What interventions, recommended toys, etc have you found completely useless?

[Anonymous]

Any? I know each child is different. Just curious.

[Anonymous]

Neoprene/snug vest, weighted blanket etc

[Anonymous]

Listening Program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listening Program.

+1

[Anonymous]

I'm glad the listening program came up because our OT kept trying to sell us on it.

The weighted vest I found useless.

Most sensory stuff has been useless. Our child enjoyed it, but we got much more bang for the buck from other things.

I did find OT helpful for writing and cutting, but sensory not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listening Program.

+1

+15k spent on this. Made us feel better at the time, though.

[Anonymous]

For my non-autistic kid the ABA our dev ped recommended. A total waste of money.

[Anonymous]

vision therapy.

Funny, the listening program is the one thing that actually worked and was worth it for us.

[Anonymous]

For our Asperger's child: Floortime - we did a program where the therapist comes to our home to teach me to do it with DS. Pointless since he already plays/relates fine with me or any other grown up. It wasn't translating into his interactions with peers at school which was what we were looking for.

[Anonymous]

I do not mean to hijack but perhaps the pps that mentioned "listening program" might be more specific in the name of the program, if possible? We are considering starting such a program for our daughter via our OT and I am weighing the costs as it is not really in our budget vs. the proposed gains.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not mean to hijack but perhaps the pps that mentioned "listening program" might be more specific in the name of the program, if possible? We are considering starting such a program for our daughter via our OT and I am weighing the costs as it is not really in our budget vs. the proposed gains.

It is called the Listening Program. Waste of time and money. OTs love it.

[Anonymous]

21:41 here. Listening program is not a waste of time and money across the board. It does not work for every kid. It did worked for mine. We did 12 CD's and stopped after that. I had heard stories that it was a bunch of hooey (like vision therapy). We borrowed the materials (headphones included) to make sure it was worth it. Once we saw a change in DS we invested in the headphones. I would not have invested otherwise.

[Anonymous]

15K for a listening program?

why do ots love it others dont?

Nutritional supplements -- kind of a waste of money. Lawyer and advocate -- a waste of money too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:15K for a listening program?

why do ots love it others dont?

Nutritional supplements -- kind of a waste of money. Lawyer and advocate -- a waste of money too

I'm the PP who's kid benefited from the listening program. It was about $2,000 total for us. I don't know where the PP's are getting $15,000. The special CD's where roughly $120 for a set of 3 (we did 12 sets coming to $1440). The headphones were $150. The CD player we got at best buy for $40 and we replaced it once. The belt to wear the player while moving around was $50. So, roughly $1640 for the program. If an OT is quoting $15,000 that seems to be WAY out of line. I would most definitely question that fee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For my non-autistic kid the ABA our dev ped recommended. A total waste of money.

This has actually been AMAZING for our son, but we also have a great provider and insurance covers it.