Occupational therapy initial assessment appointment

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Hello after waiting for what seems forever my Ds has finally received his appointment. I have already filled out a questionnaire asking about his development milestones and what he struggles with etc. I was just wondering if anyone remembers what happened on their Dc first assessment appointment?

My son was asked to balance and stretch. Play some games, do done exercises. Some proding and poking. Then I had some more forms to fill in

Thanks 2boys proding and poking?? really??? I hope they give my Ds lots of warning before hand if they decide to do that otherwise their likely to get chinned . Oh joy more forms, I'm beginning to think that form filling is the daily norm

I have been eagerly awaiting this assessment TBH, hoping it can shed some light on Ds's lack of progress at school. You watch...all will be fine (which would be fantastic!) and I will look like a complete arse!

OK guys. Dim question coming up.

DS is 25 and at Uni. I have never been offered an OT appointment for him and never thought of getting one.

Should I?

What could an OT do for him?

My son has hypotonia and hypermobilty so she just moved his joints a bit ( bend them to straighten out - which for him is beyond 180) looking at his hands and fingers kind of thing. He has SPd and he was ok with it so font worry its more like 'cdn I have a feel of your hand?'

Yes ot is fab, by far the most useful and helpful therapy he has had. In four and half years of nhs care for my son I learned more about in two hours than I had previously over all those years.

Dont worry about them not finding anything, Dd3's school had been saying she had no problems but she scored really low on most things so it backed up what I had been saying and made the school look silly.

Good luck, ours took around 1.5 hrs and Dd3 did loads of stuff writing hopping ,threading, catching and balancing to name a few. She was also found to be hypermobile

They gave us loads of exercises to improve her core strenght anf shoulder stability. Trying to get her to do them has been a challenge though.

Hello Thank you for the replies.

wet I never really gave a thought about an OT until we went for an appointment with a peadiatrician and she asked on the off chance how Ds was doing at school (we were originally there due to what may of been absences) I mentioned writing being an issue and she asked me lots of questions regarding clumsiness, using cutlery, buttons/zips etc...the next thing you know he was being referred to the OT for an assessment because there is an overlap between Aspergers and Dyspraxia. After looking up dyspraxia (as you do) and looking back on Ds growing up I now realize he has a lot of the symptoms, he has scar upon scar on his forehead from the trips he has had over time and all the comments he has made over the years regarding his written work at school e.g hand hurting, it's too much it makes him tired etc. It would do no harm to see an OT. My Ds is a lot younger but from what I have read they can make suggestions to the school to help with Dc learning, and as Ineed and 2boys have said supply you with excercises to help improve what areas are a struggle.

Just another random question if I may??....my Ds recently broke his arm and on the last check up the Dr used an instrument to measure how straight his arm was to check on the healing process...he has + 10mm extra flexibility in his left elbow, and at the time +4mm extra flexibility in his right elbow (the one he broke). I have since sat looking at my own elbow..because I obviously have nothing better to do ha ha and they don't go any further than straight! Is that 'normal' for Ds's elbows?, the Dr didn't seem too bothered, he was happy that Ds's elbow was on the mend so I didn't think to ask if that was the norm.

My elbows don't go beyond flat. Sounds like your son is hypermobile there. My eldest son can also get his thumb to lay completely flat on his forearm so he must be hypermobile too. I guess I should get him checked up really