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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 422833" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>didnt irk me in the least ;-)</p><p>in fact, if you ask me. umm. yep.</p><p>but we dont have the tag issues, the sock seam issues, the feeding isses, etc. </p><p> </p><p>in <em>our</em> case, the SI therapies were just a byproduct of Occupational Therapist (OT) in general....we were pursuing it more of actual occupational issues--namely, handwriting and typing. mine hates the "work" part of it, so the SI interventions were more to keep calm and reduce frustrations. i saw measureable improvement on both issues...was it just the routine "doing" of it, or did the SI stuff help, I don't know. but it certainly didnt hurt. </p><p> </p><p>we needed ways to break up a session, and SI stuff was as good as any. </p><p> </p><p>in my opinion, whether you believe it helps or not, it certainly can be done on a shoestring budget....in my opinion its <em>ridiculous</em> what some of these therapists reccommend. i'd need a second mortgage and another 12 hours in a day to do all of the nonsense that has been reccommended to us in the last 18 months (really, 18+ years--difficult child 1 has high needs too)---one of my personal rules of thumb is if ins. doesnt cover it, you better give me proof its effective. </p><p> </p><p>no on asked, but this is also an <em>opinion</em>...tiredmommy didnt mention the circumstances behind the therapists reccomendation but in <em>any </em>case, i'd have HUGE issues with the reccomendation if the Occupational Therapist (OT) doesnt at least have the listening program on hand to trial and have some firsthand knowledge of...what if she hates it? how do you know if she'll tolerate it? (i guess i can see why the Occupational Therapist (OT) would want her to have her own copy, but thats pretty easy to say when you are spending someone elses money).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 422833, member: 8831"] didnt irk me in the least ;-) in fact, if you ask me. umm. yep. but we dont have the tag issues, the sock seam issues, the feeding isses, etc. in [I]our[/I] case, the SI therapies were just a byproduct of Occupational Therapist (OT) in general....we were pursuing it more of actual occupational issues--namely, handwriting and typing. mine hates the "work" part of it, so the SI interventions were more to keep calm and reduce frustrations. i saw measureable improvement on both issues...was it just the routine "doing" of it, or did the SI stuff help, I don't know. but it certainly didnt hurt. we needed ways to break up a session, and SI stuff was as good as any. in my opinion, whether you believe it helps or not, it certainly can be done on a shoestring budget....in my opinion its [I]ridiculous[/I] what some of these therapists reccommend. i'd need a second mortgage and another 12 hours in a day to do all of the nonsense that has been reccommended to us in the last 18 months (really, 18+ years--difficult child 1 has high needs too)---one of my personal rules of thumb is if ins. doesnt cover it, you better give me proof its effective. no on asked, but this is also an [I]opinion[/I]...tiredmommy didnt mention the circumstances behind the therapists reccomendation but in [I]any [/I]case, i'd have HUGE issues with the reccomendation if the Occupational Therapist (OT) doesnt at least have the listening program on hand to trial and have some firsthand knowledge of...what if she hates it? how do you know if she'll tolerate it? (i guess i can see why the Occupational Therapist (OT) would want her to have her own copy, but thats pretty easy to say when you are spending someone elses money). [/QUOTE]
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