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[quote=Anonymous]we did ot for 2 years and it workd for us on both gross motor and fine motor. 
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Part of the reason was personality.  my child was not going to push himself in areas he did not excell.  The one-on-one of OT was where he was able to get lots of new skills.  It was also a good education for mom.  I would sit quietly and watch and figure out what types of activities calmed him down, where was the physical challenge, how to foster new skills.

In essence, it provided him with a good environment to do the work required to gain certain new skills - so he was ready to learn how to draw, so he was ready to learn how to write letters.  He was at an excellent daycare, but many of the activities were choice based and he would avoid activities were he did not have the basic skills.   The power struggle of doing the same exercises with mom or dad would have been awful.  That said - i would supplement with gymnastics, swim class .......but those activities only worked because he was getting one on one coaching on core fundamentals.

A child that is perhaps more compliant would have gotten the same benefits in a group learning environment.  So, whether OT works for a child (or is necessary for a child) can be a matter of personality and general environment.  In reflection, a daycare that was not choice centered might have been better but could have been a disaster if he felt too much pressure.

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