Would you give a gift?

hokies94

DS' speech therapist is getting married next month.  I've talked about it very briefly on a few occasions. DS likes her but it's definitely more of a professional relationship than a personal one. 

 I plan on having DS make a card for her but I'm not sure if we should get her a gift. It would be a gift card. Would it be weird to give her a gift?  

 DS has been seeing her for about 6-7 months.  

notreallyirish

I think you could go either way.  I probably wouldn't, but I am not a big gift giver.  But if you wanted to, I think a gift card would be appropriate.

Socialworkgirl

I think either way is fine.  I don't think she would take it as weird--at least I wouldn't.  The only thing I see is there is a chance she may not be able to accept it.  Mental health professionals often can't accept gifts unless they are very small.  But a speech therapist is obviously different so it may not be an issue.

If it were me, if I really liked her, I might do it. But if you feel weird about it, then I think the card is a lovely gesture.

thechickencoop

I have absolutely no experience with this lol but I think if you can afford it, a gift card would be nice. I would think adding like a 25 or so GC to your LOs card would be appropriate, nothing crazy!

AimeeL85

I don't think it would be weird at all, though certainly not expected of you.

hokies94

Socialworkgirl:

The only thing I see is there is a chance she may not be able to accept it.  Mental health professionals often can't accept gifts unless they are very small.  But a speech therapist is obviously different so it may not be an issue.

I thought about that too.  I have no idea if she'd be able to accept it and then it might put her in awkward situation where she would have to return it.