Originally Posted by Georgiads:
You can always ask about their organization and specialty but I would not worry that the therapists do not have appropriate background checks.
I have hosted many providers from Early Intervention and I have never once suspected that they were not able to be around the children, these therapists often visit children in a childcare setting.
If you don't have the space to accommodate it, just tell the parents. Perhaps they can find a daycare center that would be willing to work with them.
I understand how it can feel like you are losing your privacy but if you don't want to deal with it just tell the parents and let them move on to a daycare that will allow the services. It is too important for a child to receive therapy as early and as much as possible, for the child to miss out on the opportunity would be a horrible.
I guess I wasn't asking about what qualifications the therapist has to have to come to my home for my own concerns, but rather licensing. I've read several times how providers don't care for parents coming in and spending time around other peoples children, so that's why I was asking if there was a licensing rule.
The child I was referring to that is in speech therapy comes here 2 days a week for 4 hours each time, so it's not as if this child is here 50 hours a week and they can't fit their therapy in at home. If a therapist wants to see how he interacts with other children, I completely understand that. My concern is that the kids act up when someone else is here, so their play during that time is not characteristic of how they normally behave. I have offered to video tape a natural day without distractions so they can truly get an idea of how he interacts.