I can't believe there's so much out of pocket expense!! It is good
to see a family going forward with treatment though, you must be
great parents! What is Line theraphy? I haven't heard of that
one.

As much as you miss him, I'm certain you're very proud of your
husband. Mine did two tours in Iraq, UGH, so I totally relate to
your situation. (I feel sorry for the guy that tries to send mine
on a third!) ;) Just a little Armywife humor there.

Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where we could say, "My
husband is protecting you, now give my kid everything he needs!"
Theraphy & equipment seems like a small price to repay our military
families.

Ok, I'm sure my venting isn't helping you. Feel free to send
private email anytime you want to talk :-)

Libby



--- In militaryfamiliesautismsupport@yahoogroups.com, "Whit and
Kristin Jones" <whitkris@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Libby, I do not know what other people a receiving as far as
services
> go all I can tell you it is better than nothing but it is not that
much . We
> receive 6 hours a week by a Board Certified ABA therapist . That =
the total
> amount that the echo programm covers $2500 a month . Their are
only two
> providers in this state so the options are very limited . And last
night I
> received an e'mail from that company saying that starting next
month they
> will only provide 4 hours a week but will still charge the full
$2500 a
> month ,isn't that nice . I guess you can get more money if their
are no
> other companies providing services .What a rip off !!! But what
can you do ?
> Out of pocket cost's for us : $200 a month for hippatherapy ,we
paid $900
> for swings for the house and Line therapy hours because my husband
is
> deployed for a year ,20 hours at $240 a week so I can at least
leave my
> house to go to the store or do something with my older daughter.
Sorry for
> being so frustrated ,Kristin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: militaryfamiliesautismsupport@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:militaryfamiliesautismsupport@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Libby
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:17 PM
> To: militaryfamiliesautismsupport@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Military Families Autism Support] Is anyone else fed up
with
> ECHO???
>
>
>
> I went to the STOMP presentation of ECHO, and frankly, it was
> inaccurate. I've been in contact with Marilyn Ault, the POC for
ECHO??
> According to her, the ONLY service available is ABA. I realize that
> ABA has worked well for a lot of autistic kids, its not for us. Has
> anyone been successful at getting any sensory items? (swing,etc)
What
> about other services such as Hippatheraphy?
>
> The STOMP presentation sounded as though we'd get a ton of services
> now, but I have not seen that to be the case at all. If anyone
knows
> of a more effective way to 'work the system' please let me know.
>
> TriCare is paying for speech, OT, and PT. ECHO is paying for NADA.
>
> Libby Jarchow
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