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[quote=Anonymous]We did OT for about 4 months for our sensory seeker son when he started preschool and was having "sensory seeking" issues in school (read: grabbing and hurting other kids nonstop). It was a total waste. No change in 4 months. He just played with heavy impact things for an hour. But he wasn't overstimulated in the OT session like he was in school, so nothing that they were doing translated into any positive behavior is school.  And I'd read a ton of people here and elsewhere who said that OT for sensory seeking behavior doesn't do anything. And getting to the appointment once a week was insanely stressful - I had to bail early from work, get my son at school, drive across town at 3:30pm with all the crazy afterschool traffic. Not worth the stress. The OT also flagged a bunch of other things like bad pencil grip (never worked on it with them, fixed itself at an age appropriate time a few months later); can't play with toys outside their designed usage (started doing that at age appropriate time a few months later), blah blah.  My son is slightly better now on the sensory stuff, but it's clearly just from aging a bit.

I am generally highly skeptical of all these therapies.  Everyone claims their kids were miraculously better -- 6 months, a year, 4 years  later.  But how much of that is just because they got older?  I hope your kids behaviors improve with age -- because they're kids and they all get better with age. [/quote]

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