So, what do we do now?

Our health insurance covers speech, OT, and psychological services for rehabilitative purposes only. ADHD is considered a mental health issue (insert eye roll), so the dr's visits for that are not covered either. Thankfully, we have a primary care dr that is handling that prescription now that we have paid a psychiatrist out of pocket to confirm the diagnosis of ADHD. (Yes, even though 2 developmental pediatricians, a neuropsychologist, a numerous other professionals can diagnosed and confirmed it.) Feel free to insert yet another eye roll here. In fact, just keep them eyes a-rollin'.

Our county provides these services on a sliding scale to residents through 3 major agencies. Back in February, I applied for help through the largest one. Alex was accepted as a client, and our worker said she would be in contact with us to get Alex set up with speech, OT, and psychological therapy through the therapy center where Alex currently gets OT. A few months ago, the worker called and said that the therapy center was understaffed and not taking any more clients, even though Alex was already established. A few weeks ago, I called her back to check on things, and she said that the center was ready to accept new clients. She was going to get it set up and call me back in 2 days. She never called. In the meantime, Emily got sick, and then she had surgery--I forgot to call. I called yesterday and got a bombshell. The county has decided not to provide services for children who can or are getting services in the public schools. The worker said she didn't know how she was going to tell her families this news so that is why she didn't call.

Things with the local schools continue to deteriorate. The case loads for the therapists are huge, and they are spread thin--most of them visit multiple schools every week. Alex wasn't getting what he needed there anyway which is why I started this process in the first place. I just don't know why all this is happening or what to do now.