| If your teen has recently been expelled from | | | | Most juvenile boot camps do not deal with kids |
| school or is constantly running away, maybe it's | | | | who are on medication. If you plan to send your |
| time for you to look into sending him or her to a | | | | child to a camp, it is best, and sometimes |
| juvenile boot camp. While some people view | | | | mandatory that you wean them off of their |
| juvenile boot camps as a form of child abuse, | | | | medication before they go. In many situations, the |
| these camps have actually produced positive | | | | camp will attempt to help a child deal with life |
| results in the lives of thousands of teens. | | | | medication-free. |
| Here are some of the issues that are dealt with | | | | While sending your teen off to one of the many |
| at juvenile boot camps:o Oppositional Defiant | | | | juvenile boot camps may seem like a last ditch |
| Disordero ADD/ADHDo Uncontrollable angero | | | | effort to save your child, keep in mind that |
| Sudden outburstso Running awayo Substance | | | | sometimes it's not the best option. If your teen |
| abuseo Bad influences from friends | | | | has exhibited any signs of suicidal tendencies, |
| If you choose to send your teen to a camp, | | | | consider having them treated in a psychiatric |
| expect that they will be in a very strict, highly | | | | hospital or a residential treatment center. You |
| structured and disciplined setting. This isn't church | | | | may also want to consider a therapeutic boarding |
| camp! And it's not cheap. Prices for one month at | | | | school if your teen is severely depressed. If he or |
| a juvenile boot camp start at $2,000 and go up | | | | she is self-mutilating or has been diagnosed with a |
| from there. But the cost can well be worth it if | | | | psychiatric disorder, juvenile boot camps are not |
| you have a teen who is defiant and out of | | | | the answer. |
| control. | | | | |