Play Therapy

Sucks.  That's really all there is to it.

I'm pretty sure it has just been in our specific experience, but we haven't seen or heard the great results that it was going to provide.  Due to the details of the kids' case, I can't really put a lot in the description here, but basically nothing has happened in play therapy.  The therapist from the agency goes to daycare to spend about 30 minutes each with Leonard and Penny.  Supposedly, playing with the sand table that she brings with her every week helps to provide an outlet for the kids to express things that they otherwise would not.  We got an email today saying that neither of the kids have said anything to her or around her and that Leonard seems to be very timid when she's with them.  Our immediate reaction to the email was to say, "he doesn't like you because he can sense that you aren't a very nice person".  I went with something along the lines of how his nap is from noon to 2:30 (or later) every day.  From the beginning, we told her that was during naptime and her 2 o'clock suggestion of when to see them was going to be rough for them.  Even when Leonard wants to talk to someone, he doesn't start jabbering away when he wakes up from a nap.  Apparently she got the message, as we got an email back saying that she would move the appointment to either 10am or 11am.  Well... if they take naps at noon, perhaps they eat lunch before that?  Once again, I informed her of the schedule and the fact that they eat around 11:15am every day and the 11am timeslot would not work.  She said that she would start going to see them at 10am.  Had she just listened to us about six weeks ago, this would not have been an issue today.

The other thing that she suggested was something called EMDR.  There's a whole website that she told us to look at in case we needed more information.  Of course, the decision is not ours to make as to whether or not they will do the "treatment".  The therapist said that she will go to the visit on Friday and talk to their mom about it.  All we can do is hope that she says no.  Unfortunately, I believe the chances of her saying no on this one are about as good as our chances of getting a yes to flu shots for the kids.