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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Priorities, how can we say that $100 for a highly educated skilled professional to teach your child to read is too much, but it's perfectly acceptable to spend $200+ for the 5 minutes it takes your plumber to unclog your toilet or $100 fast food dinner delivery for the family.[/quote]

We were paying more than that. We had a really good OT one place who we paid something like $140 an hour-not easy. When she moved, they gave us someone new to the field who was way too green and charged the SAME. I have an excellent plumber who can fix any issue and I probably see him once every few years and it's for new issues because when he takes care of something it is resolved. Therapies go on for many years and sometimes you see more leaps when you take a break from the therapy then you did during.

Also, the worst is when people lie or stretch the truth. We almost hired a therapist for DD who claimed to have 20 years' experience. Luckily, I knew to ask questions. She had just gotten licensed! Her 20 years of experience was as a teacher, not a therapist. Her profile did not specify this. Luckily, I had a friend who has kids at the school, and she said she would not hire this woman to be a therapist and she suspected she had not even worked with SN kids that long because she was clueless. One advocate mentions she is a lawyer, but never mentions she has never practiced sped law-totally unrelated field.

We had an ST once who claimed to also work at a prestigious SN private school. Over time we just didn't feel she was worth it and there were some red flags. I finally checked with the school to see if she even worked there. She did not. She contracted there at one point, but they moved on.

Some interventionists have been worth bleeding money. We've had more good ones than disappointments. Integrity matters, but even people who are transparent aren't always at the level you expect for their experience. We've had newbies who were honest about being newbies, who just had a special gift. Price doesn't always tell you much. We've had excellent people who took insurance and excellent people who charged a lot.

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