The amount of therapy actually received may be affected by whether or not an insurance company, Medicaid Program or other funding sources reimburse for the recommended services. Denials of payment are often based on a perceived duplication of service between community and school providers. A therapist or therapist assistant typically provides individual treatment. Individualized home programs and ongoing caregiver training are necessary parts of the service to encourage carryover of treatment. Families have the opportunity to seek out services from a therapist with specialty training in areas such as soft tissue mobilization, post surgical intervention, sensory integration, aquatic therapy or neurodevelopemental treatment.
Therapy takes place where the child receives education.
Appropriate intervention may be provided in classrooms, hallways, gyms, playgrounds, lunchrooms, bathrooms, or in a separate therapy room. Medical treatment is not provided. Pilot Reports back to top Dane County ABC for Health recently hired Barbara Katz to serve as the agency s Parent Consultant in Dane County. Working in the area of agency outreach, Barbara will be responsible for working with parents and parent groups throughout Dane County to identify issues and problems that families are facing when working within the managed health care system. As part of this community wide outreach, Barbara will also work to increase awareness of the direct client services ABC offers to families that have children with special health care needs who are currently experiencing problems with their health care.