Coming home from vacation we got word that some of the requirements for Ellie's medical benefits would be changing. All in all, good changes. But it took alot of "documentation" of how she's doing, what struggles she has, what her needs are, etc. to get the paperwork to go through. Several doctor's orders and multiple evaluations of our girl took place in August. Luckily all the evaluations were in the same building and it's a wonderful place full of toys, learning tools and amazing resources to help Ellie overcome her boundaries. She then got approved for therapy several times a week which was also part of the requirement for the benefits.
Going to this place as much as we have had to this past month (up to three times a week) looked like it was never going to work for our homeschooling bunch. Limited availability of appointments forced us to go at nap time and mealtime and a few of us were slightly cranky about that :). But after a month of going up to an hour and a half a week, Ellie is loving it and the kids and I are enjoying watching her. We call it "Ellie school"!
I took the liberty of sending some pictures in with our documentation to show Ellie's "home therapy". There is a general understanding that therapy in a building is only a starting point for the real progress that happens at home. Here are the kids and their patient hard at work!
