The Schedule

Our neighbors must wonder who is coming and going at our house M-Th afternoons.  Maybe you wonder what I do with 'all my time' every afternoon.  No I'm not sitting and eating bon-bons or watching soap operas.  haha!   We are pretty busy every M-Th.  This is Sam's home therapy schedule after he goes to school from 9-2 every day.

• M- 4-6 ABA therapy
• T- 3:30-6:30 ABA therapy
• W- 3:15-4 private speech
• 4:30-6:30 ABA therapy with 2 therapists overlapping
• Th- 2-3 every other week. School ABA home visit
• 4-6  ABA therapy
• Fr- NO visitors so don't come knocking because we won't answer!  :-)

We also have the home ABA Supervisor who comes out to the house once a week or every other week to oversee the programs.  Sam LOVES all his "girlfriends". 

Some may think that 5 hours of school every day PLUS home therapy is a lot but it's not really. I don't think there's such a thing as 'too much' therapy during these early ages. And he's not working hard all the time. He has LOTS of fun and learns so much every day! He loves it and is such a hard worker!  As for me, I'm very involved in his therapy.  I sit outside of the room of speech to listen. I could sit in the reception room but then wouldn't hear him and this is where I learn ALOT!!!   During home therapy I stay in the sessions too most of the time.  I could be doing laundry or scrapbooking but I like to see what he's doing and also learn from the therapists.  So we don't have much downtime here.  But this ok!  It's a good thing we have going on!  And I will take all the help we can get now because that can always change with insurance coverage.  The more "help" we get now the more likely services will be approved down the road or maybe he won't need them at all.   The long term goal is to have him in mainstream classes in school with little or no therapy but only time will tell what his needs will be.  The future for Sam is bright and very promising!   This we know for sure!