I'm confused as to why they don't stay for her therapy session? Every single one of our private sessions has only been an hour long. Certainly not long enough to do any kind of shopping or anything. PLus, it was usually required so I could see what they were doing. I just don't get it. If they had been there, maybe Abbie wouldn't be running amok now.
Ours too. They are an hour but really, they are only 45 minutes because 15 minutes of the appointment is for updating the parents and paperwork. I sit in the waiting room and update paperwork and it is usually when I have time to jump on here or watch a video with headphones on.
That is one of the biggest reasons that I don't see OT working out very long. The therapist need A&P there, to go over updates, goals and things that they want to see the parents work on at home.. Of course, we won't see A&P actually ever working on those things though, so at least they aren't wasting the therapist time, in talking...
I remember many years ago, our kids would run amok and be wild, upon entering the therapist office. We worked on that though. We used quiet feet, quiet voices, learning to check in and sit down, bringing sensory toys to play with, etc. Never then, did I let them go in without me and without being in my hands (so they didn't run back into offices). I had multiple children too.. Once we taught them the expectations, less hand holding needed to be done, they were less wild and now, I can actually allow them to walk ahead of me, and go in and sit down and wait.. The therapist sometimes don't even know they have arrived.
Gosh, I just don't see why parents think their child can get away with everything, just because they have a disability. It irks me... Im sorry but I have literally put everything into my kids on discipline and teaching them to have proper etiquette. Yet, they just think they can get away with everything...