They pay you to put a kid in a swing? **lil vent** (long)
So my son goes to speech therapy and physical/occupational therapy. I LOVE his speech therapist, she works with him a lot and does quite a bit in the 1/2 hour she has with him. She is nice and explains everything to me. Plus my son really likes her (which is a major bonus)!
The physical therapist, I am not so fond of. I haven't been since day one when she did the testing on him, and never called me back with the results and the determination that he needed or didn't need therapy. I found out the day that the speech therapist called me to set up the therapy times (yes she set the PT time too).
It seems that all she does it put my kid in a swing and in a ball pit and let him play with toys. I can do that at home for free. (Yes I have a small ball pit at home). I know it is to help with sensory issues, but she never answers my questions, explain what she did that day, or even tell me exactly what is up with him. I have asked her numerous times, to no avail.
My problem is that she is the head of the Pediatrics PT area so it would be difficult to ask for a new person, plus from what I've seen she isn't the only one who doesn't speak to the parents. Also if I ask to switch PT therapist, then the time will also change, then I have to switch speech therapy time (so they are back to back) and he wont have the therapist that he has now.
And I need to keep the therapies back to back. It is best for EVERYONE involved. I am at a lost of what to do.
yeah it's frustrating. i remember when my son was in OT that she kept trying to redirect him from balls & looking in the mirror to putting him on a big ball. my son doesn't like to have strangers touch him & he's afraid of heights so the ball was scary for him. I think what bothered me the most was when they didn't listen to me about things he could do or improvements he'd made like walking. i was relieved when they didn't think he needed it anymore since i didn't think it helped at all.
Yeah lucky it is only supposed to last 18 weeks, so fingers crossed I can tolerate her for that long. And to another PP, from what I have been told she is the head person to go to in that area. I don't even know where to go over her head. I tried talking to an administrator and she sent my to my son's therapist.
Quoting mommy2cristian:yeah it's frustrating. i remember when my son was in OT that she kept trying to redirect him from balls & looking in the mirror to putting him on a big ball. my son doesn't like to have strangers touch him & he's afraid of heights so the ball was scary for him. I think what bothered me the most was when they didn't listen to me about things he could do or improvements he'd made like walking. i was relieved when they didn't think he needed it anymore since i didn't think it helped at all.
have you just called her out on it? something along the lines of, "it concerns me that you aren't discussing my son's therapy with me. why is this different than him playing in our ball pit at home? what are some techniques i could use with him between our appointments? i need information." if she's not going to offer the information, i'd take the direct approach and ask.
I have asked her many questions during the therapy session. I even told her we do that at home and do this and this seems to help. She tends to half listen. I think it annoys her that I sit in on the therapy sessions, most parents don't. I even got irritated with her when we first started and was like yeah I am surprised when I was told he would be going to PT/OT since you never called me back with the test results.
The major thing that is keeping me from really going at it for a new therapist is that my son would loose the speech therapist he and I both like. She is the only reason I tolerate the PT lady.
Quoting nemiller:have you just called her out on it? something along the lines of, "it concerns me that you aren't discussing my son's therapy with me. why is this different than him playing in our ball pit at home? what are some techniques i could use with him between our appointments? i need information." if she's not going to offer the information, i'd take the direct approach and ask.
Easier on my son, easier on me and my hubby since we only have one vehicle and either he has to get a ride to work or I have to wake my son up and take him to work (2 hours earlier than when my son normally wakes). It is also easier for the therapists.
Mainly my son doesn't like a lot of changes in his schedule (especially the addition of new places) so by having them back to back, it is a minor change and one he is handling extremely well.
Quoting JMVITT:Why do the appointments need to be back to back?
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on Apr. 25, 2010 at 8:38 PM