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<blockquote data-quote="Babbs" data-source="post: 52191" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>Polly,</p><p>did the school based Occupational Therapist (OT) have you fill out a sensory profile? Or include information from the new school companion to the sensory profile? That should give more information than just what 2 people are seeing. If you feel that the current Occupational Therapist (OT) is not doing an accurate or appropriate job you can always request a re-evaluation from another therapist in the district or demand that they pay for an external evaluation. When it comes to OTs, one thing to remember is that not every Occupational Therapist (OT) is a specialist when it comes to sensory processing and dealing with sensory based behaviors. It's specialized training that is what we call a frame of reference through which some of us in the profession use to understand what is observed. I would definitely interview an Occupational Therapist (OT) who would evaluate your child in order to find out if they have had sensory processing dysfunction (sensory processing disorder (SPD) or SI is the old terminology) and the professional's personal use within that framework. For example, I'm a middle of the road user of SI theory - I have a strong educational background in the theory and frame of reference, I've taken numerous courses, however I've not gone through formal training through the big SI clinics nor have I been trained to use the SCSIT nor the SIPT neither do I look at all behavior through a sensory lens like some more SI ingrained OTs do. I'm a developmental specialist with strong SI background. So finding and requesting an Occupational Therapist (OT) for whom sensory integration is a preference or strength can make a huge difference in the outcome of an evaluation.</p><p></p><p>WRT to the unique needs of the student driving the IEP I wholeheartedly agree. However, the evaluation needs to be accurate - it drives the IEP legally. If you ever find yourself in the position of having to take the school district to court, you want the evaluation to accurately reflect what Saul's needs were identified as in order to demonstrate that they were not provided for. You can request for a revision to the original to include the updated medical information as well as include a formal Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for his sensory needs. There's a simple rule that's pounded into us medical types - if it ain't documented it didn't happen. Ipso facto - get the evaluation updated and corrected as part of the process. It should not take as long as the first process (I've seen revisions happen within 2 weeks easily). I also hope that an FBA was part of the original evaluation and that the IEP team has developed a PBIP as part of the IEP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babbs, post: 52191, member: 3820"] Polly, did the school based Occupational Therapist (OT) have you fill out a sensory profile? Or include information from the new school companion to the sensory profile? That should give more information than just what 2 people are seeing. If you feel that the current Occupational Therapist (OT) is not doing an accurate or appropriate job you can always request a re-evaluation from another therapist in the district or demand that they pay for an external evaluation. When it comes to OTs, one thing to remember is that not every Occupational Therapist (OT) is a specialist when it comes to sensory processing and dealing with sensory based behaviors. It's specialized training that is what we call a frame of reference through which some of us in the profession use to understand what is observed. I would definitely interview an Occupational Therapist (OT) who would evaluate your child in order to find out if they have had sensory processing dysfunction (sensory processing disorder (SPD) or SI is the old terminology) and the professional's personal use within that framework. For example, I'm a middle of the road user of SI theory - I have a strong educational background in the theory and frame of reference, I've taken numerous courses, however I've not gone through formal training through the big SI clinics nor have I been trained to use the SCSIT nor the SIPT neither do I look at all behavior through a sensory lens like some more SI ingrained OTs do. I'm a developmental specialist with strong SI background. So finding and requesting an Occupational Therapist (OT) for whom sensory integration is a preference or strength can make a huge difference in the outcome of an evaluation. WRT to the unique needs of the student driving the IEP I wholeheartedly agree. However, the evaluation needs to be accurate - it drives the IEP legally. If you ever find yourself in the position of having to take the school district to court, you want the evaluation to accurately reflect what Saul's needs were identified as in order to demonstrate that they were not provided for. You can request for a revision to the original to include the updated medical information as well as include a formal Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for his sensory needs. There's a simple rule that's pounded into us medical types - if it ain't documented it didn't happen. Ipso facto - get the evaluation updated and corrected as part of the process. It should not take as long as the first process (I've seen revisions happen within 2 weeks easily). I also hope that an FBA was part of the original evaluation and that the IEP team has developed a PBIP as part of the IEP. [/QUOTE]
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