Re: Autism and PT update

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i am glad you got it worked out, but i must confess that when i took my son to his reg pt appt on monday i shared with his therapist there your experience, i said i couldnt imagine bringing my ds there and something like that to him. how appalling it is, she agreed even wondered what was up with that, she is starting a group to work on fine motor skills thought that josh would get something out of it i expressed my apprieciation to her, said now everything seems to be falling into place, she said since she started working at this hospital 10 months ago she has wanted to do this has she has seen the great need for children on the spectrum. she aslo said they just had an inservice there not too long ago and the ot the gave it and it was based on behaviors that children on the spectrum can have

and how to understand and handle the situations, how great and even greater the ot was my sons reg ot , so i know the ones that are working with my son right now have the patience and the knowledge to understand where he is coming from. good luck to you and your son. sherryFrom: laughlove3 <laughlove3@...> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:58:20 AMSubject: ( ) Autism and PT update

Well, A chat with the reg Pt went better then thought. She apologized and said after our visit she said things should have been done differently. I agreed and maybe a room that was not so much stimulating. I explained how upset I was and that my son should not have be made to pick up the balls. That they caused the meltdowns. That he was not having a meltdown just cause he didn't want do the exercises. So, this is what we are going to do. I told her to cancel his PT. One cause he had a negitive experience there and taking him back is not going to make things better. He is going to go to a place called Little Gym. They work on the same things that PT would have worked on. The only thing different is he will not be riding thier special bike. (thats okay he got one at home). At the little gym they work on social development, fine and gross motor skills, independence, Karate that helps in alot of areas including emotions, body awareness so he gets

to know where his space is. I can see alot of sensory going into this as well. They really do have alot to offer. LittleGYM.com Also this will be fun instead of another doc appt!!! I think getting his sensory under control better will help if we have to have Pt again. I think them doing an eval once a year is good enough for me. Letting the school do pt during school year. The only situation I have left is OT. Ot is at the same building. Of coarse not with the same person!!!! He really needs Ot as he does have alot of sensory issues. I'm glad all this worked out, but I still despise that we had to go through that. Thanks for listening and God bless all:) Hope everyone is having a beautiful day with their awesome kids:)