices for Struggling Teens” on LATalkRadio.

“In this network,” Watson continued, “people refer to people rather than to institutions and to make a good choice for enrolling their children the parent or anybody else needs to know the people responsible for running the program.”

“This includes knowing who are the money people behind the program,” concluded Watson, “since all too often financial investors actually own the program and sometimes will make surprise decisions undercutting the program management and making a major impact on programming.”

“A successful school or program will have a good balance between program and financial decision making,” Watson said, “since if effective day to day control is too tilted to the financial people the program suffers, and if the programming people have too much say there is the possibility they would financially obligate the program beyond its abilities.”

Some other red flags parents should watch for, Watson explained, in addition to good staff balance and qualifications, would be when a program asserts they can handle all kids with problems, if the program doesn’t have a rich variety of supplemental services including good family work, and it seems like they are trying to sell their program rather than just presenting.

To listen to the full discussion visit http://www.latalkradio.com/Lon.php

Parent Choices for Struggling Teensis an internet talk radio show hosted by Lon Woodbury on www.LATalkRadio.com every Monday noon PST. Each show has a guest(s) who is working on cutting edge methods and ideas to help struggling young people and their families. The archive of all the shows can be found at www.latalkradio.com/Lon.php.

Woodbury Reportswas founded in November 1989, by Lon Woodbury, MA, IECA, CEP, as an Independent Educational Consulting firm to help parents of teens making poor decisions select a private, parent choice program that would help return the family to normalcy.  Through interviews with parents, communication with professionals who know your child well, and then thoroughly researching viable options, we can help parents make the right choices that will help your child get back on the right path.  For more information about Woodbury Reports Inc., call 208-267-5550, or email to [email protected], or visit the web site www.strugglingteens.com.