Originally posted by spedmommy4
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It's about being able to physically accommodate them. Not all provider's have the space to do so. It's not much different than a parent hanging out. Some simply don't have the space.
For me personally, I am a huge advocate for parents parenting. Meaning I want, encourage and expect my parents to take an active and INVOLVED role in their child's early learning and that means being present and available for their child's therapy.
Also, I did allow a DCM to schedule a therapy visit. Her son needed to have some physical therapy due to needing leg/foot braces. It really wasn't a huge deal.
.....Until DCM figured out that her time was suddenly freed up since daycare allowed therapy visits.... so it began... Monday was one type of visit, Tuesday was another, Wednesday was another and so on and so on....
Then another DCM heard about me "hosting" therapy visits so she began scheduling her twins' MULTIPLE weekly visits at daycare too...
So basically I had someone here every single day at some point. Sometimes two or three different people.
It got to the point that I could not pick and choose as to which child's therapist appointments were more important than the next so per my licensor's suggestion rather than say no to some and yes to others, just say no to all.
So again, it's not that "so many provider's don't seem to want therapists in the childcare" it's that I CAN'T.
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