When to stop OT?

[Anonymous]

^^ sorry, that should be my employer may run out of patience first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, the way to know whether your OT is scamming you for more business or being honest is this: Has s/he been providing goals (hopefully in writing), and then providing progress reports and doing evaluations every few months to see whether your child has made progress towards these goals?

It is one thing to keep going if you're working towards new goals, another if there are no stated goals and you are only getting vague reports as to your child's progress.

I would say waiting one year to reassess is BS.

(My sibling runs OT/PT departments in a hospital setting, and we've talked about these issues over the years as my DC has received therapy.)

OP here. I get verbal progress reports after each session; no idea about evals every so often as they're never mentioned and I didn't know to ask.

His handwriting is actually pretty darn good, but where he has problems is that he writes inefficiently- will go up when he should go down in making the stick for a p and will make the half circle counterclockwise, etc. I remember when my older child was in K, they spent a lot of time on writing and her handwriting improved drastically. I don't know if his writing issue is something that practice in K will fix or if it goes beyond that.

As for money...luckily we have good insurance so we won't run out of money but my employee may run out of patience first.

One of our kids had a great K teacher and the other...not so great. Also depends on class size as to how much attention they'll get. Whereas with your OT, you have 1 on 1 instruction. Also might be good for your DC to be on solid ground in this area before K starts, especially if there are other concerns.

[Anonymous]

"OP here. I get verbal progress reports after each session; no idea about evals every so often as they're never mentioned and I didn't know to ask."

But do the progress reports provide objective measurements? Along the lines of "he couldn't write the letter B without assistance when he started, after 2 months he could write it 50% of the time without assistance, and now he can write it 90% of the time without assistance" type assessment? Or is it just "he's getting better?"