dyspraxia vs OT/PT

[Anonymous]

DD has been referred, screened and evaluated for each of the past 3 years for possible OT/PT delays, and each time comes up with the lowest score of the average range. There is clearly something presenting that makes each teacher refer, but we can't seem to put a finger on it.
When I read recently about dyspraxia, it was like a light bulb went off that she can't quite put things together even if dedicated testing can eek out ok performance on individual tasks.
Is it possible that this went under the radar with the school district evals? Where do I go for another eval?

[Anonymous]

Very possible. A school PT/OT is only going to test things that are specific to the classroom. There are likely other skill deficits.

Typically you treat the symptoms. I would get a private PT and OT evaluation, and see a developmental pediatrician. The developmental pediatrician may want to refer you to a neurologist and/or geneticist to rule out other issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD has been referred, screened and evaluated for each of the past 3 years for possible OT/PT delays, and each time comes up with the lowest score of the average range. There is clearly something presenting that makes each teacher refer, but we can't seem to put a finger on it.
When I read recently about dyspraxia, it was like a light bulb went off that she can't quite put things together even if dedicated testing can eek out ok performance on individual tasks.
Is it possible that this went under the radar with the school district evals? Where do I go for another eval?

The school district doesn’t diagnose.

I have two kids—both are low tone. One has a dysgraphia diagnosis which can interfere with motor planning. The other has a dyspraxia diagnosis which affects motor planning too. They both do OT, and the one with dyspraxia did PT when a preschooler.

The dysgraphia was diagnosed via a neuropschological evaluation at age 6.
The dyspraxia was diagnosed by a developmental pediatrician at age 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very possible. A school PT/OT is only going to test things that are specific to the classroom. There are likely other skill deficits.

Typically you treat the symptoms. I would get a private PT and OT evaluation, and see a developmental pediatrician. The developmental pediatrician may want to refer you to a neurologist and/or geneticist to rule out other issues.

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