What about private in-home... yours or theirs? Or, a mother of a SN, or even a college kid specializing in SpEd, Psych, Edu, or Dev. Dis? You would only need it for the after-school hours, correct? Also, you may want to ask at your sons school if they can recommend someone - maybe there is someone on their subs list that isn't getting much work.
DS goes back to school Monday. I can send a letter with him, asking the teachers if they know of anyone or even asking the parents of the kids in his class who they use for daycare. He's in junior high school, so the 13 other kids in his class must have at least one family where both parents work. Thanks!
Good for you - reaady to move forward - and it would be for both you and your sons. Does Canada have anything like respite care or personal assistance for families of children with special needs?
Finding the right situation is the critical thing - as we all know. Do you have documentation for a caregiver as to possible triggers to such behavior? Is their a plan in place as to what to do when there is an episode - like step by step?
Any possibility of your getting a job during school hours? What about a night job?
Just throwing things out for you to think about. It is of course doable, just requires planning and flexibility. Please let us know how the process is going - so we can both support you and possibly add some ideas.
They have respite care, which I could take advantage of. I'll have to look more into it. I have a little while yet before I can get my documentation together to start work anyways.
The case worker that we have for Matthew referred him to the YWCA for behavioral issues, so I can ask them as well. His case worker is actually through a program called Family Services for Children with Disabilities, which helps families with everything including setting up daycare. She's actually the one person that recommended the method of calling around to daycares and finding out what one would take Matthew.
The issue with him is that his behavioral outbursts and such are sporadic, so they can happen at any time. We do have ways to calm him down and such and I can put those into an action plan for anyone taking care of him.
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I work with special needs children everday however they are younger. Our preschool takes children that have been kicked out of other programs...that is not an option for us....we deal with the behaviors that may arise...some days are very very hard and i have the scars to prove it but then there are days it is so rewarding to see how far they have come....so i guess the point i am trying to make is....you will need to find a program that deals with these types of behaviors that you are talking about so that there will be no way he can be kicked out. That way you wont have the added stress of not knowing from day to day...good luck to you in your venture...great job!
It's very comforting to know someone out there deals with special needs children and has a great way of explaining it to me. Thank you so much for your insight and I'll definitely take this into consideration.
I had thought about part-time while the kids were at school, which might be a good way to start. But if the hours were when the kids were out of school, it might not be so great. Ideally, I wanted to go back to working a 40 hour week and figured that I'd come up with an action plan in case that was easier than trying to do it part-time.
The kids both get out of school earlier on Thursdays than the rest of the days, but they're in school by at least 8:30 and off of school by at least 4pm. I could always get a job at the mall working something like 9am to 3pm, which would give me time to come home. But, I'm looking at it wages wise also and it would have to be worth it for me to have enough money to cover their vacation days and summer vacation when they aren't in school.
