Before Your Child Comes Home

Before your child returns home, we recommend that you:

• Check for hidden drugs and paraphernalia: Clean out closets, jacket and clothes pockets, shoes/socks, dresser drawers, bathrooms, books/magazines, inside of writing pens and speakers.
• Throw away old prescription medication bottles and secure over-the-counter medication and current prescription medication.
• Secure current prescription medication so that your child does not have access to it.
• Secure alcohol/beer/wine so that your child does not have access to it.
• Work with your child and his/her counselor to develop an agreed-upon list of friends and stick with it.
  • Know parent’s names, phone numbers, and addresses.
  • Determine whether or not your child will have access to electronic devices (cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc).
    • Have access to all passwords and examine frequently once your child returns home.