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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For us, our visit to an OT was worthless.  She couldn't identify any problems, and yet recommended a plethora of interventions to solve these "problems" (which were not the problems we went to her for).  When I researched the recommended programs, none of them had any support in the scientific literature.

A complete waste of money and time.  (Except to know that I am not missing anything there.) [/quote]

We have worked with crappy OTs before we found someone outstanding.The crappy ones come up with countless new problems which the developmental ped tells you are not the main issues and low and behold the OTs have expensive soultions. It was like the OTs ADD was worse than mine. FOCUS and stop losing the forest from the trees.  I go in saying these are our goals which we discussed with our developmental pediatrician and she comes out ignoring goals and adding nebulous goals like "will be able to tolerate hands in mud for 5 minutes" For fuck sake, I don't want my kid to enjoy putting his hands in mud. I don't enjoy it. Or even better, the OT ignores former assessment reports and re-diagnosis the child with the same things at cost to you. I think our child gained more from babysitters than from the bad OTs.

That said, OT can be an excellent intervention with a good one. Some of these people really know what they are doing and can get to the route of the problem and show real progress while also giving you great tips. The developmental pediatricians usually know who the good ones and which quack like ducks. I find it's like going to TJMax-you really have to hunt for a good one, but there are treasures (though sadly not at TJ Max prices). Yes, different things work for different good, but the most of the really talented clincians are successful with all or most clients. Good STs have been easier for us to find.[/quote]

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