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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. I am a school psychologist and when I looked into OT for my child I couldn't find any peer reviewed, quality research supporting most things OT's do. My son had fine motor issues and some "sensory issues". I wasn't surprised because he went to a play based preschool in California where he never has to pick up a pencil or crayon  if he didn't want to do so (and he never did) and didn't have to wear shoes.  So. I surprise when he turned 5 he couldn't write or even copy letters. People on this forum really seem to dislike  Kumon but for him it worked wonders because he was required to trace and then write letters every day for 10 minutes. Within a few months he had excellent printing skills and could effortlessly write letters and then words using the correct formation (top to bottom, etc).  My son had awful fine motor skills because he never used his hand for writing. His grip was strong from playing on monkey bars or making play-Doh but he hadn't used and coordinated those muscles for writing. [/quote]

If your story is accurate, then your child really didn't need therapy--he needed exposure and repetition. My kid had exposure and repetition -- in abundance -- and still could not write. Unfortunately for him, OT didn't help either--he was eventually diagnosed with very severe dysgraphia, but it was the logical place to start.[/quote]

Same here pp. My dc has had tons of repetition in writing and it didn't help. It's scary that the other poster is a school psychologist who clearly understands very little about dysgraphia but then I have encountered this type of thinking for years. Every single year of my dc's life, dc encounters a teacher or tutor who thinks the dysgraphia can be fixed with more writing. [/quote]

The difference between your child and hers, or mine is that yours has a clear disorder, hers odd not.  Mine was very delayed in writing and had no interest in trying till after 5 despite many tries.  Once he took to it, with much practice and repetition he now has good handwriting in cursive and print.  For some its as simple as Kumon and other workbooks, for other kids its not so simple.  I don't know how a parent didn't know a child wasn't writing by age 5.  Most would work with or offer crayons or other basics at home.  My child probably didn't need OT but the developmental ped and OT pushed it on us and OT was nice, child enjoyed it, insurance covered it, so why not?[/quote]

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