What are Transportation Companies?
Transportation companies specialize in escorting a teen to a program. The companies work in tandem with the educational consultants and with the programs.
Parents may need transportation companies for a variety of reasons. Their child refuses to go to treatment. Perhaps the child is violent. Maybe the parent is afraid the child will run away before they can get her to treatment. Transportation companies spare the parents a potentially explosive interaction with their teen.
How much do transportation companies charge?
The prices vary. Let us know your experience in the Comments section below.
It seems so drastic.
In 1991, an education consultant we know was teaching developmental psychology at a local university. She read a newspaper article about a psychiatrist who used a transportation company to take his own child to a treatment center. She became so enraged that she took the article into class and spent the entire period railing against transportation companies.
One year later, she hired a transportation company to take her own child to a treatment center.
A good transportation company will have a highly-trained staff who not only escort a child, but prepare her for the adventure she is embarking on. They will validate her feelings, give her hope, and make her excited about this bright new chapter in her life.
Your educational consultant will recommend one of the many excellent companies out there.
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