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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is 5 and has been in OT for mild sensory, low tone, and gross/fine motor skills issues since late last fall.  He enjoys going and the therapist said she sees a lot of improvement overall. I was hoping that he will have improved enough to stop when he enters K.  He'd fall short of a year, though by only a month or two, and I know they said they would reassess at the year mark.

In reading here, it seems many people believe that OT is something that could go on indefinitely unless parents put a hard stop to it.  Would it be unwise to stop him when he starts school?  He wouldn't qualify for OT through the school, so private OT is the only option.[/quote]

HUH? You stop when they recommend to stop it. [/quote]

Untrue.  They're running a business.  My son is 4.  He has been in OT for about 7 months due to sensory issues.  Unclear if he'd have made as much progress as he has without OT (we did it largely at the preschool's recommendation), but he is infinitely better.  During the last few sessions, the therapist had been working with him on tracing and holding a pencil, despite him having no issues in those areas.  We are stopping.[/quote]

FWIW, I remember wondering why the OT became so focused on handwriting when my DC was 5 (this was started after significant progress had been made in other areas).  However, I really trusted my OT and insurance covered it, so we continued the writing sessions.  Now that DC is older, I am so thankful we did the writing sessions and in hindsight The focus on that area makes so much more sense to me now than it did then.[/quote]

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