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How much did you pay for floortime intake and sessions with Jake Greenspan?
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Anonymous
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I called and it costs a fortune. I am wondering if there is a set rate? They couldn't send me any info, I had to talk to Greenspan directly. Is it worth it? |
Anonymous
| a fortune? really? in the world of therapy, i didn't think they charged a fortune. $600 for the eval, and $125 for follow up sessions, which are only temporary. if you ask me, that's a bargain. |
Anonymous
| We considered floortime too with Greenspan or Weider. Friends of ours tried it with Dr. Weider and felt it was overpriced. We decided to just read the book about floortime and also work with ST and OT who have a background in floortime-much more budget friendly. We follow up with everything at home and our child enjoys it. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| Greenspan's floortime is so different from regular floortime. |
Anonymous
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In my opinion, you can do a fair job of floortime at home having just read the books or viewing some of Greenspan's videos online, but there is real value to having a certified floortime expert (we see Jake Greenspan) observe you at play with your child and coach you to improve and refine your approach. We see Jake about once a month, and he helps us incorporate new challenges into our floortime sessions (and overall engagement) that helps raise the bar for our daughter and keeps us from getting stagnant. He also tracks our daughter's progress and has provided extremely useful (at times brutally honest, but welcome) observations and recommendations to refine our early intervention program.
Jake is not reimbursable through any insurance plan, though you can use tax-free dollars through a flexible spending account. In terms of overall value, I would drop one speech or OT session a month to afford one session with Jake. |
Anonymous
Everything is relative, even in this area. It would take me weeks to earn that kind of "disposable" income. Actually, months. Maybe the OP is new to the world of therapy. |
Anonymous
| For a regular OT session we pay $115, $49 of which is reimbursed to us by insurance. The insurance would cover $150 of the $450 we paid for the evaluation, so I don't think this is seriously overpriced. I don't know Jake or the floortime program, but I do know that every session and every evaluation we had with our OT has been well worth it. Do we have this kind of money? Not really. We live off of one income that is not a six-figure income in a house in DC. But I do not regret any of the sacrifices we made at all. |
Anonymous
pp here -- you're right. sorry if i sounded insensitive. we're far from rich -- we're feeling the pain of every dollar we spend for our dc's therapies -- but i guess we're so used to bleeding the cash that this seemed reasonable, mostly because it's basically finite. we're doing most of the work, so most of the "therapy" (provided by us) is at no cost to us. (except for the stress of actually doing the floortime, finding the time, getting the kiddo on board to play more creatively, doing it when there is another sibling vying for attention . . . .) sorry if i sounded callous or crass about the money stuff. |
Anonymous
| PP, no need to apologize. It sounds as if you're doing your best for your child and you should be encouraged -- not given a hard time. |