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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Well, they do "all diagnose SPD".  I'm one of THOSE posters and our OT diagnosed SPD for our kid with motor planning/coordination issues.  He had also met all milestones on time and while he did have gross and fine motor issues they were mild.  We went to a developmental pediatrician who diagnosed ASD/Asperger's.  Had we stopped with the OT diagnosis, we never would have gotten a global evaluation and help for ALL his issues.   My Aspie rarely/never throws tantrums like OP's kid.  He was diagnosed at 4 and received OT and PT.  He has pretty much caught up (enough to enjoy gym classes and play soccer) at 6 and no longer does PT.

Since OP also mentioned a speech delay, I suggest a global evaluation with a developmental pediatrician not just an OT eval.  GL![/quote]

NP here.  I don't know why you feel the need to bash OTs.  It sounds like your DC was diagnosed correctly with motor planning/coordination issues (which is included under the SPD rubric). OTs provide valuable services.   Developmental pediatricians do global evaluations but OTs/SLPs/PTs specialize in areas that dev peds don't.  A developmental pediatrician can tell you if a child has expressive/receptive speech delays but isn't going to be able to pinpoint the specific areas of strengths/weaknesses that an SLP can.  A SLP can also better tell whether a particular breakdown in speech is due to speech processing or if it's muscle related.  With the limited amount of time you have with a dev ped, they can't do it and it's not what they specialize in.

I don't read anything into OP's post that would indicate a global evaluation is warranted at this time.  Speech delays and a recent history of tantrums isn't enough to warrant a global evaluation.

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