Warning: This is a rant: I apologize for the foul language and I am sorry if I offend anyone. But this is a rant so suck it!! Sorry, I'm still mad :)
Were do I even start. I have two kids that are in state run programs. My oldest, for speech and my youngest for everything else. For the most part, the experience has been without flaw and very few problems. Of course, this is mostly due to the fact that I had no idea what to expect or what I needed or what to ask. But since I've been working with these systems for over a year now, I like to think I know a little bit more and I am taking a much more proactive role in the schooling of my children, even if it is free. Here are a few things that I would like to tell my coordinators but probably shouldn't if I still want them to like me.
This is not my first rodeo! Don't try to throw me just because you don't think I know how to hang on. Don't come at me with terms and phrases and all your jargon nonsense just to confuse me into agree with whatever you think I should do. Because guess what, your best interest is not the well being of my child. It's making sure that your bottom line is in the black so you have a job next year. I get that. But that is not my child's problem so don't treat it as such.
Do Not Bully Me! Into taking whatever appointment time you are offering me. I am sick and tired of jumping through hoops in order to work around your busy schedule. I understand this is a job and you are trying to get as many clients as possible but don't call me to find out if I can drop everything and have you come for therapy with 20 minutes notice! My schedule is just as crazy as yours. I have three kids who all have lives and school and activities and maybe, just maybe, get tired enough that they deserve a nap. So no, I will not do the backwards crawl just so you can come and spend 45 minutes with my kid today and then pull this same shit on me next week. And don't think you are fooling anyone, that if I don't take this appointment I won't hear from you again in the next 6 months. You work for me! If my kid needs your assistance you will make changes to your schedule to be there for her. Not the other way around.
Do not reprimand me like a child when I don't return your phone calls within the first 15 minutes! Your voicemail (which I alway get when ever I call and need something) reminds me to be patient because it could take up to 48 hours for you to return my phone calls. My husband can't get a hold of me most days! Why? Because I am to busy screening my phone calls and watching my stories. NO! It's because I am busy! And not single-collage-kid busy. I mean, I-don't-poop-or-eat-until-the-kids-go-to-bed busy. I have things to do! If I'm not running around like a taxi service, I'm kneed deep in human feces. Most of the time the only way I get a breather is if I am running and guess what, it's really hard to return phone calls when your running. (Oh, and breath)
Why are you so concerned about my insurance information? This is supposed to be free. I know that you have to bill my insurance just because of red tape and blah, blah, blah, but don't think I am going to pay out of pocket for these services. Just because I am a white women who adopted a baby does not mean, "Well, she can afford it. So, lets just charge her insurance." First of all, no. I can not afford it. Secondly, No. I deserve the same rights and privileges as everyone else that comes into this system. My child qualified by your standards so she should be able to get what ever services that she is eligible for, despite the fact that her mother is white and her father has good insurance. Thirdly, It's just wrong. It is without morality that you just assume that you know anything about me and my family and what we can afford and what we deserve. Oh, and I'm pretty sure that if you double bill my insurance, it's illegal. So don't.
Ps: I will call you on your lunch break. I will leave messages. I will educate myself. I will talk to other mom's in the same system. I will take time away from my schedule to work with yours. I will drive around like a mad women so my children can have their therapy. I will be pleasant when I really want to punch you in the face. I will be compassionate and try to see all angles. I will learn, I will grow, and above all else I will fight viciously for what my kids need and deserve. I understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch and even thought this program is "free" and payed for by our tax dollars I will not take it for granted and I will use it to my advantage so don't F*ck with me!
I AM A MOM
Antenella
Pps: I really do love my kids therapist:)
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