Do you have a love-hate relationship with any of your child's interventionists

[Anonymous]

Hate how much we pay, but their efforts and my child's progress. Sometimes I have to admit from time to time I find one interventionist in particular to be such an arrogant and condescending ass. This provider does such good work I bite my tongue and think about the big picture-doesn't matter if I like the person, what matters is how my child responds to this person and the progress that is made. Plus, I think sometimes when a person's ego is so inflated, if you confront them and gently question their tone or the content of what they say they can react strongly and I don't want to risk alienating someone good. So I just am sweet and grateful, but sometimes in my mind I think...

Do you think I am a complete idiot?

Could you be any more full of yourself?

Watch your arrogant tone! I am well-educated and even if I had dropped out of school in the 4th grade, you should assume I know a lot about my child and have probably researched my child's issues so talk to me like I am an equal.

Again, the work is outstanding so if I said something gently and scared this person off, it would be a big loss for us.

Anyone else?

[Anonymous]

YES I can relate. First of all, I think that anyone who studies speech or OT or whatever, should also study bedside manner. They know, or should know, that they are dealing with a population of parents that are on edge a lot of the time. Most of my providers have been fabulous in this reard, but a few have been really really awful and insensitive, and its the last thing I need in that setting.

[Anonymous]

well, I've sometimes had a hate-hate with a therapist and dumped them.

if it's working for your kid; I wouldn't sweat it and just hum tunes in your head when this therapist gets to you la-la-la-la-la...


I'm often shocked how ill-informed some parents are about their kids SN, so the therapist might just be full of themselves in general or are dealing with many, many more parents who just don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YES I can relate. First of all, I think that anyone who studies speech or OT or whatever, should also study bedside manner. They know, or should know, that they are dealing with a population of parents that are on edge a lot of the time. Most of my providers have been fabulous in this reard, but a few have been really really awful and insensitive, and its the last thing I need in that setting.

Wow-you put into words what I have thought for a long time. We are on edge and have been through a lot and bedside manner with parents is important too, though not a dealbreaker if the OT/ST/PT is good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:well, I've sometimes had a hate-hate with a therapist and dumped them.

if it's working for your kid; I wouldn't sweat it and just hum tunes in your head when this therapist gets to you la-la-la-la-la...


I'm often shocked how ill-informed some parents are about their kids SN, so the therapist might just be full of themselves in general or are dealing with many, many more parents who just don't get it.

You do have a point. Not easy dealing with parents in denial or who just don't get it, but there some OTs or STs are quite good at gently easing the parents into relaizing what is really going on.

[Anonymous]

I can totally relate OP. I am exactly in the same boat. Sometimes, I just want to speak up but I don't b/c I don't want to lose a good therapist. So annoying!

[Anonymous]

Lucky for me I haven't met this kind yet. Either they were ineffective but free so I tolerated it or the one that we pay is amazing and I really like her as a person. I have to say that when I disliked them though it was all I could do to keep quiet.