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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe you have a super clean home. Maybe you and your friends have a normal amount of people living in your house. Maybe your child isn't medically fragile. Many of the houses that the EI teachers go into have multiple families living under one roof in communities where there are lots of Covid. EI teachers see a variety of families living in a variety of conditions. My friends who are in EI in Arizona are just starting to go into homes and they have to dress like they are on a space mission, pretty much wearing a hazmat suit (this was mandated by their agency)- very child friendly, lol.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My best friend works for EI..  They go into multiple family homes a day with multiple people, indoors, up close (the nature of their work) for 30-60 mins at a time.  Completely unsafe during a pandemic.

They have made the correct call to protect their employees.  And yes, they exist to teach patents, not to  be direct hands on with kids.  The parents who complain the loudest about virtual are the ones who want the provider to come in every week and "fix" their kid while the parent gets a "break" and does laundry or plays on their phone, which is not why the services are provided.

Go into it with an open mind, OP.  A good service provider can teach you a LOT about ways to work with and help your child long term (long after they age out of EI) virtually.[/quote]

I’m not even sure how to respond, but to the extent the same agencies are also seeing patients they deem “clean” in person under private pay the discrimination is just jaw dropping. 
Great for your friend. So our private OT does that exact same thing, in person, vaccinated and masked. Been eligible for the vaccine for more than a month. No clue what your point is. Did you do the therapy through EI? No, right? The pandemic is not an excuse to fail to fulfill a state funded program properly. [/quote][/quote][/quote]

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