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Our insurance plan labels ABA as "scientifically experimental and unmerited", so they won't cover it. I pushed for letters from both the developmental pediatrician and the gen ped to try and sway the insurance company. I then decided it was all bullshit and called my sister (she's a certified tech who proctors the behavioral plans for a BCBA clinic in another state): we will perform an assessment on Saturday via Skype. We will determine behavioral goals, and generate programming to meet those goals. I will proctor the programming on Tues/Thurs, and she will oversee. I am pulling DS2 out of preschool on those days, so I can have one on one time with him to run the therapy.
On the medication front: DH says "I don't want to medicate a three year old brain", so we are on the same page as skeptics. I scheduled a consult with the gen ped to discuss findings/recs/test results from dev ped in December. Until then, DS2 will be undergoing speech on M/W, preschool for half-day on MWF, and ABA therapy proctored by me on Tues/Thurs. The preschool director and his teachers are on board with the transition, and it will also save us some money, so no complaints. The last thing I have to do is contact his OT therapist and let her know the recommendations from the developmental pediatrician. I hope she doesn't take it personally, but this is period of trial and error.
On the medication front: DH says "I don't want to medicate a three year old brain", so we are on the same page as skeptics. I scheduled a consult with the gen ped to discuss findings/recs/test results from dev ped in December. Until then, DS2 will be undergoing speech on M/W, preschool for half-day on MWF, and ABA therapy proctored by me on Tues/Thurs. The preschool director and his teachers are on board with the transition, and it will also save us some money, so no complaints. The last thing I have to do is contact his OT therapist and let her know the recommendations from the developmental pediatrician. I hope she doesn't take it personally, but this is period of trial and error.
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