Re: How to handle teachers - Chris

November 23, 2008

, we live in a small city so maybe it was easier for me to

find. Our hospital has an OT and PT place and I told neurologist

that's where I wanted to go. The neuro we saw was in another city

about 40 min away and he had someone there in mind. The OT would

update him every so often...90 days? and neuro would renew the order

for OT. got OT for a bit over a year. At first we saw them

frequently and then down to once a month.

They don't really need to work on the OCD but maybe understand it if

there are things at therapy that OCD might affect. Like if he

worries about germs, then handling some item there might bother him

unless it's cleaned first. For OT, I wouldn't worry about

accommodating the OCD while there, just clean the item so he can do

the therapy.

The OTs we used all worked with kids too. You might ask around for

one that works with kids and is skilled in helping with sensory

problems. I knew had some sensory issues (smells, food

texture, didn't like swinging much...) and they found more than I

knew about. They said working on the " whole body " would help with

the writing too so that's what they did. Didn't help the OCD but did

help him overall. It was weeks before they even had him work on

writing.

>

> Hi

> When you lined up your OT, did you use the one the Dr. recommended.

If not

> how did you go about choosing one? I've got to find an OT for

Micah, his hand

> writing is now back to what it looked like in 2nd grade. He is

losing this

> skill, just since 5th grade.

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