Re: OT Help-Long......RAENA

[Guest guest]

> You don't see clients though, do you? I mean, it seems as if it

> would be impossible given your situation; I am assuming that you

> keep up your license only? >

Well, I am technically self-employed...and I see a grand total of one

client at the moment...twice a week while the tutor is at the house

with . :-) The three other kids are old enough that I can

give them assignments for school and they do it while I am

gone...keeps them quiet while works.

I do it to keep up my skills (this little boy has a very different

diagnosis from , so it maintains skills I would lose

otherwise). It's actually part of our financial plan...I need to be

employable in the event that Mark dies or is disabled and can't

work...because we can't afford enough insurance to make me

independently wealthy. :-P Now that I have a steady respite worker

for , I wouldn't mind picking up one more child...but no more

than that.

I didn't work for *many* years when my kids were small, had to do

some refresher courses, and have never had what would be considered

a " real " job since...because I homeschool, because I like being a

full-time mom, and because can't really handle me being away

for very long. I got a call from a school district a couple of weeks

ago that needs someone two mornings a week, and even that is more

than I can handle...I don't want to think about what would do

if I disappeared that often for that much time.

Seeing a child with a different set of challenges is something that

helps maintain my sanity, to be honest, because it forces me to think

about something other than CDD and DSI. Going out to work, even if

it's just an hour and a half out twice a week, is " play time " for me.

Raena

[Guest guest]

> Seeing a child with a different set of challenges is something that

> helps maintain my sanity, to be honest, because it forces me to think

> about something other than CDD and DSI. Going out to work, even if

> it's just an hour and a half out twice a week, is " play time " for me.

>

Well, I assure you there was NO implied criticism there! I am delighted to

hear that you have a client and, boy, oh, boy, you need a break of any kind

that you can get. I am glad that you can still keep things up. I just

wondered; I know many people who have licenses of various sorts but are

basically full time moms who just do enough to keep their license active.

Silly to waste all that expensive training otherwise.

Salli

[Guest guest]

> Well, I assure you there was NO implied criticism there! >

Oh my goodness...I didn't feel criticized at all....just explaining

my little world.

> I am delighted to hear that you have a client and, boy, oh, boy,

> you need a break of any kind that you can get. I am glad that you

> can still keep things up. I just wondered; I know many people who

> have licenses of various sorts but are basically full time moms who

> just do enough to keep their license active. >

I did this when my kids were small. PTs have to take a certain

number of continuing ed hours each year to maintain their licenses,

so you are never that far gone if you want to go back. There was a

time when I could absolutely not have left for even one client.

Raena