This is a quick update to let y'all know what's happening with DD:

At her well visit on 3/27, we discussed the big blowups, the conflicts with the boy at school, and other little things that were adding up.

Her pediatrician gave us the names of two therapists in the area.

As the visit was so close to both Easter and Passover, not to mention area schools' spring breaks, I didn't call right away, having had the experience of being blown off by a therapist several years ago because I'd called near the holidays.

I didn't phone last week, due to other priorities.

We received an email from DD's teacher yesterday describing some behavior that she hasn't had since kindergarten - throwing things, refusing to cooperate with teachers, being disruptive, etc. (and not always during days when the class had a substitute teacher) - and I checked both therapists' websites.

One does not accept insurance, so we cannot take DD there.

The other doesn't specify whether or not she accepts insurance, so I phoned today (4/18; left a message) and followed up with an email (through her website because she obviously doesn't know her email address, based on the two "undeliverable" emails I received after trying to send the follow up outside the website system.)

DH is also supposed to ask at work (he's a marketing specialist who works in the mental/behavioral health care "industry" and knows people who have connections to decent therapists in the state system of care) to see if there's anyone recommended who also accepts our insurance.

I have been told (by DH, who pays the bills) that we cannot go with an out-of-network provider. CANNOT.

So, today's task is completed, with an expected follow-up call on Friday if I don't hear back. Unfortunately, I strongly suspect that the therapist I called is the same one who blew us off three years ago and I'm not optimistic about getting a response.