Hi, we have an appointment for an O.T acessment for my daughter tomorrow. She first went on the waiting list when she was still at school. She's been home educated since Christmas.
I'm just wondering what, if anything they can do to help my daughter since she's now at home. She's 6 years old and has a developmental delay of about 2 years. She has very poor speech and finds it hard to understand what people are saying to her. Her actual hearing is fine, it's more of a processing problem. She also has problems with constipation, soiling and incontinence. She is getting free night nappies to help with this.
I know that O.T's usually work in schools, so I'm not sure what advice or help they could give in the home. Her mobility is fine and the only problems she has at home are her self help skills, toileting and her dislike of touch which makes it hard to bath, change or dress her.
I'm not really sure what to expect or ask and I'm a bit worried she'll think we're wasting her time, since she's no longer at school.
I'd like for her to be acessed occasionally, just so that I can see if she's making progress. Just as reasurance really. I'd also welcome any tips or advice as to games we could play that would help her development. I've found some ideas on the net already but there isn't that much.