u/whosthatgirl13

I feel sick and fatigued every time I think about work. I’m currently in peds home health but have done EI and schools. I think it’s the mix of paperwork, therapy, and unstable pay. I see my husband, who is very smart and deserves all the good things, get paid 8 hours a day with good pto and benefits, when he probably works hard for like 4 hours. He also has a boss that is ok with boundaries, whereas every job I’ve had the higher ups say “we said you’d only have this many clients or this schedule, actually you need more!!” I’m setting boundaries at this new job, but it’s tough. I like EI but it’s not stable.

However I think of other job (minus my husbands wfh/good pay job, I tell him he’s lucky lol) and I feel like I’d like a more office type job, but maybe the grass isn’t greener on the other side. Maybe I just don’t want to work at all lol. No I’d be ok with part time, but what job allows you to work part time and make enough to live?? Also I see people who post “I do 40 visits a week” like dang, I only have 26 visits and it’s a lot for me. Maybe I’m just weak? Sorry I’m just venting now, just telling myself to get through this busy day. Thanks.

Hi all,

I was just given a client I feel lost with (peds home health). The goals are to focus on tongue strength by doing exercises with a depressor. I have some experience with muscle strengthening from grad school, but they all were adults who had a stroke. I saw the client for the first time, and this kid seems… fine? I observed him eating, had him stick his tongue out and move it around, minimal speech errors (also he is 4). I will try the depressors but what if I don’t see anything “wrong”? Mom seems concerned and wants to continue speech. However mom was concerned about /l/, which he was able to do with prompting. Any advice? Thanks!

Hi all,

I’m doing an evaluation (peds home health) with a mom and a client with level 3 autism (her report). When talking to her to confirm the eval we discussed how our company’s “default” is once a week, but if needed it can be more. She’s basically hounded me (called, texted) after saying she wants more. I have kept telling her we need to wait until the eval to discuss, I have to see the kid to even say anything anyway, I can see 2x a week, which I don’t have room for another session on my schedule, but that’s another issue. I’m wondering if anyone has resources for if she asks for 3 or more sessions? I know personally carryover work is the most effective, but some type of research would help my point. Thanks!