How did you find your nanny with "special needs" experience?
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Anonymous
| I think I may need a nanny for my DS, and I don't even know where to start. I've already checked the nanny forum here and most of the nannies want closer in towards DC. I'm in Loudoun. Any ideas on where to look? Not interested in live-ins/au pairs. Thanks |
Anonymous
| care.com has a special needs section. but my first response would've been au pair. I have had great success by choosing au pairs who have work experience w/ children w/ special needs AND plan to pursue a career working with children w/ special needs. Takes a bit longer to find, but worth. Bonus is that these candidates are usually more mature and responsible, avoiding many of the pitfalls of a typical au pair scenario. |
Anonymous
| The ones I've seen need a 6 month lead time (mostly from Germany). If someone has a suggestion for a more expedient way, I'd love to hear it. |
Anonymous
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I have a son with special needs and 10 years experience as a nanny. I live near leesburg. Feel free to send me a email and we can chat.
brittany.d.vance@gmail.com |
Anonymous
It's not six months...more like 6 weeks from when you match to arrival. You need to build in a couple months to look for the right match, however. |
Anonymous
| We got an au pair. We were very frank and honest about the job description. It is working out nicely. It all depends on what your needs are. Our au pair works 45 hours each week. She is off the whole weekend. We went through Interexchange and looked at candidates that were okay with SN but not trained as a SN nanny. We have physical needs but not behavioral issues. |
Anonymous
| We got an au pair, too. It was a great experience. We were VERY frank about what we needed and ended up with a trained OT from Germany. |
Anonymous
Sittercity.com, click on the option "special needs." Our nanny is a former PAC teacher. She decided to go back to school for her masters but wanted to continue working with SN children. Our goldmine, as we call her
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Anonymous
| Care.com special needs section. |