The Other Side of the Therapy Room
I started volunteering in a school program called Project Cornerstone at my son's elementary school. The program consists of classroom presentations that involve reading a social-emotional book and doing activities associated with the lesson. After I learned about the program, I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. During a meeting with another school parent, she suggested we meet at the school in a tiny office. The office was small, with a tiny desk and a small table with three chairs. She told me that the room was used once a week by the school therapist. I looked around, and I saw the cute posters, therapy toys, and books. It felt familiar. It felt like I was returning to a previous place of myself. We talked through the program, and I came home from the meeting. I told my husband about the volunteer program and my experience being in the therapy room. I wasn't the therapist in the therapy room. I was a parent volunteer at my child's school. I learned about th...