Occupational Therapy question

May 16, 2012

Hi Everyone

We are new to the MDS world and have just recently joined this group. I am

running into some walls in getting my son into private OT sessions. He does not

have any significant delays at this point in time but he is still under a year

old which gives a broad range of things he should be able to accomplish in a

broad timeframe.

My goal in adding outside OT was to ensure that he was staying on track and

because I feel there are things they can do in the clinic that they just cannot

get done at home. The options in clinic are wide and what we have here at home

are not and what can be brought in are not.

The issue we are having is the OT that tested our son is right out of college

and keeps saying it is unethical of us to go through insurance to have OT

services. I disagree. He has a diagnosis of MDS. He can benefit from having

these OT services. Is there anyone else out there that gets outside OT services

for their child and were you required to have a significant delay in order to

get them?

I have some strong opinions regarding the OT that did his testing because even

her report on him only contained the outcome of the test and not any analysis of

that outcome and each section only had about 2 sentences each.

To add to this our Ped thinks this is a good thing for him to do and has stated

so several times and is working with us to get him these services.

Any thoughts on this. I am really struggling at this point with advocating for

my child against a very young OT who has stuck her heels in the ground. A side

note, that there have been several parents that have left her and moved to other

therapist because they are not happy with her services.

Thanks!

Kim

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