Developmental Pedia (Thread 2)

[izabelle]

^^ not only dev peds but also some speech and occupational therapists.

Sometimes, napag uusapan namin ng husband ko, papaano nalang kung lifetime treatment ang kailangan ng isang bata? at papaano nalang kung more than 1x a week ang need? tapos hindi naman kalakihan ang income ng family?

Sobrang mahal talaga ngayon.

If you will compute everything lalo na kung SPED class pa ang need ng bata, grabe gastos.

1x a week lang OT and Speech therapy ng daughter ko and only to continuously improve her speech (few months nalang ang gap ng speech nya compared to her real age) and behavior pero ramdam namin magastos. How much more yung iba na need ng more than 1x a week.

[smm_0411]

I agree. My daughter has 1x OT and 1x ST per week so a month 5k for PF pa lang yan wala pa ibang gastos like gasoline,  toll gate, food, etc. In addition,  3k PF for devped every 6 months.

[cocoysmom]

Hi. May mga devpeds ako nakawork with or received referral from na "charity" din naman. Example say pcmc, pgh but then the waiting time is extremely long

I agree nakakashock ang PF nila. May student ako na ang initial assessment sabi ng mom she paid 5500 tapos every checkup 4k. Whoah!

hi sis...
my nephew tried the pcmc route, totoo ka, mega blockbuster ang pila. kaya we ended up "ambag-ambag" na lang for my nephew's consult kasi although sa government sya mag-sped, need yung dev ped assessment para ma-enrol sya. before when i had my son seen, the dev peds accept 3-4 patients lang per day. i remember thinking kaya pala mahal kasi bukod sa additional training, ang tagal ng consult. justifiable.

now, after learning that most dev peds schedule consults per hour na parang over naman na, of course affected na yung assessment in some way, kasi alam na may kasunod na after an hour. 

[Dacian]

hi sisses, help naman po. any feedback po kay dra isabel quilendrino? we have a sched with her on aug 2nd week, baka meron na nakapagpa assess na sa kanya. TIA!

@princess_in_bloom
ano feedback mo sa kanya?  how much pf niya?

[TowBerryBlue]

Sobrang laki talaga ng gastos. DevPed visits lang costs around 4k sa akin tapos yung therapy ng son ko is around 12k per two weeks. Haay! I'm thankful talaga kay Lord na maganda work ko and nakakayanan ko kahit single mom ako.

[babycraiggy1205]

may developmental pedia ba accredited ng mga hmo's?

[epang]

As far as I know, walang HMO na nagco cover ng Developmental Pediatrician.. Yan ang sabi ng pedia sa St. Luke's Quezon City..

[rhumbafrapp]

Alam ko din wala. Nasa general exclusion list yan ng mga HMO.

[swtgrl_bee]

Naku sis babycraiggy1205, kung ang HMO mo eh dito sa Pinas. Wala siguro, naghanap kasi ako dati. Pero kung international naman health card mo cover siya.

[Purple_Power]

Ask ko lang, kapag ba nagpaconsult rito kailangan ba yung may nadiscover ka agad na something suspicious about your kid? What if all I want lang is yung consultation or advise like on how to handle my kid especially when it comes to tantrums?

[marose17]

^ You do not need to suspect that your child may be developmentally delayed in order to consult a  developmental pedia.  You can do it as a pro-active measure of making sure your child is developmentally at par for his age or to address behavior that you want to modify.

[Purple_Power]

Thanks for the info, at least masasabi ko I just have concerns about behavior and how to deal with it.

Sana may affordable. Parang dati ata may nakita akong clinic somewhere in Cubao. I hope may nagpost pa dito nun. Though ang plan ko is sa Philippine Childrens na lang.

[hunny_ally]

^i think the one in cubao (17th avenue) is the clinic of Dra Jocelyn Eusebio. She's my daughter's devped and was recommended by our Pedia.

[Purple_Power]

^How's the price naman? just give me idea so that we can also save. Thanks a lot I hope I can make it next year.

[hunny_ally]

I pm'ed you.

[Mia_Kleen]

Hi mommies. My son's Dev Pedia is Dr. Mark Reysio Cruz (Capitol) I think open ang schedule nya for January. Kasi i called a wk ago, ang January 5 ang binigay na availability. Luckily, nagopen sched nya yesterday and we took it. 1hr inobserved ang anak ko, he's 3 yrs old. He suggested speech and occupational therapy.

Breakdown:
Dev Pedia consultation : 4500
Speech therapy consultation : 2500
Occupational therapy consultation : 2500
ST per session :750
OT per session :750

Magastos talaga mga mommies. Pero siyempre we'll do anything for our kids.

[rhumbafrapp]

^sis yun rates mo for speech and ot consultation and therapy rates medyo mataas. Did Dr mark recommended a certain center?

[hunny_ally]

^just curious...what's the usual rate for speech therapy? We're paying Php 700

[Project60]

Forgot how much we paid for initial consultation/assessment with our dev ped, speech therapist and occupational therapist pero most likely around 2500-2800 yun each.

Dev ped follow up consultation 2500
Occupational therapy per hour at Therabilities - 800
Speech therapy per hour at Help therapy center - 600

[Mia_Kleen]

@sis rhumbafrapp, for the consultation ni-refer ako ni Doc sa  Outpatient dept ng Capitol, maybe that's why mataas ang rate. 2500 each just for consultation.

For the speech therapy session, 2x a wk (750+ 550)  because wlang avail slot pa for my son. Isang day lang ang naibgay na slot sa center. Kaya the other one sa Capitol siya ithe-therapy, same therapist parin but diff loc kaya mas mahal pag sa Capitol. Hopefully by next yr, we will get a slot sa center, para mas mura