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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with some PPs -- that dyspraxia is now a pretty catch up 'diagnosis' for a wide range of concerns (in part (maybe large part) b/c it is recognized by many insurance plans).  How old is your son?  Some advise would depend on if he's still preschool or older.  What I learned from DS doing OT - there's a range of things and some kids that have issues with some may be strong in others.  My DS rated super high on some of the evaluation measures and very low on others (and averages out as pretty normal.  For instance, my son does not have attention issues which people often lump with dypraxia).  The evaluations can often sound really scary and overstate some things (and miss some others) - since they are a tool and not a hard definition like you would have with a disease like 'cancer or no cancer'.  My general advice based on our experience is - my son was clearly pretty clumsy in many ways, slower or less coordinated compared to many kids his age in some things, and was hesitant to try some things.  Doing OT and some PT helped him build some of these skills, compensation skills and muscle memories that have served him well.  He's unlikely to ever be a star athlete but can hang with the other kids now by first grade. [/quote]

Just as an example - he is awesome on balance (which is often listed as a big dyspraxia thing) but had trouble learning to climb a ladder and use a slide, or had trouble figuring out how to get out of a tire swing on a platform or how to hold a hockey stick (which I have nephews who were 'naturals' at it) ... but after the OT where he practices and developed feelings for lots of things, you can see how he applies it and how many of the movements also came to feel natural.  Watching all of it, I am truly convinced that there's something neurological but the solutions are not clear cut - but helping the kid function was important to me & where I saw progress, no matter what the label is.[/quote]

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