Hi Veronica! Just for clarity: You would prefer for this girl to take her showers standing rather than sitting, right? I'm guessing you'd like her to have and maintain the skills to shower standing in order to, say, shower after gym classes, at camps, at friends' places - anywhere - as opposed to being tied to only bathe with some wall mounted equipment in her home? (Not to mention thus derived needs for double equipment, transportable equipment, a car to transport equipment.....)
And, I get she's already able to do this - with what level of assistance/supervision - if any? Might there be safety or hygienic issues - at least in mom's eyes - and does she feel her concerns about this are heard and addressed? (She may need to feel fully heard before she can hear you!) What does mom think about her daughter's need for independence in bathing outside of the home - does she have other strategies for that? And last but not least what does the girl want - can you help her see the long term implications of using equipment or not, so she can make an informed decision? Only then comes IMO the question of what kind of equipment, if any, and who is to pay for it..... Warmly susanne, denmark ---- Original Message ---- From: "Veronica" <groenewal...@yahoo.co.uk> To: <OTlist@OTnow.com> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [OTlist] Best practice > Ron, I wish I knew why this mum is asking for inappropriate > equipment. At the moment there appears to be a 'competition' > element in my area where one child gets a piece of equipment > provided because they DO need it, and then the other mum's hear > about it and insist that THEIR child also needs it. Not all of the > mum's do it but this one DOES. We bang our heads against a brick > wall trying to get her to 'see' that her daughter is able to manage > these tasks and have had the child 'demonstrate' her ability in > executing tasks.............. -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com
