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Oct 16, 2014 18:49:33 GMT
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Post by milly on Oct 16, 2014 18:49:33 GMT
Well we finally got this - a year after seeking a dyspraxia assessment. Yes I know an OT can't diagnose dyspraxia but that was the appointment we ended up with.
Anyway I was massively impressed with the level of detail and the list of suggested exercises and resources. But even though we have always known dd has poor fine motor skills, I was a little shocked to find she is at the 0.1 centile. No wonder she has massive issues with handwriting and presentation of work.
Her gross motor skills are better (though below average) or at least some of them are. But overall she scored at the 1% centile. Apparently below 5% indicates significant physical difficulties.
It's all good ammunition to persuade the school to let her type longer pieces of writing but rather sad too. It's not an issue we have focused on that much but writing has always been problematic for her.
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Post by daffin on Oct 16, 2014 20:43:09 GMT
Thank goodness you got a good OT!
I'd have thought findings like that give you excellent ammo for extra support, not just being allowed to type assignments.
Has the OT given advice/exercises to help improve fine motor skills?
Now for that dyspraxia dx!!
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Post by corkwing on Oct 17, 2014 6:47:44 GMT
Fantastic that a professional has recognised her difficulties!
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Post by peartree on Oct 17, 2014 7:28:07 GMT
OT assessments seem to be very helpful don't they.
Was it someone via Camhs?
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Oct 17, 2014 9:34:37 GMT
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Post by milly on Oct 17, 2014 9:34:37 GMT
No just via Gp. But referral was sent round the houses i.e. Gp didn't know who the right person was. Hence it taking about a year to get the appt. I'd almost lost interest - now I'm feeling we have neglected a big issue!
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Oct 17, 2014 9:50:38 GMT
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Post by milly on Oct 17, 2014 9:50:38 GMT
And what I didn't mention earlier is that it also covered issues with planning and organisation, spelling and maths - all of which dd has and are impacting on her learning. Whereas the three cognitive assessments she has had show her to be within average range, with some scores slightly below. What is really needed is a inter connected system that looks across the child's full skill / ability range and then gets assessments done in all areas at once. The piecemeal system we have with professionals operately separately seems more and more crazy to me.
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Oct 17, 2014 15:04:11 GMT
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Post by donatella on Oct 17, 2014 15:04:11 GMT
Indeed! My two were both assessed by OTs as part of their ASD assessment and it was very thorough and useful. They also did a sensory assessment which was quite interesting! We discovered that dd had a retained primitive reflex which makes it hard for her to coordinate left/right and top/bottom. Its why she's found swimming and cycling hard!
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Post by pingu on Oct 17, 2014 15:35:12 GMT
A diagnosis of dyspraxia ( and ours did come via OT, to whom our ds1 had been referred by the Ed psych ) made all the difference to our sons education, especially at the secondary school. He got the support he needed because he was recognised as having issues with fine motor skills and organisation, and settling to do things in class was hard for him. OT helped with exercises and practical tips to help him be more settled in class, and the school support team gave him scribing or a laptop when needed, and helped him organise his work. In primary the OT had recommended sloping desk and special pen , neither of which actually happened, but as it was them who had originally picked up on the problem, and as they were very supportive in other ways, we couldn't complain too much.
Hope you get the diagnoses, or at least some paperwork mentioning it, so you can wave this at the school !
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Post by pingu on Oct 17, 2014 15:37:09 GMT
Ps isignificant practice of the exercises did help our son, writing, though it took a while, and he needed to also make use of the extra time, and laptop etc to keep up at school.
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