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Parents Experiences with their Children's Residential Treatment Centers
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This study explores the experiences of parents at their child's Residential Treatment Centers (RTCs).
Family involvement has been widely accepted as a factor that benefits children in RTCs and family centered practice encourages parent participation in all aspects of a child's care, yet there is limited research on parents participation in two key areas at RTCs: the day-to-day care of their child and the treatment planning/implementation for their child.
If you are a parent or know a parent who has or has had a child in an RTCs and are interested in being part of a mixed method survey in which you will be asked to identify how you were or were not involved in the day-to-day activities and treatment planning/implementation of your adolescent, please email me at Dore@dorefrances.com with PARENT/RTC in the subject line and with your full name.
The survey will be asking you about your level of satisfaction with aspects of your involvement, including amount of involvement, decision-making opportunities and interactions with daily care and clinical staff.
Parents will also be asked to share barriers to their involvement, the impact their involvement in RTCs has had on their child and their families as well as advice they would give families and RTCs about involving families.
In a small sampling survey of just forty-four parents, the findings show that parents have a range of involvement at RTCs and that they are more satisfied with higher levels of involvement, increased opportunities for decision-making and when they have collaborative, supportive relationships with staff.
Recommendations for enhancing family involvement practices at RTCs as well as suggestions will be discussed after the final survey is complete and ready for publishing.
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