The schools for troubled teens search tool on this web site will help you gain the confidence in your school in one of two ways: 1) It will give you the confidence that your school is performing well when compared to other schools in the area, in the state and elsewhere in the country; 2) it will give you other options for schools.
Intervention is a powerful concept. By interupting this behavior, you are communicating that this problem will no longer work in your household. Nothing will change if action from you is not taken. Interuption in the behavior of a self destructive teenager is critical in correcting the problem.When action is taken, it is very important to remember that things will most likely become worse before they become better.
One way, you as a parent of a struggling, defiant or self-destructive teen can take action is by gathering the information. If you are not informed, you teenager will manipulate and run circles around you. If you are not informed, you will not have the power. Your teenager is extremely smart and most likely more intelligent than you are - that's our goal as parents.