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<blockquote data-quote="Babbs" data-source="post: 291090" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>You mentioned that she had an "Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation" as part of the school evaluation. What were the areas evaluated? Occupational Therapist (OT) means occupational therapy but different OTs evaluate different areas. I noticed sensory processing was mentioned, what about motor skills, functional self help skills, social skills, and executive functioning?</p><p></p><p>Being that your daughter didn't qualify for special education in the school system, she wouldn't be receiving direct Occupational Therapist (OT) services for any of the above areas in school but have you considered taking her for evaluation and services through a private practice Occupational Therapist (OT)? Much more easily obtained for most people (even with "average" test scores many times a private Occupational Therapist (OT) can work with a child who has 1 or 2 specific skill deficits). </p><p></p><p>If your daughter is being overwhelmed by sensory stimulation, then often the nervous system is operating on fight, flight, or fright mode all the time. Kids can often handle the overload at school by focusing full effort on it to "fit in" etc, but are exhausted by the end of the day which makes it worse at home. Some outside support from an Occupational Therapist (OT) maybe helpful.</p><p></p><p>You mentioned being concerned that forcing her to attend appointments may be doing more harm than good. My question is do you think she'll be able to be successful in school, home and in her community long term without intervention? If the answer is yes, then don't do it. If the answer is no, then you'd be doing more harm by not making the visits happen.</p><p></p><p>Finally, you mentioned that she says that you don't love her and want to change her. Wow, what a manipulator at such a young age! (Like many of our kids.) Many of our kids resist change and actually perceive change as being physically painful. Have you approached it as that you're not trying to change her? That you're trying to find a way for her to have different strategies to deal with different situations to make life easier for her? I know my difficult child was resistant to counseling for a while until we realized we were sending the message that something was wrong that needed to be changed. difficult child's attitude changed when we switched counselors and explained that we were trying to find someone to help teach difficult child a wider range of skills to use when angry, lonely, overwhelmed etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babbs, post: 291090, member: 3820"] You mentioned that she had an "Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation" as part of the school evaluation. What were the areas evaluated? Occupational Therapist (OT) means occupational therapy but different OTs evaluate different areas. I noticed sensory processing was mentioned, what about motor skills, functional self help skills, social skills, and executive functioning? Being that your daughter didn't qualify for special education in the school system, she wouldn't be receiving direct Occupational Therapist (OT) services for any of the above areas in school but have you considered taking her for evaluation and services through a private practice Occupational Therapist (OT)? Much more easily obtained for most people (even with "average" test scores many times a private Occupational Therapist (OT) can work with a child who has 1 or 2 specific skill deficits). If your daughter is being overwhelmed by sensory stimulation, then often the nervous system is operating on fight, flight, or fright mode all the time. Kids can often handle the overload at school by focusing full effort on it to "fit in" etc, but are exhausted by the end of the day which makes it worse at home. Some outside support from an Occupational Therapist (OT) maybe helpful. You mentioned being concerned that forcing her to attend appointments may be doing more harm than good. My question is do you think she'll be able to be successful in school, home and in her community long term without intervention? If the answer is yes, then don't do it. If the answer is no, then you'd be doing more harm by not making the visits happen. Finally, you mentioned that she says that you don't love her and want to change her. Wow, what a manipulator at such a young age! (Like many of our kids.) Many of our kids resist change and actually perceive change as being physically painful. Have you approached it as that you're not trying to change her? That you're trying to find a way for her to have different strategies to deal with different situations to make life easier for her? I know my difficult child was resistant to counseling for a while until we realized we were sending the message that something was wrong that needed to be changed. difficult child's attitude changed when we switched counselors and explained that we were trying to find someone to help teach difficult child a wider range of skills to use when angry, lonely, overwhelmed etc. [/QUOTE]
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