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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 28861" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Dara, I've never heard of ABA being a standalone therapy. Children who are in ABA programs typically also are simultaneously in Occupational Therapist (OT), PT, and/or speech therapy depending on their challenges. Assessments are usually done by professionals in these specialty areas who would follow up with therapy if needed plus make recommendations for therapeutic settings like ABA, home, school, etc. It's usually important to keep the specialty therapist involved in the evaluation, recommendation, and therapy process because they should be the experts in their field (and if they aren't they need to be replaced!) I've spent a lot of time around kids, sat in on my son's therapy sessions, did outside research, and considered myself a co-therapist but even with all that investment there was no way my knowledge or experience approached those whose who were by profession Occupational Therapist (OT)'s and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)'s. I consider myself an observant parent but I was amazed at the minute details that professionals would pick up on that I'd missed simply by virtue that it was their area of expertise. They were a tremendous help in helping my son and helping educate me on how to best go about helping him. </p><p></p><p>Just a heads up on school district evaluations: some do an excellent job but many parents find that if they have insurance that pays for outside private evaluations it makes for a fuller picture. This is especially true for the area of Occupational Therapist (OT) because the school is only required to evaluate and treat those things that have impact in the educational setting. Some schools define that pretty narrowly and miss some important aspects, especially if they only do a screening instead of using full diagnostic assessments. If your district's special services department comes highly recommended by parents you'll probably be okay but otherwise if you have insurance you might want to consider adding on a request for private Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech evaluations when you call Children's. </p><p></p><p>Keep up your good work in digging for answers and trying to find the specialists you need to evaluate. I'm a huge believer that specific, accurate knowledge about a child's condition is the key to making forward progress in problem areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 28861, member: 701"] Dara, I've never heard of ABA being a standalone therapy. Children who are in ABA programs typically also are simultaneously in Occupational Therapist (OT), PT, and/or speech therapy depending on their challenges. Assessments are usually done by professionals in these specialty areas who would follow up with therapy if needed plus make recommendations for therapeutic settings like ABA, home, school, etc. It's usually important to keep the specialty therapist involved in the evaluation, recommendation, and therapy process because they should be the experts in their field (and if they aren't they need to be replaced!) I've spent a lot of time around kids, sat in on my son's therapy sessions, did outside research, and considered myself a co-therapist but even with all that investment there was no way my knowledge or experience approached those whose who were by profession Occupational Therapist (OT)'s and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)'s. I consider myself an observant parent but I was amazed at the minute details that professionals would pick up on that I'd missed simply by virtue that it was their area of expertise. They were a tremendous help in helping my son and helping educate me on how to best go about helping him. Just a heads up on school district evaluations: some do an excellent job but many parents find that if they have insurance that pays for outside private evaluations it makes for a fuller picture. This is especially true for the area of Occupational Therapist (OT) because the school is only required to evaluate and treat those things that have impact in the educational setting. Some schools define that pretty narrowly and miss some important aspects, especially if they only do a screening instead of using full diagnostic assessments. If your district's special services department comes highly recommended by parents you'll probably be okay but otherwise if you have insurance you might want to consider adding on a request for private Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech evaluations when you call Children's. Keep up your good work in digging for answers and trying to find the specialists you need to evaluate. I'm a huge believer that specific, accurate knowledge about a child's condition is the key to making forward progress in problem areas. [/QUOTE]
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