Hemispheres OT - any experiences?

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We're off to Hemispheres soon so DD2 can have retained reflexes therapy.

It costs an arm and a leg and I just wondered if anyone had any experience of them and how it's helped their DC.

We're going anyway, but just wondered what your views were.

TIA

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Hi there,

Just read your message. We are taking our son to Hemispheres on Sat for an assessment. Just wondering if your experiences have been positive?

We see Shelley - who set the whole thing up. DS has cerebral palsy. She has done wonders for him x

Sorry I wanted to go into more detail, but couldn't before.

Just to add - we get a few exercises every time we go. They have been a whole range of things - and I think because DS has cerebral palsy we get quite a bit of occupational therapy stuff.

But the main thing they focus on is RRT.

Combined with the extra physio I have to do for DS the programme has been quite pressurised. BUT I would rather that than do nothing, and the change that the exercises have made have really made it worth it.

We are not working on behaviour/speech though - its more DS's physical abilities and co-ordination.

We also see Shelley and our experience has been and still is very positive. DD2 has come on leaps and bounds since we started there. We also do other therapies but they all compliment eachother and as a result DD2 is a different child.

Good luck on saturday. Who are you seeing?

Thanks so much for your replies. I took DS for the assessment on Saturday and saw Gaynor. It flagged up so many areas that he has difficulty with and we have exercises to do everyday. At the moment he is quite motivated to do them.

We were just so concerned if this was the best place for him as I half understand the theory behind it and the other half thinks it sounds a bit wacky. DS has many issues-learning, sensory, co-ordination and emotional and what finally swayed us was we did not want to go down the route of taking him here
, there and everywhere. We wanted someone to look at him holistically as we are sure all areas must be interlinked.

So pleased that you both feel the experience has been and is beneficial. Being a parent is so hard sometimes it is a constant struggle to try to work out the best way forward in the hope that you make the right decisions.