Re: cheating? OT privite school

[Guest guest]

Suzanne, sorry, I didn't see this earlier.

No we're not working for free. :-) For the therapy services,

insurance is billed (PT, OT and Speech). And the parents pay for

the education protion of the services. Many parents also have

others that assist them in paying for services. We also do one big

fund raiser every year that helps off set the costs.

I do not know the exact amount that our kids pay to attend the

school. Everyone pays a little different based on their individual

needs (theapy, and which setting they will do best in, Individual

one-to-one pulls (where all the kids start) VS a classroom setting

for the kids that are at a higher level in the association method

and can do well in that setting.)

In the one-to-one pulls, in which the kids rotate every 30 minutes

to work with a different para or therapist, is going to cost more

than the classroom setting where there are 2 teachers and 5-6

students. Also, some insurances pay higher than others for therapy

services so therapy money can sometimes help with the educational

protion.

I'm sure there is more to it than that but that is about all I know

about the financial part of it. I always tell our billinglady that

I am glad I do not have her job because I love people but I HATE

peole and money together.

I hope this helps. If you have anymore questions, let me know and I

will try to help. If you have more specific questions and would

like a phone meeting with the owner or her asstiant let me know and

I can help set that up.

We have kids from all over the country right now (Florida, 3 from

Louisanna, Oklahoma are the ones that come to mind)

andrea mother and Peds Physcial therapist

> >

> > $60,000!!!! I went to college and got my masters for less than

> > that!!! I've never talked about where I work on this group but

> > since we are talking about it...

> >

> > I am a physical therapist at a privite school and medical clinic

> > called is Hope Foundation. It is in Wichita, KS. The

school

> > is a non-profit school that does not charge anywhere close to

> > $60,000 per year. It's price comparable to other regular privite

> > schools in the Wichita area. Children that attend can receive

> > medical speech, OT and PT in which we bill insurance. The

clinics

> > focus is on oral speech with the use of the Association Method.

>