Adding.....OT

Since Gavin started at Kids Can Do, they have mentioned getting him an OT evaluation. I was hesitant to do this but finally after getting our bearings and our schedule consistent, we did get the eval. What she said actualy surprised us....


Her opinion was that he really only needed minor sensory treatment (which is what everyone thought he needed an eval for) but really needed to focus on his core and fine motor strength. He is overcompensating with his body in order to not use his arms, hands, fingers and core which aren't as strong.


So....here it begins, adding more therapy to the mix. At the same time, although we felt Gavin was "thriving" at school and definitely improving, we also recognize the kid needs more so we decided we wanted to start sending him to school 3 days a week. There goes our schedule.


We were able to make some adjustments and he now attends OT for an hour on Tuesdays followed by and hour of speech and we switched his Thurs speech to Wed morning and he goes to school late that day. So far, its worked pretty well and we're grateful that the therapists and school continue to work with us.


We had this eval in Feb I believe, so now we are about two months in....He still loves school and both his therapists (he took to Miss Nikki right away). We continue to see slooooooww progress. Nikki is hoping OT is only a 6 month thing....but then recommended possibly PT. Sigh.


We are focusing on Gavin's self helps skills right now--in particular dressing himself. It takes all my power not to just do it for him each time he laboriously tries to put on each item....but the smile when he does it is worth the wait.


So....more therapy...but we're getting there. :)