Respite Care

I hope this page will be a valuable tool for you. I

first

heard the word "Respite" from our County

Intervention Office, when our son was one year

old.

I provided the babysitter and they paid for

it.

There

was a time when our son cried 24/7

unless he

was

held very tightly. I later learned

that he had an

immature nervous system that

needed to be

regulated

by receiving lots of input

through various

types of

movement. It was a very

intense time and I

wasn't

getting much sleep. I

hired Marymount

University

Special Education

Majors and Physical

Therapist

Majors to come and

"run" my son around

from 5-7 p.

m., six days a

week for more than six

months. I slept

during that

time. I also taught these

incredible girls

all of the

exercises that the

therapists taught me, so

that

our son was able to

have fun yet get the input he

needed.

I have since learned about these other places that

offer Respite Services through their very trained

and qualified employees.

, DC

Respite Care

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