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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - $700 a week for therapies for a kid with run of the mill ADHD and LDs?  You're being conned.

Get OTs in school for free. One hour a week of tutoring.  Simplify your life, not complicate it.  Agree with the other posters that the vast majority of the people suggesting these services are not "holistic" experts, in that they have zero idea how to help your kid big picture.  They just see some evidence of the thing that they provide therapy for, and amazingly are willing to offer you those services.

I'm a parent of a kid with SEVERE ADHD. As in, kicked out of multiple preschools and on medication at age 4.  Still a very quirky kid at age 13.  We've done a lot: OT, therapy, speech, school OT, social skills, sensory training, counseling. Only thing that made any obvious difference was medication.  The rest: It all improves with time (if it was going to improve).  The "evidence based" science on any of this stuff is weak at best.

Save your money, help your kid do okay in school, and forget the rest.

I also think anyone who managed to get to a place in childhood where you were doing ZERO therapies until suddenly you got a ADHD and LDs diagnosis -- that probably means the ADHD is pretty light.  Don't get sucked into the vortex, OP.   [/quote]

+1 except that if the child actually has meaningful anxiety, there are real therapies for that, but they are focused and the therapist wants you to be done in 3-6 months, not continue forever.

but good point about going from zero to $700 suddenly. If the diagnoses are serious enough to warrant that, it’s unlikely you would have been doing nothing before. We were doing therapy for years prior to any diagnosis because the challenges were totally obvious (motor skills & behavior). [/quote]

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