JT F (tvnutt)
This review is just what our family experienced at Skills. First, we will say the staff is very friendly and comforting. At our first appointment, my husband and I and 4 year old daughter met with one of the therapists. We brought documents from her school and explained she was labeled as having anxiety in the classroom and was more apt to relate to the teachers than to her peers. We explained that we were interested in having her in group play to encourage peer to peer relationships. That's all. The therapist suggested a Saturday play group which we were excited about. My husband noticed on the first day that some of the children had special needs and were in the play group, which surprised him. Our daughter said she enjoyed playing and had a lot of fun. We continued the play group for 3 weeks. On the third week, my husband asked if we could make an appointment to sit down and discuss what was noticed in the group regarding our daughter. When my husband mentioned her having anxiety(which her school claimed, never an issue at home) the therapist was surprised. She said the group was for children with impulse control! Something that NEVER came up in our first meeting and obviously never has been an issue. Also, I noticed several weeks later that they never returned the paper work from her school that we wanted to keep with her other health documents. Again, the staff is very nice and patient but to put our daughter in a group that had nothing to do with why were there was truly disappointing. It's hard enough trying to find good mental health care, waiting for appointments, insurance approvals, time out of work to make the appointments but to have a child put in a group that has nothing to do with the issue is absurd.