Understanding The Therapy Process
and what to expect
We, at The Therapy Place, believe that outpatient therapy is only one piece of a greater puzzle, which helps facilitate your child’s progress. We highly encourage parent involvement which includes observations of therapy sessions and follow through of home programming, which is necessary to help ensure your child’s progress at home and in the community.
Clients and families may expect that we will:
Work hard to provide the best treatment we can with you and your child
Have your child in our best interest
Problem solve with families
Continually collect data for our progress reports
Report on and update you or your child’s progress every 90 days
Design and tailor home programs (tools and strategies) for you and your child
Request follow through with home programming with the recommended frequency
Collaborate with colleagues and other professionals in regards to your child if applicable
Strive to return emails and phone calls as promptly as we are able
We expect that parents and guardians will:
Have their child’s best interest in mind
Find and see the positives in what their child does and accomplishes
Be ready to start the therapy process by making time in their schedules so they are able to attend therapy sessions consistently (typically weekly or bi-weekly)
Observe sessions with regularity
Follow through with strategies, ideas and suggestions to use at home
Make these strategies, ideas, suggestions a priority
Communicate with us directly and often regarding home programming
Attend progress review meetings with your therapist every 90 days
Understand that at some point, therapy will no longer be needed or warranted
Communicate with us regarding: how home programming is going, if you need clarification, need re-teaching of a technique or strategy, if the home program is feasible for your family and if it seems to be helpful/worthwhile.
Be in the waiting room 10 minutes before the end of your child’s session
