What to Do Wednesday: Your EI Kiddo is Hospitalized

𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰:
You’ve been seeing a family for a little while now when your kiddo becomes hospitalized. Maybe it’s for a planned or scheduled surgery/operation - or it could be a sudden hospitalization.

In Early Intervention we work with kiddo’s with an array of diagnoses, conditions, etc. some of which have high levels of medical complexities. This means that hospitalizations, though not usually frequent, do happen while kids are on our caseloads.

𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

⚠️ NOTE: As with anything I talk about, always make sure to get guidance from your specific company or agency about what is allowed, what constitutes as billable time, etc ⚠️

I am definitely planning to do a “Session Sneak Peek” for the teletherapy session our team had in the hospital with one of our little ones.

The most common “complication” (related to therapy) that I see after a hospitalization is regression of skills. Of course the severity can depend on several factors including: reason for the hospitalization, expected recovery time, and length of stay.

While I primarily focus my attention and treatments towards regaining skills that may have been lost, there’s also the important role of providing emotional support for these families during what might be a very intense, scary, and overwhelming time in their lives.

Be sure to give the family the appropriate space that they may need but also remind them that you are there for them ❤️✨

𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔? 𝑨𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆?