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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The treatment for SPD is largely BS.  Its all about OT mission creep.[/quote]

I have heard people talk about the OT mission creep many times and I don't agree. I think the growth of the OT industry has been driven by the consumers, the worried parents. We'll try anything to help our kids. I think this mission creep view is incredibly cynical. Once there start to be studies saying X percentage of kids are not helped by OT, or only Y problem is helped by OT, people may think harder about going. Their are all sorts of neurological problems that are being diagnoses and addressed earlier and this is a field that, in a sense, has benefited from that trend.

I am a PP who considers SPD a part of other disorders and whose kids were not helped by OT. But I don't regret trying.

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I regret trying! It was expensive. I believe in "mission creep" for OT. My ds has MERLD. The OT that shares space with the SLP tried to get me into OT. He has a speech problem. She tried telling me he was low tone and had sensory issues. His preschool (which has an inclusion program) always told me he was fine with everything but speech. I agree with other posters that feel SPD is not a disorder but rather a component of another issue.[/quote]

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