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Tigerlilly 06:18 AM 12-28-2017
Here is a question for you that I have not seen come up before.
Do any of you have daycare children that receive outside services in your home during the day? Like occupational therapy, speech therapy ect?
Do any of you have daycare children that receive outside services in your home during the day? Like occupational therapy, speech therapy ect?
Leigh 06:43 AM 12-28-2017
I have 4 kids receiving services at my home right now.
#1: Counseling/play therapy
#2: Counseling/play therapy and speech therapy
#3: Feeding therapy, speech therapy, early learning specialist, Occupational therapy, home health visits (physical therapy discontinued for him, but will probably start again in the future due to health setbacks).
#4: Feeding therapy, speech therapy, early learning specialist, Occupational therapy, home health visits, and physical therapy.
Honestly, as much work as it sounds like, it's not a big deal.
#1: Counseling/play therapy
#2: Counseling/play therapy and speech therapy
#3: Feeding therapy, speech therapy, early learning specialist, Occupational therapy, home health visits (physical therapy discontinued for him, but will probably start again in the future due to health setbacks).
#4: Feeding therapy, speech therapy, early learning specialist, Occupational therapy, home health visits, and physical therapy.
Honestly, as much work as it sounds like, it's not a big deal.
Blackcat31 06:50 AM 12-28-2017
Originally Posted by Tigerlilly:
Here is a question for you that I have not seen come up before.
Do any of you have daycare children that receive outside services in your home during the day? Like occupational therapy, speech therapy ect?
This has come up several times on the forum....Here is a question for you that I have not seen come up before.
Do any of you have daycare children that receive outside services in your home during the day? Like occupational therapy, speech therapy ect?
Some providers are very involved in that type of thing and allow anyone connected to a child's development into their program/homes whereas other providers see it as a disruption or an attempt to push this responsibility off onto the provider.
While I don't think there is any one right or wrong way to approach it, whatever choice is made needs to be acceptable and comfortable for everyone.
Personally, I don't ban it all together but don't welcome them in either as it's a major disruption to our day and most of the times parents have wanted someone to visit here it was simply because it was easier for the parent so I've always said no but can't say I will always say no.
It honestly depends on the situation but so far in 2.5 decades, I haven't had a single situation where I was the last resort and had to host a therapist etc... here.
Some other threads about this topic
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79788
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
Snowmom 06:57 AM 12-28-2017
I have had requests before.
The way I have handled it:
1. I ask if the service provider ASKED to observe during daycare.
2. If the answer is no- then my answer is no. If the answer is yes, then I request the name and phone number of the provider so that I may confirm and settle the conditions I am ok with.
My conditions:
1. The business/practitioner must be licensed.
2. The visit can be no longer than 20 minutes.
3. No more than 2 visits per month and it must have an end date.
The way I have handled it:
1. I ask if the service provider ASKED to observe during daycare.
2. If the answer is no- then my answer is no. If the answer is yes, then I request the name and phone number of the provider so that I may confirm and settle the conditions I am ok with.
My conditions:
1. The business/practitioner must be licensed.
2. The visit can be no longer than 20 minutes.
3. No more than 2 visits per month and it must have an end date.
BumbleBee 07:01 AM 12-28-2017
Depends on the situation. I've had 2 requests this year for therapy at daycare. 1 I said no, 1 I said yes.
Dcg was approved for ABA therapy. It was 5 hrs a day 4 days a week. I could not accommodate this schedule because they needed a separate area to conduct therapy in.
Dcb was approved for speech therapy 1 day a week for 1 hr. This I could accommodate because while they also needed a separate area to conduct therapy it was 1 hour as opposed to 5.
Dcg was approved for ABA therapy. It was 5 hrs a day 4 days a week. I could not accommodate this schedule because they needed a separate area to conduct therapy in.
Dcb was approved for speech therapy 1 day a week for 1 hr. This I could accommodate because while they also needed a separate area to conduct therapy it was 1 hour as opposed to 5.
Tigerlilly 07:13 AM 12-28-2017
Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
This has come up several times on the forum....
Some providers are very involved in that type of thing and allow anyone connected to a child's development into their program/homes whereas other providers see it as a disruption or an attempt to push this responsibility off onto the provider.
While I don't think there is any one right or wrong way to approach it, whatever choice is made needs to be acceptable and comfortable for everyone.
Personally, I don't ban it all together but don't welcome them in either as it's a major disruption to our day and most of the times parents have wanted someone to visit here it was simply because it was easier for the parent so I've always said no but can't say I will always say no.
It honestly depends on the situation but so far in 2.5 decades, I haven't had a single situation where I was the last resort and had to host a therapist etc... here.
Some other threads about this topic
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79788
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
For whatever reason, the search function does not work on my device. SorryThis has come up several times on the forum....
Some providers are very involved in that type of thing and allow anyone connected to a child's development into their program/homes whereas other providers see it as a disruption or an attempt to push this responsibility off onto the provider.
While I don't think there is any one right or wrong way to approach it, whatever choice is made needs to be acceptable and comfortable for everyone.
Personally, I don't ban it all together but don't welcome them in either as it's a major disruption to our day and most of the times parents have wanted someone to visit here it was simply because it was easier for the parent so I've always said no but can't say I will always say no.
It honestly depends on the situation but so far in 2.5 decades, I haven't had a single situation where I was the last resort and had to host a therapist etc... here.
Some other threads about this topic
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79788
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
https://www.daycare.com/forum/showth...eech+therapist
Annalee 07:18 AM 12-28-2017
The only times occupational therapy was needed for any of my dck, it was for dck that only came 3 days a week (which meant there were two home days the therapist could work with) or because the mom said the dad was embarrassed from the therapy
I told one of these they had to do it at home and I told the other the only time I could work with the therapist was between 6:30 and 7:30 AM. Obviously they didn't take me up on that.....so I did offer but put it with my schedule so it didn't interupt. I haven't been asked any time lately. I have one large room so there is not really a spot for the therapist to be secluded. Licensing told me to be "careful" with each situation to be sure I was in compliance. 
I told one of these they had to do it at home and I told the other the only time I could work with the therapist was between 6:30 and 7:30 AM. Obviously they didn't take me up on that.....so I did offer but put it with my schedule so it didn't interupt. I haven't been asked any time lately. I have one large room so there is not really a spot for the therapist to be secluded. Licensing told me to be "careful" with each situation to be sure I was in compliance.
Blackcat31 07:20 AM 12-28-2017
Originally Posted by Tigerlilly:
For whatever reason, the search function does not work on my device. Sorry
Oh Hey... no worries...For whatever reason, the search function does not work on my device. Sorry
Some one will always help in that department! The tags on the bottom of each thread are sometimes super simple and other times not so easy to connect to the topic but like I said, someone will always help link to other threads...
But still....don't apologize for a topic already discussed... life changes, members change and ideals and approaches do too so everything daycare related worth talking about is worth bringing back up!
hwichlaz 08:56 AM 12-28-2017
I welcome therapists with open arms. I let them know my facility is small and I can not give them privacy, but they can give therapy in my living room. The children aren’t allowed in there after they’ve learned to walk, so it’s usually open for them. I have two kids each seeing 3 therapists a week for an hour at a time. One has Cerebral Palsy and a feeding tube, he is 2 1/2 and cannot walk. The other was a preemie and has microcephaly. She is going to be 2 in a month and is still learning in to hold her head up and control her neck muscles. It’s essential for these two children to have their therapies spread out over the course of a week to maximize effectiveness. And it’s also essential for me, as their main caregiver during the day, to see what is being worked on so I can work on it with them during the day. These two children NEED therapy to be constant nearly 24-7...even if it’s just in the way I hold them to encourage the neck muscles to work etc. It’s only disruptive until the other kids get used to it. I go about my day as if they aren’t here for most of the visit then check in with them at the end to see if I need to update how I’m doing things.
tenderhearts 09:05 AM 12-28-2017
I had one parent ask me about a speech therapist coming to my home and I did not think it was a good idea here, one the other kids get way to hyper when someone else is in the home which would make that child needing the therapy not do well, plus it wouldn't be fair to my family to have someone go into the other part of our home to do the session with the child.
sahm1225 06:02 PM 01-10-2018
Originally Posted by Tigerlilly:
Here is a question for you that I have not seen come up before.
Do any of you have daycare children that receive outside services in your home during the day? Like occupational therapy, speech therapy ect?
I had one child that I allowed the speech & developmental therapist come to daycare. I loved the family and wanted to help. It quickly became too much of a disruption. The therapists were great, but taking 2 hours away a week from my day to make sure he had his therapy away from the group (he couldn’t handle the distraction) was tough. Here is a question for you that I have not seen come up before.
Do any of you have daycare children that receive outside services in your home during the day? Like occupational therapy, speech therapy ect?
I was the one that gave them the schedule of what times worked with daycare and they happily worked around our schedule. The therapists would offer amazing tips to help dcb and at times even general tips for other Dcks.
The therapists lasted a little bit over a month and then we had to stop.