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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - it is true that the twins will avoid difficult activities. If it's too hard or asking too much for them, then they will run and go play somewhere else in the house. BUT, some of the therapists activities were absurd in my opinion. She would have them do all of these complicated art projects when they were 18 months old that my 5 year old could just barely do. Or, we would blow bubbles.....again and again and again. Bubbles are great, but I feel like they need some diversity. I feel like I am constantly giving the therapist ideas of things that the twins would like to do. If it's interesting, then they do not avoid and will play. They have amazing attention spans. I worry about switching therapists since we have gone the past year with the same woman. It's just so different of an experience than when they were in PT. The woman was great. You can tell their speech therapist does not have her own kids yet.[/quote]

I don't like in-home therapy for this reason and we moved it out of our home and it was much better.  We have too many distractions.  An office environment worked much better.  I don't pay my speech therapist to do bubbles that that is why we left one.  Bubbles as a reward is fine but not as the primary therapy.  Ours do constant drills and its not fluff anymore.  When I watch my 3 year old can easily do an hour and if offered could easily do two hours as he is so engaged.  Our speech pathologist does not have her own kids but she will be a great mom when she does.  That should not be a requirement.  You may want to drop it for the summer and start up again in the fall and try a different therapist.  To me, that's a waste of time and we had that happen and I switched.  We found there was a window of opportunity and once we hit it, the speech therapy helped.  Before that, it was a waste of time.  My kid loves his therapists and you can see the difference that relationship makes.  I would not bother to keep that up.   You can blow bubbles with your kids.  You need to be taught specifics as well as have specifics worked with them.[/quote]

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