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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 497884" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>here's my personal experience with Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluations...take it fwiw.</p><p></p><p>in my neck of the woods, there is one Occupational Therapist (OT) for 4 schools, grades pre-k-6, probably almost 10,000 kids. </p><p></p><p>the goal, in my opinion, of a school Occupational Therapist (OT) is to really only evaluate for things that impact education as they see it. which here is interpreted in a pretty narrow scope. we found they primarily DO address handwriting, but to a point...seemingly to the lowest end of what they deem functional (which is not close to what i'd deem "functional"). they address a few other issues here and there, but again, it is things that impact education, not just impact the child in some way.</p><p></p><p>i've never had a really thorough evaluation through a school Occupational Therapist (OT). </p><p></p><p>in contrast--the private Occupational Therapist (OT) was so thorough in testing that it was incredible the kinds of things she picked up. it was a long battery of tests, and i think my report is something ridiculous, maybe 20 pages long. she investigated everything--not just obvious education related things. she noticed my difficult child sees parts vs wholes, she saw that there are musculature issues, she noticed other random stuff too.</p><p></p><p>my difficult child had in school Occupational Therapist (OT) for 4 years or so. they worked on handwriting. (ps: ask for a pencil grip for yours).</p><p></p><p>my difficult child had private Occupational Therapist (OT) on and off for a year. they worked on handwriting, cooking, sewing, typing, upper body strength, the listening program, emotional regulation stuff, SI stuff, and on and on. ginormous difference--things like sewing and cooking had a huge impact on handwriting, with a lot less aggravation on difficult child's part. the Occupational Therapist (OT) was excellent at "making it fun" and "making it clear to me" what she was doing. in fact, in one 8 week block, mine difficult child made more progress than she had in 4 years.</p><p></p><p>its on hold for now, but i do plan to at the very least, do some Occupational Therapist (OT) when driving age rolls around--and address anything else functional as it comes up.</p><p></p><p>so thats probably more than you wanted to know. my long winded point is that in my experience, its the one subspecialty that you *really* can benefit from an independent evaluation. i'd do both, and go from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 497884, member: 8831"] here's my personal experience with Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluations...take it fwiw. in my neck of the woods, there is one Occupational Therapist (OT) for 4 schools, grades pre-k-6, probably almost 10,000 kids. the goal, in my opinion, of a school Occupational Therapist (OT) is to really only evaluate for things that impact education as they see it. which here is interpreted in a pretty narrow scope. we found they primarily DO address handwriting, but to a point...seemingly to the lowest end of what they deem functional (which is not close to what i'd deem "functional"). they address a few other issues here and there, but again, it is things that impact education, not just impact the child in some way. i've never had a really thorough evaluation through a school Occupational Therapist (OT). in contrast--the private Occupational Therapist (OT) was so thorough in testing that it was incredible the kinds of things she picked up. it was a long battery of tests, and i think my report is something ridiculous, maybe 20 pages long. she investigated everything--not just obvious education related things. she noticed my difficult child sees parts vs wholes, she saw that there are musculature issues, she noticed other random stuff too. my difficult child had in school Occupational Therapist (OT) for 4 years or so. they worked on handwriting. (ps: ask for a pencil grip for yours). my difficult child had private Occupational Therapist (OT) on and off for a year. they worked on handwriting, cooking, sewing, typing, upper body strength, the listening program, emotional regulation stuff, SI stuff, and on and on. ginormous difference--things like sewing and cooking had a huge impact on handwriting, with a lot less aggravation on difficult child's part. the Occupational Therapist (OT) was excellent at "making it fun" and "making it clear to me" what she was doing. in fact, in one 8 week block, mine difficult child made more progress than she had in 4 years. its on hold for now, but i do plan to at the very least, do some Occupational Therapist (OT) when driving age rolls around--and address anything else functional as it comes up. so thats probably more than you wanted to know. my long winded point is that in my experience, its the one subspecialty that you *really* can benefit from an independent evaluation. i'd do both, and go from there. [/QUOTE]
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