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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems that whenever therapies are suggested or mentioned, certain posters or perhaps one poster always responds that there is no scientific proof or data that a therapy or item works.

My feelings about this.  An absence of controlled studies about a certain therapy does not mean that controlled studies, if performed, would prove that therapy does not work.  I also wonder about people who always need data before attempting anything with their child.  I understand the need to avoid quackery and the wish not to throw money away.  However if I see something that many other parents are recommending I'm going to consider trying it, regardless of whether controlled blind studies have been performed.

How much healthy skepticism do you bring?[/quote]

Really? I'm not using my child as a guinea pig.

With so many developmental disorders, it's the old-fashioned, hard-work therapy in speech, OT, physical therapy that makes the difference. But people like their miracles and the idea of a quick fix. You could easily waste all your savings and your kid's whole childhood launching from unproven therapy to unproven therapy.  Meanwhile, the years go by, the child matures and improves, and people try to say "it's because of X."

So for me, I want the double-blind studies that prove things work if I'm going to invest a lot of capital and force my child to spend his days driving from appointment to appointment in therapists' waiting rooms.

I was reading the online blog of one mom who has done endless treatments with her child, who has similar issues as mine and is the same age. I've done only the minimum therapies. Our children are progressing equally. [/quote]

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