The only child I cared for who had therapies was when I was a nanny. He had autism and his behavioral and occupational therapist would come a few times a week. Mom scheduled this specifically so she could be there, because she wanted to be a part of it and because she wanted to know how she could help at home when the therapist were gone. It was much more one-on-one than a daycare setting and I think he got a lot out of it. In a daycare setting, I think he would have been too distracted to concentrate on what they were asking of him. Honestly, the therapist were really just role models for what Mom and Dad were supposed to be doing the majority of the time, since they are the ones spending the majority of the time with him. He got far more out of the continual therapy that is parents provided because they knew what to do by watching the actual therapists. I really think parent enrollment is important for therapy to actually work.

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