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WWYD-therapy?
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This will probably get long, and I apologize. I would love for some opinions and/or experiences though.
My son is 14 months, and so far we have a global developmental delay diagnosis. We are waiting on genetic testing to come back and his MRI at the end of the month to see if there is anything more specific going on.
He qualified for EI, and has been getting PT once a week for the past three months. After seeing the neurologist recently, she felt adamant about him getting OT once a week as well. I sought out private OT while waiting to see if EI would approve it. EI approved it, and we were told he would only be able to get it once every other week. So, we would supplement with private OT the other two weeks of the month. We had the eval with the private OT done, I really liked the therapist, and we got scheduled to start next month at a time that works for me (with DD in preschool there are very few times we could go.) Considering they have a waiting list, I was thrilled. Now comes the tricky part. EI has given him ten OT visits through the end if December which works out to be once a week. In January, they will only provide twice a month. So, do I just use EI services (OT & PT once a week) until January and then try and get in with the private OT again, OR would you do EI services for the rest of the year and take him to the private OT every other week? That way I wouldn't "lose" the therapist before January when we really will need her. Is there such a thing as too much therapy? Sorry this is so long, I'm just trying to decide what's best.
My son is 14 months, and so far we have a global developmental delay diagnosis. We are waiting on genetic testing to come back and his MRI at the end of the month to see if there is anything more specific going on.
He qualified for EI, and has been getting PT once a week for the past three months. After seeing the neurologist recently, she felt adamant about him getting OT once a week as well. I sought out private OT while waiting to see if EI would approve it. EI approved it, and we were told he would only be able to get it once every other week. So, we would supplement with private OT the other two weeks of the month. We had the eval with the private OT done, I really liked the therapist, and we got scheduled to start next month at a time that works for me (with DD in preschool there are very few times we could go.) Considering they have a waiting list, I was thrilled. Now comes the tricky part. EI has given him ten OT visits through the end if December which works out to be once a week. In January, they will only provide twice a month. So, do I just use EI services (OT & PT once a week) until January and then try and get in with the private OT again, OR would you do EI services for the rest of the year and take him to the private OT every other week? That way I wouldn't "lose" the therapist before January when we really will need her. Is there such a thing as too much therapy? Sorry this is so long, I'm just trying to decide what's best.
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Re: WWYD-therapy?
DS 09/2008
Because my son didn't really get started with EI till a couple months before he turned 3, we ended up keeping those therapists (then covered by private insurance) along with adding therapists from the school district. I do think for us it was best to do both and just take advantage of all the help we could.