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[quote=Anonymous]Join WTRS on FB.  They will be a great source of help.  One of the members wrote a book about her family's journey.  It's an amazing story.

Before you head to far down this path, a few things....
You can hire an educational consultant who will be able to place your child quickly.  They have relationships with most of the programs and through the intake process with the EC, they will be able to match your child to a specific therapist with a specific group.  It's not enough to look for the best WT program, you have to make sure that the specific therapist your child will be working with is going to be able to get through to them.

ECs are not inexpensive.  Patti Murphy at Life Compass which is local was around $8K when I spoke to her about 2 years ago.    WT is going to run you around $500-$600 per day and most kids are there 12-14 weeks.  That doesn't include outfitting ($2k), any other testing needed while there like a comprehensive neuropsych, or transportation to get an unwilling child to go to the program.  It's also good to be aware that a significant majority of kids that graduate WT go onto therapeutic boarding schools.

Most people say that by the time they get to placing in WT they have tried everything else.  Multiple inpatient, IOP, PHP programs, community therapy, in home family contacts, etc.

The WTRS group is very supportive.  If you're at this point with your child, I'm sorry.  It's a very hard, lonely place to be.  I'm in the group b/c my kid is at RTC.  WT was not the right fit for him but I did a lot of exploring of options before I went the RTC route.

https://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Journey-Story-Teens-Healing/dp/0578331934/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TJ1KEGH7S2AO&keywords=a%20wilderness%20journey&qid=1641687733&sprefix=a%20wilderness%20journey%2Caps%2C386&sr=8-1&fbclid=IwAR3y1FwQhCcge9G4byjtWN5e364R9yG__95hHyAV34QNQd7qUXdejH0fvmk
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